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  • Kathleen Schmidt, Georgia Department of Public Health vector surveillance coordinator, lays traps at the firing range at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., on June 24, 2016. Schmidt came to Dobbins as part of a Department of Defense intiative to help comabt the Zika virus. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Phelps)

    Dobbins combats Zika with Georgia Department of Public Health

    Bioenvironmental engineers at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, recently partnered with the Georgia Department of Public Health to partake in the Defense Department initiative to combat the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases.

  • STEM scholarships available to college students

    Eric Wineman completed both his undergraduate and master’s degrees with no student loan debt and now works for the Air Force as an electronics engineer, courtesy of the Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholarship for Service Program.

  • DOD begins workplace, gender relations survey for active-duty members

    About 735,000 active-duty members across the services will be invited to take part in the largest Department of Defense Workplace and Gender Relations Survey to date beginning July 25.
  • Air Force Lt. Col. Chris Power, the deputy division chief of North American Aerospace Defense Command operations support, takes part in the Amalgam Eagle 16 tactical exercise between the United States and Mexico, in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 27, 2016. The three-day exercise was aimed at strengthening information sharing and cooperation in response to a simulation of an illicit cross-border flight. DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando

    NORAD, NORTHCOM, Mexican Air Force coordinate on illicit-flight exercise

    A live-fly event was part of Amalgam Eagle 16, a tactical exercise between the U.S. and Mexico aimed at strengthening information sharing and response cooperation for real-life scenarios.

  • DOD awards TRICARE-managed care support contracts

    The Defense Department announced on July 22 that the next generation of TRICARE-managed care support contracts were awarded. The new contracts, which go into effect nine months after the award, establish two TRICARE regions in the United States: East and West, instead of the current three.
  • The National Intrepid Center of Excellence, a directorate of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., helps active duty, reserve, and National Guard members and their families manage their traumatic brain injuries and accompanying psychological health conditions through diagnostic evaluation, treatment planning, outpatient clinical care, and TBI research. DoD photo

    National Intrepid Center zeroes in on traumatic brain injury

    Defense Medical Surveillance System and Theater Medical Data figures show that more than 339,000 service members have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury since 2000. For service members on their roads to recovery, the National Intrepid Center of Excellence in Bethesda, Maryland, stands ready to help.

  • DOD experts talk nuclear modernization efforts

    Modernization and sustainment across the nuclear triad are essential to maintaining national and allied security, three Defense Department experts told Congress on July 14.

  • Carter announces policy for transgender service members

    Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced June 30 that transgender individuals will now be able to openly serve in the U.S. armed forces.

  • Training for new civilian performance management program now available

    Educational training is available to civilians and their supervisors in advance of the Air Force’s April 2017 transition to the new Department of Defense-wide Performance Management and Appraisal Program.
  • Fireworks light the sky above Trophy Point overlooking the Hudson River during the closing ceremony for the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. June 21, 2016. DoD photo by EJ Hersom

    Warrior Games conclude with medal ceremony, concert

    After a week of intense international competition, the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games drew to a close June 21 with a medal ceremony and concert, followed by fireworks.
  • Air Force 1st Lt. Sarah Frankosky aims an arrow using sound during the visually impaired archery competition of the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., June 17, 2016. DoD photo by EJ Hersom

    Airman earns silver in visually impaired archery at Warrior Games

    Though she’s new to archery, 1st Lt. Sarah Frankosky earned a silver medal in the first-ever visually impaired archery category in the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York.
  • Air Force veteran Master Sgt. D. Reese Hines competes in archery for visually impaired people during the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. June 17, 2016. DoD photo by EJ Hersom

    Archers compete in first visual impairment category at Warrior Games

    Wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans continue to break personal records and show fans and friends amazing feats and June 17 was no different, as archers competed in the first-ever visual impairment category at the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games at the U.S. Military Academy.
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    Blended retirement system training now available

    Online training designed to educate Airmen about the new Blended Retirement System, the Defense Department system with changes on the current military retirement system, is now available via Joint Knowledge Online course number P-US1330. The course is also available to those without a Common Access Card -- to include family members -- via an alternate website.
  • While active duty, Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger served as commander of Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Wolfenbarger became the first woman to achieve four-star general rank in the Air Force. She retired from military service in 2015 and has been named as the new chairperson of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Retired AF general becomes head of women’s defense advisory committee

    Retired Air Force Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger took office June 15 as the chairperson of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS).

  • Welsh: Joint force in excellent shape, but needs resources, prioritization

    The joint force is in excellent shape, but leaders must pay attention to it, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III told the Defense Writers Group on June 15 in Washington, D.C.

  • Carter announces more US support for Afghan forces

    U.S. forces in Afghanistan now will be able to boost support for Afghan conventional forces with more firepower and by accompanying and advising them on the ground and in the air, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said June 15 in Brussels.

  • Carter announces new Force of the Future initiatives

    Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced two new links of his Force of the Future initiative during remarks delivered at the Pentagon June 9.
  • An F-35A Lightning II takes off from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, March 14, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Joshua D. King)

    Kendall: F-35 program shows continuing progress in all aspects

    The F-35 Lightning II program is on track and demonstrating "continuing progress in all aspects," Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, said May 24.

  • Spangdahlem AB earns installation excellence award

    Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, was named the Air Force recipient of the 2016 Commander in Chief's Annual Award for Installation Excellence, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced May 10.

  • New electronic health record system receives name

    Military Health System (MHS) officials say the new electronic health record (EHR) will be called MHS GENESIS and is set to be launched at the end of 2016. To keep pace with medical advances and innovations in technology, the Defense Department has purchased a state-of-the-art EHR that will continue to provide high quality health care to beneficiaries, as well as an agile, responsive system for health care professionals.
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