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  • New AF personnel accountability system helps leaders, families during crises

    When a natural disaster or large-scale crisis strikes, the Air Force wants to ensure the safety of all Airmen, and their family members. To account for its personnel, the Air Force will implement a new program April 1, the Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System, to improve

  • TRICARE beneficiaries have access to DoD self-service logon

    The Department of Defense (DoD) family member account to access the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) has a new name and the Web site has a new look. It is now called "DS Logon." A DoD Self-Service Logon--or "DS Logon"--is a secure credential issued to uniformed service

  • New records viewing system improves access to unit records

    Air Force Personnel Center officials will release the new Personnel Records Display Application (PRDA) in early April. PRDA is an electronic viewer for the Automated Records Management System, facilitating search, retrieval and management of personnel records in ARMS through a role based access

  • Enlisted flyers watch over Airmen ground forces

    The painted wooden sign hanging over the tent's entrance identifies the tiny spit of sand as Burge Field, an esoteric but fitting name bestowed on the field by the 887th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron members who work there and understood only by those who are "in on the joke." Vernon Burge

  • 2009 rings in 'historic' year for Parent University

    A half-day's worth of workshops designed to help parents work with their children was held for the first time on March 7 at Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Ga. The 23rd Medical Group's Family Advocacy Program, along with Lowndes County Schools, Valdosta City Schools, Georgia Parent Navigator

  • Agencies and programs aid Airmen in fight against DUIs at Moody

    Since 2007, Moody Air Force Base has seen a significant decrease in the amount of alcohol related incidents involving Airmen and their families. From 2007 to 2008, the base saw a decline of more than 50-percent in Driving Under the Influence charges, which Staff Sgt. Matt Ryan, Sober Ride program

  • Job opportunities available for Airmen in recruiting

    The decision to increase the Air Force end strength from 316,000 to 330,000 at the end of 2008 forced Air Force Recruiting Service officials here to ramp up the number of recruiters across the nation, offering more Airmen a chance to enter a uniquely challenging career. "Recruiting offers a direct