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    Air Force Secretary sends summer safety, health message

    As the weather warms, we encourage our Airmen and Guardians to make the most of this time with your family and loved ones, but also ask you to do so with a renewed emphasis on staying healthy and avoiding injury.
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    Risk Management - the key to a safe and enjoyable summer

    The Department of the Air Force reminds Airmen and Guardians to apply sound risk management when enjoying outdoor and recreational activities with family and friends this summer. The summer focus period runs from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day.

  • VA national cemeteries plan mass flag placements, virtual Memorial Day events

    Veterans Affairs national cemeteries will allow mass flag placements across the United States to commemorate Memorial Day.
  • Now-retired Air Force Reserve Brig. Gen. Christian Funk served as the honorary captain for the Air Force Academy during a Falcons football game, Oct. 19, 2018. To his left is Chief Master Sgt. Michael Johnson, Air Force Recruiting Service chief of strategic marketing. Johnson and Funk began working sporting events in the Miami area when they were both assigned to Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida.

    Reserve chief does big things at Air Force Recruiting Service

    When Chief Master Sgt. Michael Johnson got the call to report to Headquarters Air Force Recruiting Service as part of the early push toward Total Force recruiting, he faced many of the typical questions a Reserve Airman faces when working with the active duty.
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    Reducing the stigma and encouraging mental health care in the military

    In the military, the stigma of mental health is grounded in the cultural misperception that a service member must have "zero defects" to be mission ready. While the Department of Defense strives to identify and eliminate barriers to care that service members face regarding mental health treatment, stigma remains a significant issue within the military.
  • Photo of Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve, and his counterparts from the Marines, Army, Navy and National Guard testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Defense during a hearing May 18.(Courtesy photo)

    Scobee highlights Reserve contributions during Senate hearing

    Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve, and his counterparts from the Marines, Army, Navy and National Guard testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Defense during a hearing May 18.
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    DAF releases update on telework, remote work guidance

    The DAF guidance memorandum, DoDI1035.01_DAFI 36-816 Telework Program, provides necessary clarification and expands the Department’s use of telework and remote work based on current lessons learned, pending a comprehensive review of the Department of the Air Force telework program.
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    Warrior Braids and the Air Force Women’s Initiative Team – The Invisible Labor behind Diversity, Inclusion, and Institutional Change

    Cast your gaze across the faces of US Air Force servicewomen in the days after 10 February 2021, and you cannot help but notice the joyous reaction to the service’s recent change in its hair standards for women.1 Ponytails are swinging free, braids are cascading down backs, and servicewomen are excelling in their military duties with a new edge of
  • Innovation and a forward-looking mindset have long been key aspects of Air Force culture.

    Empowered Airmen accelerate change across Air Force

    Innovation and a forward-looking mindset have long been key aspects of Air Force culture. Today, Airmen worldwide continue to exemplify these traits as they find innovative ways to implement new programs and processes to accelerate change in support of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr.'s “Accelerate Change or Lose” strategic approach and accompanying Action Orders.
  • The Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC) has identified this year’s theme for the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month as: Advancing Leaders Through Purpose-Driven Service. The icon flower depicted is not a particular flower, but does use the colors of a Hibiscus (used in cultures including India, S. Korea, Malaysia, Solomon Islands, Philippines, and more). The correlation of the flower and a “leader” is represented as always evolving, reproducing, and making other leaders.

    May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

    The observance recognizing Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month was established by Title 36, U.S. Code, Section 102. This observance runs through the month of May and celebrates the service and sacrifices of Asian/Pacific Islanders throughout the United States.
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