• New TRICARE Reserve select program begins Oct. 1

    Oct. 1 marks the first day of a new and simplified TRICARE Reserve Select health care plan. Current TRS members who do not enroll into the restructured program risk losing continuous TRICARE coverage for themselves and their families, as active re-enrollment is required and is not automatic. The

  • Bronze Star Medal awarded to Soldier

    1st Sgt. David C. Gail, of Smithton, Mo., made history while serving in Iraq. He is the first member of the 449th Aviation Support Battalion of the Texas Army National Guard to receive the Bronze Star Medal for Meritorious Achievement. Sergeant Gail received this honor for his work overseeing the

  • Soldier donates flag flown over Iraq

    More than 56,000 University of Missouri fans cheered as Staff Sgt. Ryan Coday, from the Missouri National Guard's 1-135th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, presented a special flag to the University of Missouri during Military Appreciation Day Sept. 22, at the MU versus Illinois State University

  • TMO to undergo regionalization

    Beginning Oct. 1, the Department of Defense will regionalize all front office functions of what was once the 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron's traffic management flight. The functions of scheduling inbound or outbound personal property (i.e., household goods) will become the responsibility of the

  • Rising above the fitness challenge

    National championship - these two words can push an athlete to their physical and mental limits, but exactly what does it take to make it to the nationals? Staff Sgt. Brian Frank, 509th Communications Squadron, knows what it takes. Sergeant Frank will compete against an elite group of off-road

  • LNSI success — teamwork maintains confidence

    After Labor Day weekend, I returned to work to discover that we were about to receive yet another visit from the Air Combat Command Inspector General -- this time unannounced. Strategic Air Command used to conduct "no notice" inspections, and I recall twenty years ago experiencing that - but they