459th ARW conducts readiness exercise to maintain preparedness

Is Your DEERS Information Up to Date?

When is the last time you checked to see if your information in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System, or DEERS, is up to date? If it’s been a while, take time to log in to DEERS and review your information. Keeping information on you and your family current in DEERS is important.

Decreasing injuries is the goal

What is safety? Safety is the state of being safe or not being dangerous or harmful; freedom from harm or danger or a safe place according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary and the Oxford dictionary gives its definition as the state of being safe and protected from danger or harm.

myLearning debuts ‘Big Blue Button’ to expand course development options, add modern collaboration capability for Airmen

The ‘Big Blue Button,’ a new synchronous learning capability intended to increase course development and execution options, went live in the myLearning platform Jan. 26. The ‘Big Blue Button’ feature provides a collaborative, virtual classroom for course instructors and students to be able interact

Air Force announces officer performance report static closeout dates, beginning October 2022

Transitioning from non-standardized annual and change of reporting official, OPR closeout policies to SCODs increases transparency by ensuring stable, steady, and reliable assessments from senior raters and rating chains.

459th couple reflects on self-care and balancing work/life mix

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- Many members in a mil-to-mil or mil-to-civ relationship agree that having a work/life balance can be difficult at times due to differences in schedules, deployments, tours of duty (TDYs), etc. The Bryant family shared their experience on how they maintain a healthy

Air University overhauls curriculum to focus on international competitors

The overhaul significantly increases classroom instruction covering the nation’s competitors, specifically China and Russia, at all levels of PME and in many of its other programs and courses.

Why today’s ‘Gen Z’ is at risk for boot camp injuries

For today's generation of 18-to-25-year-olds, making it through recruit training and successfully transitioning from civilian life into the military is not easy.Today's recruits are coming from a far more sedentary lifestyle compared to previous generations, making their skeletons more prone to

AFRC introduces first Civilian Force Development e-book

The Air Force Reserve Command introduces its first Civilian Force Development e-book which has been created to share pertinent information in support of our civilian workforce. The content also applies to personnel on Active Guard and Reserve, Air Reserve Technician and Traditional Reserve status

Reduce your risk of developing cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases characterized by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells. About one of every three Americans will develop some form of malignancy during his or her lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Our genes, lifestyle, and the