• AFMC’s Wingman Intervention program going strong

    More than two years after it was introduced, Air Force Materiel Command's Wingman Intervention program is still going strong."During the spring 2013 Wingman Day, AFMC made a concerted effort to provide its Airmen with the skills and confidence they need to safely intervene when they see fellow

  • Wingman Toolkit supports Comprehensive Airman Fitness

    Comprehensive Airman Fitness is built on the four domains of fitness -- physical, mental, social and spiritual. CAF is a top-level priority in the Air Force, and it is essential for individuals to be fit across all four domains.Gen. Mark Welsh III, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, has said,

  • R&D strategy leverages innovation, partnerships

    The stakes are high for Department of Defense leaders seeking to equip the U.S. military force of the future. In addition to the ever-present and evolving dangers presented by global terrorism, defense planners face proliferating and increasingly sophisticated cyber threats by nation-states,

  • AFRL senior execs receive Presidential Rank Awards

    Five Air Force Research Laboratory senior staff members have been awarded 2015 Presidential Rank Awards.Established by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, these awards recognize a select group of career members of the Senior Executive Service for exceptional performance over an extended period of

  • Air Force Marathon can help runners meet their New Year's resolutions

    It's that time of year where people are thinking about things they would like to do differently and goals they would like to meet in the New Year. Popular resolutions include fitness as well as financial goals.For anyone interested in running, fitness and saving money in the New Year, consider

  • Accreditation helps make child development centers successful

    Wright-Patterson child development centers are reaccredited every five years through the National Association for the Education of Young Children for Early Childhood and Youth Accreditation to maintain their high quality of childcare.NAEYC sets high standards for all centers to strive toward and

  • Teens spread holiday cheer in a shoebox

    Members of the Keystone Club at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Prairies Youth Center have been busy stuffing shoeboxes with toiletries, gloves, hats and goodies to donate to children in need.The shoeboxes, also wrapped and decorated, were delivered to children at the Montgomery County Child

  • Technical communication skills emphasized in AFRL internships

    Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics interns in the Gaming Research Integration for Learning Laboratory here receive more than hands-on learning in the STEM fields; they also have opportunities to practice and develop their technical communication skills. "The ability to communicate

  • AFLCMC product support managers win DOD-level awards

    Two product support managers in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center each won a 2015 Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager Award announced by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall Dec. 9.Dale Hertenstein, the product support manager in the