• UCM remembers 9/11 victims

    A remembrance ceremony honoring those who lost their lives in the 9/11 tragedy was held Tuesday at the University of Central Missouri quadrangle. The event was coordinated by the Office of Military and Veteran Services and Scott Ammon, a faculty member from the safety science program in the School

  • September is Suicide Prevention Month

    More airmen committed suicide in the first three months of this year than in any other first quarter in the past decade. From Jan. 1 through Aug. 17, there have been a total of 70 suicides in the Air Force.With the number of suicides in 2012 doubling in the services compared to ten years ago,

  • Are You Ready to Receive?

    Are you ready to receive? In the NFL, this means, "is your team ready for the football?" In the 709th Munitions Squadron, the statement "ready to receive" has an entirely different meaning. It means something different in all, your jobs, too, but the statement is absolutely a part of the awesomeness

  • From the frontlines: Staff Sgt. Richard Mahaney

    When it comes to having respect for the worth and dignity of every Airman, one Air Force Global Strike Airman held this value true by keeping accountability for every Airman who comes in and out of his unit during his recent deployment to Southwest Asia.Staff Sgt. Richard Mahaney, 509th Force

  • Veterans bike across America

    Five military veterans from the Long Road Home Project, who have made it their mission to bike more than 4,200 miles across the country, made a stop here, Sept. 4-6.During their stay at Whiteman, veterans Marie Tracy, Glenn Isaac Fretz, Ryan Creel, Colleen Bushnell and Steve Taylor, were afforded

  • From the Frontlines: Tech. Sgt. Kenneth Wright

    While on a deployment, everyone on base comes to realize how important every other job is because you can't do your job without the other shops doing theirs.Tech. Sgt. Kenneth Wright, 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance low bay NCO in-charge, had an under-appreciated job that

  • Whiteman to honor the past with a POW/MIA run

    Members of active duty, Guard and Reserve units here will support those military members who have been prisoners of war, or determined missing-in-action throughout U.S. military history with an annual run, Sept. 13-14. The run kicks off 4 p.m., Sept., 13 and continues until 4 p.m., Sept. 14. The run

  • Team Whiteman invited to POW*MIA breakfast

    Team Whiteman is invited to the Inaugural Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Breakfast at 8 a.m., Sept. 14 at Mission's End. National POW*MIA Recognition Day gives Americans an opportunity to pay respect and honor all individuals who became prisoners of war and the men and women still missing in