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  • Combined exercise tests interoperability between coalition partners

    The 380th Air Expeditionary Wing fire department completed a training scenario with the French and host nation fire departments to test their interoperability July 26. The exercise helped break through communication barriers and foster a relationship between three fire departments from different

  • Four U.S. governors visit Joint Base Balad

    Governors from Kentucky, Nevada, Tennessee and Utah visited Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Aug. 1, to meet with their deployed service members. The governors are traveling to Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan and Landstuhl, Germany, as part of the 2011 Governors Delegation, a program sponsored by the Secretary of

  • July 2011 Justice Files

    There were no courts-martial, and three Article 15s in the month of July.Nonjudicial punishment (NJP) provides commanders with an essential and prompt means of maintaining good order and discipline and also promotes positive behavior changes in service members without the stigma of a court-martial

  • Lucky K-9 still sniffing after 70 (dog) years

    A decade of service is more than most military members serve; in fact with the deployment tempo and demands for military working dogs, it's on the higher end of a MWD's service as well. But, Lucky is not a typical dog. At 10 years old, this Belgian Malinois is the oldest MWD at the Transit Center.

  • Transit Center major receives 19th Air Medal

    Maj. Josh Brown thinks records are made to be broken. A KC-135 Stratotanker pilot deployed to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Brown flew his final combat sortie for this deployment July 30, qualifying him to receive the 18th oak leaf cluster for his Air Medal. Currently, the next highest

  • New tool helps PERSCO teams support deployed Airmen

    Air Force officials are testing a new capability to expedite personnel assistance deployed total force Airmen receive from Personnel Support for Contingency Operations teams.PERSCO teams at deployed locations in the U.S. Air Forces Central's area of responsibility will be phased in to receive access

  • Shindand AB ushers in new strategic runway

    Airmen from the 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group at Shindand Air Base, Afghanistan, opened a critical strategic taxiway July 27 allowing for simultaneous strategic and tactical airlift.Officials from the 838th indicate the event marks a dynamic shift in Shindand AB strategic vision and

  • Afghans help maintain airfield

    Many Afghans support coalition forces at Kandahar Airfield. Afghans who do not work for their military can work as contractors, often hired and vetted by a private company, doing construction or maintenance jobs in the airfield. "They're out to do a job and support a family," said Master Sgt.

  • Medic chooses service over recognition

    On July 20, Staff Sgt. Christina Johnson had an opportunity to meet Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin Hill, the senior enlisted U.S. military member in Afghanistan, but she was called to assist an Airman who needed her.Johnson, an independent duty medical technician with the 74th Expeditionary Fighter

  • Vehicle maintainers keep Transit Center moving

    It takes the work of several career fields to meet the Transit Center's mission of providing onward movement; however, without a qualified crew of vehicle maintainers it would be impossible to move troops downrange or return them home. Vehicle maintainers at the Transit Center manage a fleet of more