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  • AFCENT band helps local music class get new direction

    Music is a common language for everyone in the world, so when a local school asked for some help - the Air Force Central Command Band was more than willing to assist.The school's music teacher asked 1st Lt. Rafael Toro Quinones, AFCENT Band officer in charge, to teach two music classes, one for its

  • Pushing the Envelope: How Contraband Disrupts the Mail

    Mail for troops is something deployed service members look forward to, sometimes more so than even phone calls and Facebook friend requests. Despite the constant, daily mail for more than 6,000 personnel stationed at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, it takes only one piece of contraband to affect

  • The Justice Files: Nonjudicial Punishment for January 2013

    Nonjudicial punishment under Article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice enables commanders to maintain good order and discipline in a fair and swift process without the negative implications for an Airman that are carried with a court-martial conviction. An Airman who is offered nonjudicial

  • CSAF, CMSAF visit Grand Slam Wing

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody visited with the Airmen of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Feb. 2 and 3.Welsh and Cody visited the 379th AEW and held an Airman's Call as part of a multi-base tour to meet with Airmen throughout the

  • Maintainers help Rivet Joint fly, intel operate, mission succeed

    It's neither the appeal of being a pilot, nor the intrigue of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance that keeps the RC-135 Rivet Joint in the air, but by the hard work and dedication of skilled maintenance crews working round the clock to keep the mission on task and target.Deployed from

  • The Stoks standard: 8th EAMS Airman breaks AMC, 379th AEW APEX records

    In six months Staff Sgt. Ryan Stoks expedited more than 413 missions and moved more than 18 million pounds of cargo to set new aerial port expeditor records for Air Mobility Command and the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing. What began as a simple challenge with his fellow 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility

  • Fear to ask for help is shrinking

    Walking to the restroom in the middle of the night, someone blindsides you, drags you into a bunker and forces themself upon you. In your head, there is so much confusion. I think I know who...it couldn't be, could it? What-how-why did that just happen to me? Why couldn't anyone hear me? What do I

  • Legal: Military Justice

    Under Uniform Code of Military Justice, commanders have the authority to impose nonjudicial punishment known as Article 15s. Before doing so, commanders rely on the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing legal office's military justice section for their expertise. "My job is to assist the attorney, along with

  • Consider the consequence: Injury possible anywhere, anytime

    It doesn't take much to get hurt at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing. Simple mishaps injure members and diminish their ability to perform their mission. There are a few common injuries members should know while supporting operations in the area of responsibility.Defined as "an unplanned occurrence,