May 25, 2012 Services Airmen Gain Experience in Medical Training Exercise No matter what hat Airman Shelbi Newsom is wearing, she likes to help people.As a Services specialist with the 188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, Newsom can be called upon to work in a variety of roles - serving meals, arranging lodging, even working in the morgue - around an air base.
May 24, 2012 ANG Photographer: ‘Best Job in the World’ Have camera, will travel."I have the best job in the world," said Technical Sgt. David Kujawa, a photographer with the 127th Wing's Public Affairs office at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. Kujawa has been a member of the 127th Wing for about 7 years. He served for 4 years as a supply
May 24, 2012 ‘Injured Airman’ Adds to Exercise Dang if THAT doesn't look like it must hurt.Technical Sgt. Kenneth Glanzie spent most of Thursday with his leg wrapped up with a compound fracture of the fibula. And he had the screams and moans to go with it.Glanzie's leg injury was a fake. Part of an extensive exercise to test the ability of Air
May 23, 2012 Honor Guards Gather for Joint Total Force Training Thirty Airmen from a half-dozen bases around the Midwest refreshed their skills to serve as members of military honor guards during a week-long training session at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in mid-May. "This training helps to ensure that every honor guard maintains the same high
May 23, 2012 Selfridge MedTech Relishes Opportunity to Make a Difference As a medical technician with the 127th Medical Group, Technical Sgt. Trish Myers states up front that she probably isn't the one who will save anyone's life. "But if you need someone to take care of you, to listen to you, just give me a call," Myers said between training exercises in a giant tent
May 22, 2012 Selfridge Airmen Mark Memorial Day A backyard barbeque. A parade. Just a quiet moment.The Airmen of Selfridge Air National Guard Base will mark Memorial Day as will most Americans, mindful of the sacrifice of those who have paid the ultimate price to ensure freedom and liberty. Helping area residents to mark the occasion, A-10
May 20, 2012 Selfridge Airmen Earn Degrees in Afghanistan Call it Operation: Algebra. Even when the building at Kandahar Air Base shook after another rocket attack, two Michigan Airmen kept working their equations.Today, they hold degrees from the Community College of the Air Force to prove it. Staff Sgt. Vanessa Rudolph and Staff Sgt. Jessica Homann, both
May 19, 2012 Chief Asks: ‘Who Knows You?’ Who knows what you do? That's the question Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Muncy wants Airmen to be asking themselves. Muncy is the command chief of the Air National Guard and as such is the senior enlisted member of a force of roughly 107,000 Citizen-Airmen. Key among his duties is sharing his view
May 14, 2012 Selfridge Civilian Deploys to Afghanistan A Selfridge civilian has deployed to Afghanistan to aid in the rebuilding process of that nation.Yvette Wolski, who has worked in the civilian personnel office at Selfridge Air National Guard Base for essentially her entire working career, was recently selected for the deployment and is working in
May 4, 2012 Leadership Program Seeks to 'Operationalize Diversity' Do you know how you are wired?"When we understand our own personality, when we learn about ourselves, we can better understand the people who we are working with," said Capt. Donald Davenport, a KC-135 pilot with the 171st Air Refueling Squadron. "The question they keep asking us is 'how are you