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  • Doc begins 'service before self' at 61

    Walking into the office of Lt. Col. (Dr.) Joseph Keenan, one could possibly imagine him in private practice in his home town -- the warm, caring doctor the community has known for many years.But his Air Force "community" has only known him for two years.Keenan, who has been an ear, nose and throat

  • It's a family tradition

    Fathers, sons, mothers, daughters, sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles, cousins, even husbands and wives. McEntire Joint National Guard Base in South Carolina has a long history of loved ones serving side by side.Most "Swamp Fox" deployments result in family members with their boots on the same

  • Aerial Porters: Big 'Dawgs' in the yard

    Equipment, personnel, or life-saving supplies; if you need it, they will move it. The port dawgs of the 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron coordinates the bi-directional movement of assets between the U.S. to Bagram and Bagram to the forward operating bases. Bagram is one of the

  • Through my eyes: Surviving sexual assault

    (Editor's note: "This story is a personal, victim-submitted account of an actual sexual assault and its aftermath. The names and identities of the individuals involved have been omitted or altered to maintain confidentiality.")"That night, my whole world turned upside down," said Airman Samantha

  • Promotion is in your hands

    It is up to the individual to get promoted advised enlisted members here.The enlisted promotion system is based on several weighted factors, most of which are within the member's control, Senior Master Sgt. Jeff Noxon, the Air Force Personnel Center enlisted promotions and testing superintendent,

  • Air Force's best flight surgeon aims to help people

    Leaning over a small desk, the flight surgeon finishes reviewing a patient's medical file. The tall, dark-haired doctor has a warm, friendly voice that could make any patient feel at ease. She has worked in everything from small, spotless rooms, furnished with reclining, leather chairs, to the

  • Caring for the warrior's soul

    The chaplain gave the cross he brought from home to the young Marine from Florida who was injured. The Marine, who was engaged to a girl in Jacksonville, Fla., had been injured in a roadside bomb explosion and lost the cross that was on his body armor. When the chaplain presented the cross to the

  • Surviving through SERE

    To say that the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists here are mere instructors doesn't begin to give them sufficient kudos for the skills, tactics and mission-essential tools they instill in aircrew members of the 27th Special Operations Wing. "It takes awesomeness and amazing genes

  • Retired master sergeant now on-air TV meteorologist

    He can be seen live most weekends and periodically throughout the week on KHQ 6 News delivering  weather forecasts for the Inland Northwest Washington. Meteorologist Dave Law owes a great deal of his success to his 23 years in the Air Force."My four years as the Chief of Weather Operations at