May 17, 2010 Expanded digital access requires same common sense Social networking sites are open to Air Force servicemembers and employees in the workplace. This change to policy has raised many questions about using social media officially and personally in the workplace.When you get right down to it, however, little has changed. The rules established for
May 17, 2010 Selfridge Airmen Earn CCAF Degree For almost 40 years, the Community College of the Air Force has been at the forefront of the Air Force's transformation into a high-tech fighting force. In a short ceremony May 16 at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, 24 Air Force noncommissioned officers received their CCAF diplomas, joining more
May 16, 2010 Selfridge Fuels Shop Supports Joint Operations No matter the pattern of the uniform or the paint scheme of the aircraft, the fuels shop at Selfridge Air National Guard Base has one goal in mind: customer service."We try to treat everyone like a customer," said Master Sgt. Carlo Vettraino, noncommissioned officer in charge of the fuels shop, a
May 4, 2010 AF Band of Flight ensemble to play locally Enjoy a "Memorial Day to Remember," with the Air Force Band of Flight's Huffman Prairie Winds, on Monday, May 17th, at 7 p.m. in the Anchor Bay High School auditorium, located at 6319 County Line Rd, Fair Haven, Mich.This free concert features an overview of Memorial Day history and real-life
April 22, 2010 Earth Day ties into an Air Force core value "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without," is a New England proverb.Perhaps because I grew up in a large family, this proverb became an ingrained practice. Some people today may think this attitude is dated, as if it were pulled from a Depression-era Farmer's Almanac. For me though, this
April 21, 2010 Selfridge Air Guard NCO supports morale and welfare ops for Southwest Asia wing Staff Sgt. Karen Staniek is a services journeyman with the 380th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron at a non disclosed base here. In her deployed job, she works in Roy's flight kitchen in the operations area for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing.Sergeant Staniek is an Air National Guard NCO
April 20, 2010 War simulated for training at Selfridge The 127th Wing will be conducting an Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE) here on April 21 and 22. The exercise is designed to test the airmen's wartime ability to survive and operate. Simulated wartime activity will occur in the designated play area of Selfridge in the central and southeast portion
April 16, 2010 Ghana Deployment slideshow #2 The 127th Civil Engineering Squadron, Michigan Air National Guard, was deployed to Accra, Ghana, as part of a construction team. The detachment is working on doing major renovations to a technical training building at the Akota air base in Ghana, along with a team from the North Dakota Air National
April 16, 2010 Michigan Airmen Assist Orphanages During African Deployment Deployed to Ghana for a training mission, Airmen from the 127th Civil Engineering Squadron paid a visit and dropped off donations at an orphanage and a center that assists the children of women who have been rescued or have escaped from human traffickers."How can you not help but feel that you must
April 16, 2010 American Airmen Pick Up Skills from African Counterparts U.S. Airmen deployed to west African are learning new skills and techniques, thanks to their interaction with soldiers from Ghana.The 127th Civil Engineering Squadron, Michigan Air National Guard, deployed to Accra, the capital city of Ghana in West Africa for two weeks in April to work with the