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  • New urgent care pilot program for Prime beneficiaries

    To increase access to care, the Defense Department is launching an Urgent Care Pilot Program for TRICARE Prime beneficiaries. This program allows Prime enrollees two visits to a network or TRICARE-authorized provider without a referral or prior authorization.
  • Madeleine Morlino, 17, left, receives the 2016 Air Force Military Child of the Year award during a gala in Pentagon City, Va., April 14, 2016, from Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein, center, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. The annual event celebrates military children who demonstrate leadership, resilience and strength of character, as well as an ability to thrive when dealing with the challenges inherent in military family life. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)

    Operation Homefront recognizes AF Military Child of the Year

    Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein presented the Operation Homefront 2016 Air Force Military Child of the Year award to Madeleine Morlino, 17, during a ceremony April 14, in Pentagon City, Virginia.

  • AF Service Activity promotes undead summer bowling league

    The theme of the Air Force Services Activity’s summer bowling league will be based on AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” a popular TV series that revolves around life after a zombie apocalypse.
  • Master Sgt. Joseph Molzen, an Airman assigned to the 107th Security Forces Squadron, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y. gets to see his newborn daughter for the first time. Molzen was one of more than 30 Airmen from the 107th SFS to return from a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia, Feb. 4-5, 2016. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Campbell/Released)

    AF New Parent Support Program helps families care for infants, toddlers

    The Air Force New Parent Support Program provides information, support and guidance to parents as they care for their newborns, infants and toddlers. The program helps military families learn about the growth and development of infants and toddlers, to prepare for the changes that come as a baby is born, grows and develops.
  • Purple Up! logo. Courtesy illustration

    Get your purple on to recognize military children

    April 15 is Purple Up! day, a time for Americans to show their support for military families. Department of Defense Education Activity schools will celebrate the event April 20 because of spring recess.

  • TRICARE waives referral requirement for family members departing from Turkey

    The Defense Department ordered departure of about 700 family members of active-duty service members from southern Turkey, due to security concerns in the region. TRICARE is waiving the primary care manager referral requirement for all evacuated beneficiaries. This will help them get medical care while away from their homes and doctors.
  • Families arriving from Turkey check-in March 31, 2016, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Many agencies provided assistance by offering food, transportation and any needs families arriving from military bases in Turkey may have required. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larissa Greatwood)

    Ramstein units step up to help military families leaving Turkey

    An ordered departure for U.S. military family members to leave Turkey due to security concerns March 29, resulted in many of them traveling through Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Members of the Kaiserslautern military community, including Ramstein personnel, pitched in to assist fellow military families during the hectic transition.
  • Families of U.S. Airmen and Defense Department civilians board a C-17 Globemaster III during an ordered departure March 30, 2016, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. On March 29, 2016, the secretary of defense, in coordination with the secretary of state, ordered the departure of all DOD dependents assigned to Incirlik AB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman John Nieves Camacho)

    Incirlik ensures safe departure of families from Turkey

    While Incirlik Air Base remains a hub of activity in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, an ordered departure was approved March 29 for families of military members and Defense Department civilians stationed in Adana, Izmir and Mugla, Turkey, to include those on base.
  • Capt. Matthew D. Roland, Class of 2010 of the U.S. Air Force Academy, was killed in action in Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2015. He posthumously received the Silver Star medal for his actions the day he died, when he acted quickly to save the lives of his teammates. (Courtesy photo/Released)

    Cadets, special tactics Airmen honor fallen Academy grad

    More than 150 special tactics Airmen and U.S. Air Force Academy cadets honored fallen Academy graduate and Silver Star medal recipient Capt. Matthew D. Roland, dedicating a memorial display and completing memorial pushups in formation here March 30.
  • Staff Sgt. David Whitney (right) hands a box of bottled water to Staff Sgt. Parker Smith at Word Temple Church in Flint, Michigan, Feb. 10. Whitney and Parker are 339th Recruiting Squadron recruiters based in Flint. Due to massive amounts of lead found in Flint water, millions of bottles of water have been donated to the city and surrounding area since the crisis began. Residents are unable to drink or bathe in the water. The two recruiters have been assisting in the recovery every Wednesday by distributing water and filtration kits, and helping test for lead. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Karl Fletcher)

    Flint recruiters assist community in crisis

    Recruiters are known as the face of the Air Force in communities all across the U.S., and in Flint, Michigan, local recruiters Staff Sgts. Parker Smith and David Whitney are also known as the faces of compassion and humanitarian service. The two recruiters have been volunteering every Wednesday and don't plan on stopping until the crisis is solved. They've helped assemble water testing kits, load bottled water into vehicles and unload pallets from trailers.
  • U.S. Air Force Maj. William Logan, a chaplain with the 35th Fighter Wing, holds a picture of his son, Zac, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 23, 2016. Logan shared the story of his son’s suicide and the effects of the aftermath. He highlighted the recovery process hoping to inspire others to come forward for help in times of need. Logan is from Medina, Tennessee. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jordyn Fetter/Released)

    Chaplain survives aftermath of son’s suicide; spreads awareness

    While enjoying a drive through the rolling Tennessee countryside with his wife, the shrill ring of his cell phone pierced through the tranquility of the moment. Maj. William D. Logan's daughter, Blair, managed to utter, "Zac has done something really bad."

