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  • Dropping the curtains on DUIs

    It only takes one bad decision to alter your Air Force career. From as simple as a drink at a friend's house before driving or a sip of alcohol before you're 21.While these are just two situations that can affect military members, the 723rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron has recognized that even one

  • 38th RQS PJs carry blood again, increase survival rates

    Pararescumen deployed to Camp Bastion, Aghanistan, have brought back the ability to carry and administer blood to patients on rescue missions, increasing survival rates for injured warfighters.Air Force rescue units haven't carried blood since the beginning of OEF in Afghanistan. The capability

  • Optometry experts train with new 3-D retina imaging equipment

    Without healthy eyeballs, laboratory technicians wouldn't be able to precisely draw blood and pilots wouldn't be able to fly planes. The 23rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron optometry flight recently conducted training with a new piece of equipment that helps them more quickly diagnose ocular diseases

  • Facebook application poses potential threat to servicemembers

    Buried inside Facebook is an application that could potentially lead adversaries to the front door of those who frequent the social media site."Places I check in to," a feature that is automatically enabled on the site, checks the IP address of each Facebook user who logs into their account and then

  • Spice illegal for AF members, produces dangerous side effects

    Although it is banned from use by all Air Force members and scheduled to soon become illegal for all American citizens, not much is known about the drug "spice."Spice, considered a marijuana alternative because it has the same effects, is a mixture of potentially dangerous herbs coated with

  • Former Moody helicopter pilot receives Cheney Award

    An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter pilot formerly assigned to Moody Air Force Base, Ga., recently received the Cheney Award from Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz here for the rescue of two critically injured Marines in Helmand Valley, Afghanistan. Maj. John Mangan, now assigned to the U.S.