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  • Spirituality: Chaplains play important role in overall fitness

    Service members’ personal beliefs and practices help strengthen their ties to hope, meaning, and purpose. Such ideological and spiritual forces play an extremely important role in Total Force Fitness and the ability to persist when confronting adverse situations.

  • DOD experts explain science behind COVID-19 vaccines

    Almost six weeks after the Food and Drug Administration issued emergency use authorization for the first two COVID-19 vaccines, many questions have arisen concerning their efficacy in attacking the SARS-CoV-2 virus and deadly COVID-19 disease. To better understand how COVID-19 vaccines work, MHS

  • AMC commander meets 459th Air Refueling Wing top leaders

    JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- The commander of Air Mobility Command, Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, recently visited the 459th Air Refueling Wing here as part of her visit to Joint Base Andrews.During the visit, the AMC commander met with the 459th Air Refueling Wing commander Col. Greg Buchanan, vice

  • 459th ARW supports AFDW, 316th WG in inauguration efforts

    JOINT BASE ANDREWS Md. – The 459th Air Refueling Wing provided support to the 316th Wing and Air Force District of Washington for the 2021 Inauguration Day.Members of the 69th Aerial Port Squadron, 459th Logistics Readiness Squadron and 459th Maintenance Squadron stepped up and volunteered to answer

  • The last stripe: A Chiefs road to retirement

    JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- Chief Master Sgt. Jose Velez, Jr., former 459th Air Refueling Wing Command Chief, is set to retire Feb. 28, 2021, after 26 years of faithful and selfless service to our country.Chief Velez was not always ‘Chief.’ He was once Airman Basic Velez in 1983, back when the

  • Extended OASDI Tax Deferral

    This notice provides an update to the prior notification, Subject "Collection of 2020 Social Security Tax Deferral" sent December 18, 2020.The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 was passed and extended the period for collecting deferred 2020 Social Security taxes.  The period for collection is

  • 459 ARW Airman designs Air Force Reserve coloring book

    JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. – A reservist with the 459th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Office recently created the 2nd edition of the Air Force Reserve coloring book released December 2020 by the Air Force Reserve Command Office of History and Heritage.Technical Sgt. Katie “Kat” Justen is a Combat

  • Benefits of Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine

    We understand that some people may be concerned about getting vaccinated now that COVID-19 vaccines are available in the United States. While more COVID-19 vaccines are being developed as quickly as possible, routine processes and procedures remain in place to ensure the safety of any vaccine that