Monique Muncy honored with second-highest private citizen awardThree decades of selfless service to Airmen and their families recently earned Monique L. Muncy the prestigious Chief of Staff of the Air Force Award for Exceptional Public Service at a luncheon at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, D.C...
October 11, 2012

Colorado National Guard member ends mountain rescue in a castSoldiers, civilians and county sheriff's personnel worked in tandem to rescue injured climbers in the Indian Peaks mountain range Sept. 7...
October 12, 2012

Motorcycle Mentorship Program encourages safe enjoyment in the saddleAs temperatures drop sharply here around this time of year, many of the ‘Coyotes’ of Division West’s 5th Armored Brigade are considering putting their motorcycles into winter hibernation. Even so, the bikers of the brigade’s 2nd Battalion, 361st Combat Support Regiment augmented their recent battle assembly weekend by completed their motorcycle safety ride for the quarter as part of the unit’s Motorcycle Mentorship Program...
October 12, 2012

Army’s first cantor spreads word of Torah in Middle EastFirst Lt. David Frommer lit candles as he led a small group of service members and civilians in the chanting of the Torah. A chaplain of four years, Frommer has conducted several celebrations of the biblical holiday Sukkot (Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles), but this was his first in the Middle East...
October 4, 2012

Georgia Army National Guard members train Burundi militaryA pair of Georgia Army National Guardsmen from the 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion trained more than 30 Burundi Armed Forces personnel during two weeks of instruction on deployment and unit movement planning recently...
October 4, 2012

S.D. National Guard provides a ‘Women in the Military’ workshop for Suriname’s armed forcesWomen from the South Dakota Army and Air National Guard recently traveled to the South American country of Suriname, as part of National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program, to take part in a ‘Women in the Military’ workshop with women from the Suriname armed forces...
October 12, 2012

In and outside the classroom, Wisconsin Guard members immerse themselves in SpanishThe Wisconsin Army National Guard Military Engagement Team members journeyed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, for a two-week language immersion program at Institute for Second Language Acquisition, Inc., (I.S.L.A.) Sept. 9...
October 3, 2012

Family Matters Blog: DOD teacher finds crossroads in U.S. educationCommon Core Standards, No Child Left Behind, STEM, differentiated teaching, merit pay. Keeping up with the latest policies, ideas and buzz words in education is enough to make parents' – along with more than a few educators' -- heads spin....
October 9, 2012