Airmen commemorate 60th anniversary through the mail

Airmen will have a unique opportunity to commemorate the Air Force's 60th anniversary Sept. 18 through Oct. 18. The Air Force and U.S. Postal Service have joined forces to offer a commemorative postmark that will be available for cancellation from Sept. 18 to Oct. 18 at 40 base post offices

Guardian Lite

509th Bomb Wing conducts change of command

Col. Garrett Harencak took the reins of the 509th Bomb Wing from Brig. Gen. Greg Biscone during a change-of-command ceremony Sept. 14 at the 442nd Fighter Wing 5-bay hangar. Lt. Gen. Robert J. Elder, 8th Air Force commander, presided over the ceremony. Military change-of-commands are a time-honored

Deployed 509er earns Navy Achievement Medal

When two F/A-18 Hornets encountered engine trouble and had to land at an air patch at Ali Al Salem, Air Base, Kuwait, Aug. 25-26, Tech. Sgt. Dale Wilson, 509th Operations Support Squadron, currently deployed to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing OSS, spent 36 hours in supporting the aircraft pilots

One final check turn

Seventeen months ago I returned to Whiteman for the last of what have become three extremely rewarding assignments. It felt like I returned home. Many of you introduced or reintroduced yourselves to me as I made my around the base. You did much to turbo-charge my transition and enable me to better

Guard and Reserve “to make the switch” to restructured TRICARE Reserve Select

National Guard and Reserve members currently in the TRICARE Reserve Select health care plan must sign up for the restructured TRS by Sept. 30, in order to continue their coverage. Effective Sept. 30, the "old" TRS ceases to exist. A restructured TRS begins Oct. 1. "Don't forget to make the switch"

Putting on a shine

Serving with honor

Our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines stand out from the rest of society for a number of reasons: The way we look and dress; our language, terms and phrases we use; our ranks and terms of address; the rules and regulations which govern our conduct and behavior; and most important, our unique

Outprocessing and medical records

There are a few facts about medical records that military members should know before PCS, retirement or separation. AFI 41-210 states that active duty members will hand carry their sealed medical records from the losing base to the gaining base upon PCS; dependent's records will be mailed to the

Commissary case lot sale shoppers swarm their stores

If you clip coupons 'till the Sunday paper looks like Swiss cheese, you might be a commissary shopper. If you are so good at managing your grocery budget you have extra money in your checking account, you might be a commissary shopper. If you have ever gotten up at dawn and waited in line to buy