  • DOD Military Spouse Employment Partnership reaches milestone

    The Defense Department announced on Feb. 29 that the Military Spouse Employment Partnership program has now partnered with 300 employers, according to officials from the DOD Spouse Education and Career Opportunities Office.
  • U.S. veterans ride their mountain bikes during a Ride 2 Recovery program Feb. 2, 2016, at Blue Diamond, Nev. R2R is a veteran program that saves lives by restoring hope and purpose by reaching out to veterans through cycling as a therapy for injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries and creates a family for them to be a part of again. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Clausen)

    Biking brings hope to wounded, recovering veterans

    Members from Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, volunteered as part of the Ride 2 Recovery (R2R) program and brought more than 20 wounded and recovering veterans together for the Vegas Challenge Feb. 1-3 in Blue Diamond, Nevada.

  • OPM offers limited enrollment period for new self-plus-one option

    Employees currently enrolled in self and family coverage in the Federal Employees Health Benefits programs can change to the new self-plus-one option during the Office of Personnel Management limited enrollment period open now until Feb. 29.
  • While deployed to Operation Desert Storm in 1990, retired Master Sgt. Ben Rausa and then 8-year-old Stephen Rausa, (not related) began exchanging letters. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Raynor)

    Please try to write back

    Bringing a little holiday cheer to an unknown service member was all an 8-year-old boy was trying to do 25 years ago. A single letter united a pair of Air Force veterans, and the handwritten greeting made its way back to its author -- now an Air Force major -- at Hurlburt Field Jan. 25.
  • Herb Mason, Air Force Special Operations Command historian, speaks at his retirement ceremony on Hurlburt Field, Fla., Jan. 7, 2016. Mason served from April 28, 1965 to Jan. 3, 2016, making him the longest serving historian in Air Force history. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Melanie Holochwost)

    AFSOC historian retires after 50-plus years of service

    The longest-serving historian in the Air Force retired at Hurlburt Field Jan. 7. Herb Mason, the Air Force Special Operations Command historian, spent more than 50 years preserving the Air Force story for generations to come.
  • The four Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agents and two security forces defenders who were killed by a suicide bomber near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2015, are remembered during a memorial service at the U.S. Marine Memorial Chapel in Quantico, Va., Jan. 7, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo/Michael Hastings)

    OSI eulogizes fallen heroes from its 'darkest day'

    More than 650 people overflowed the U.S. Marine Memorial Chapel here Jan. 7 to mourn the loss and remember the lives of the six Airmen killed by a suicide bomber near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 21.

  • TRICARE pharmacy copays change Feb. 1

    Military pharmacies and TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery will remain the lowest cost pharmacy option for TRICARE beneficiaries when some TRICARE pharmacy copays change Feb. 1. Most copays for prescription drugs in the home delivery program and retail network pharmacies will increase slightly.
  • Roy Mullinax, a former Airman, returns a salute to Tech. Sgt. Terrance Williams, the 22nd Air Refueling Wing Honor Guard NCO in charge, after being presented with a veteran’s pin during a recognition ceremony Dec. 8, 2015, in Newton, Kan. Members of the 22nd ARW Honor Guard recognized Mullinax for his years of service during a special ceremony at the request of his family. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Victor J. Caputo)

    Airmen honor WWII veteran's last wish

    Roy Mullinax enlisted in the Air Force shortly after the end of World War II, and his years of military service led to his recognition with a veteran’s pin through his hospice center in Newton, Kansas, by the 22nd Air Refueling Wing Honor Guard.
  • Staff Sgt. Daniel Stein (right), 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron crew chief and his son Gregory (left), a Civil Air Patrol cadet. Gregory fractured his C-1 vertebrae in a severe all-terrain vehicle accident in November. He was flown to Sutter Health Roseville Medical Center in Roseville, California where he spent nine days in the Neuro-Intensive Care Unit. (U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of Staff Sgt. Daniel Stein)

    Deployed Airmen, others come together to support injured teen

    Deployed service members at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, joined representatives from Boeing and the Qatar Emiri Air Force to send a care package to a teenager recovering from an all-terrain vehicle wreck. Gregory is a high school junior, an Eagle Scout and a Civil Air Patrol cadet. He likes hunting, diesel trucks, anything related to the military and refers to himself as a country boy, said his father Staff Sgt. Daniel Stein, a 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron crew chief.
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