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Design sketch Let your innovation be known
The news drew excitement and pride from many in the Air Force last month, an announcement of finalists in the Spark Tank competition that collects innovative ideas from the Air Force major commands and selects the best at the headquarters level.
 0 2/02
2018
American flag Old Glory raised, then lowered
During half-staff days, I find strength and inspiration in the story of William Driver.
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2017
The official logo for National Preparedness Month 2017 Check this to help, for any disaster
September is National Preparedness Month
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2017
Navy Lt. Arthur E.J. Male, USNRF, in gunner's bow position, with a Lewis aircraft machine gun, at the Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 25 March 1918. Note bomb sight on the plane's side, beside the gunner. (Photo courtesy Naval History and Heritage Command) The amazing World War I story of McGhee Tyson
The amazing WWI story of McGhee Tyson
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2017
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Capt. Edmund Morrisey, top center, pictured here in 1963 with personnel from the Pennsylvania Air National Guard's 146th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and members of the Colorado and Utah Air National Guard who were among the first Air National Guard teams to win the Air Force's William Tell aerial gunnery competition. (U.S. Air Force file photo/Released) Changing perceptions
The veterans of World War II and Korea set the foundation of the current Air National Guard.
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2017
Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith, assigned to the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center, and his wife, Marva, line up for the Atlanta Hawks Fast Break 5K outside Phillips Arena in downtown Atlanta, Feb. 4, 2017. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith) So much for fitness insanity, and excuses
Most times I’ve come home from work so far this year, my wife asks me the same thing: “What are you doing for a workout?”
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2017
The history of the National Guard began on December 13, 1636, when the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ordered the organization of the colony's militia companies into three regiments: the North, South and East Regiments. The colonists had adopted the English militia system which obligated all males, between the ages of 16 and 60, to possess arms and participate in the defense of the community. The early colonial militia drilled once a week and provided guard details each evening to sound the alarm in case of attack. The growing threat of the Pequot Indians to the Massachusetts Bay Colony required that the militia be in a high state of readiness. The organization of the North, South and East Regiments increased the efficiency and responsiveness of the militia. Although the exact date is not known, the first muster of the East Regiment took place in Salem, Massachusetts. The National Guard continues its historic mission of providing units for the first-line defense of the nation. The 101st Engineer Battalion, Massachusetts Army National Guard, continues the East Regiment's proud heritage of 350 years of service. (First Muster, a National Guard Heritage Painting by Don Troiani, courtesy the National Guard Bureau.) A guard for men and mice, 380 years ago
It may pass unnoticed like the cat in the crowd this Spring – except in Massachusetts – that America celebrates 380 years since a militia first gathered together in defense of the community.
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2017
An American flag created from hand prints by elementary school childern in east Tennessee for appreciation to a service member hangs on a wall at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center in Louisville, Tenn. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith) Thank you so much for all the ‘thanks’
If I went through my past receipts on military discounts I would calculate a lot of cash left in my wallet from the generosity and appreciation of American businesses through the years. Especially from hardware stores.
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2017
Student and staff from Airman leadership school class 16-8 gather on stage to celebrate the completion of the first blended learning course, here, Aug. 26, 2016, at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center in Louisville, Tenn. Blended learning is a facilitated online version of ALS combining distance learning and the in-residence professional miltiary education to better serve the needs of reserve force Airman and the Air Force. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jerry D. Harlan/Released) We can't go wrong developing Airmen through their feedback
How can we go wrong if we develop a course for Airmen, by Airmen, with Airmen's feedback guiding the way? I do not believe that we can.The Chief Master Sergeant Paul H. Lankford Enlisted Professional Military Education Center graduated our first Airman Leadership School Blended Learning Course - class 16‐8.Never before has an Airman completed
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2016
Noncommissioned Officer Leadership school 71-2L, with 22 Women in the Air Force, or WAFs, and staff in November 1970 at the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center on McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Tenn. NCO leadership school was the precursor to today's Air Force Airman leadership school. This class was also reported as the largest single graduation of WAFs in a leadership school to date, and these women were the first to attend classes at the TEC. They graduated Nov. 27, 1970. Women were accepted on an equal basis with men in 1976, and the WAF program ended. (U.S. Air National Guard photo) How EPME women progressed AF leadership
How EPME women progressed AF leadership
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2016
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