Cyber News

  • Fall is more than a season that's upon us

    Falls can happen in several different ways and there are four A’s we can practice in order to prevent slips, trips and falls in the future. Fall prevention can be practiced; not just for the upcoming fall season, but also year round.

  • Suicide Leaves Bruises: Final 24

    A porch is a place where families gather to greet each other after months of being apart, a place where people sit to enjoy their drinks and watch their neighbors pass by, a place where hugs and love is spread throughout the hearts that gather there. Does anyone ever think that their porch is where

  • Sexual Assault Survivor Promotes SAPR Resources

    People often say it’s important to talk to someone when a crisis happens. What if that crisis, though, is sexual assault? Discussing such a traumatic event, even with friends and family, may be extremely difficult for the victim.“Just because you’re family, it doesn’t mean you need to ask a thousand

  • Suicide Leaves Bruises: Stay Connected

    There are many people walking around the world today, who at one point in their life, were ready to end it all…then they felt a connection. No matter who the connection came from; family, friend, coworker, therapist, it changed their life forever. Some connections happen unexpectedly, while others

  • AFW2 Live Facebook Events 28 September-2 October

    The Air Force Wounded Warrior Program (AFW2) continues to provide virtual services to wounded, ill and injured servicemembers and veterans as well as their caregivers and family members. The goal is to educate the audience on the programs offered, while highlighting specific ways to increase

  • Social Media Cry for Help

    When someone has made the decision to try and take their own life, they start living in a way that sends subtle messages and clues that something is off. During this time of physical distancing and the future being unknown, our community needs to be more diligent in recognizing these signs.

  • Understanding Depression

    The National Institute for Mental Health defines depression as a common but serious mood disorder that negatively affects how you feel, think, and handle daily activities such as sleeping, eating, and working.

  • AAFES shoppers can reap rewards for helping Airmen in need

    The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is pumping up the savings for shoppers who support Airmen and Soldiers in need. From Sept. 14 to 18, Exchange shoppers who make an in-person donation to Army Emergency Relief or the Air Force Assistance Fund will receive additional savings.

  • USAF Established

    On July 26, 1947, President Harry S. Truman used this pen to sign the National Security Act of 1947 while aboard the Douglas VC-54C Sacred Cow, the first dedicated presidential aircraft. This act officially established the United States Air Force as a separate and co-equal branch of the United

  • POW/MIA Ceremony

    William Schwertfeger, retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col., shares his story as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam conflict in 1972 at a POW/MIA Ceremony Sept. 17, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. According to the Department of Defense Prisoner of War Missing Personnel Office, there are 1,657

  • DAF Spouse Leaders discuss the New Ops Normal for Families

    During the Air Force Association’s 2020 Virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force senior leadership spouses came together via video conference to provide advice on resources available to assist families during the pandemic and information on how to gain the most out

  • Driving safety underpins mission success

    Safely operating a motor vehicle is a pre-condition for mission success in our business. In the United States, however, vehicular accidents rank as the highest category of unintentional injuries for people ages 1 through 44. In many cases, these injuries can be avoided by paying attention to detail

  • Reserve Chaplain reflects on the events of 9/11

    **Editors note: This article was pulled with permission from the author Lyman Smith, Director of Presbyterian Federal Chaplaincies. Lt. Col. Amy Hunt is a staff chaplain for recruiting at Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command on Robins Air Force Base in Georgia.**The Rev. Amy Hunt is a minister of

  • 2020 Temporary Deferral of Social Security Taxes

    In order to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Presidential Memorandum was issued on August 8, 2020 and guidance followed by Internal Revenue Service on August 28, 2020, to temporarily defer Social Security (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI), as seen on the Leave and