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  • Uniforms now optional at final out for Airmen at AFMC installations

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force Materiel Command has enacted a waiver making uniform wear optional during final out-processing for service members assigned to AFMC installations.The waiver applies to all Airmen out-processing for the purposes of relocation, retirement and

  • AFMC honors Airmen for excellence

    The Air Force Materiel Command honored top Airmen for 2021 during the Annual Excellence Award Banquet March 23, 2022. During a ceremony in the Modern Flight Gallery of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, nominees in nine separate categories were recognized from throughout AFMC's

  • Active-shooter exercise tests emergency response

    Senior Airman Andrew Barnes, 88th Security Forces Squadron, takes point as Defenders respond to an active-shooter exercise Feb. 23, 2022, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The exercise was held as part of the base’s regularly scheduled training to prepare for possible emergency scenarios.

  • Sharing IV: A chance to learn from each other

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In this month’s AFMC Connect story on “Sharing,” Col. Patrick Miller, the 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, introduced a series of questions answered by wing leaders to facilitate small-group conversations across Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as

  • Sharing III: A chance to learn from each other

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- In this month’s AFMC Connect story on “Sharing,” Col. Patrick Miller, the 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, introduced a series of questions answered by wing leaders to facilitate small-group conversations across Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

  • Sharing II: A chance to learn from each other

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - In last week’s AFMC Connect story on “Sharing,”, Col. Patrick Miller, the 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, introduced a series of questions answered by the wing leaders to facilitate small-group conversations across Wright-Patterson Air Force

  • Day in the Life: Labor and Delivery Nurse

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- What’s in a workday? Sometimes, it depends on who you ask.Does it start at midnight—when Capt. Dahlia Garcia, 88th Inpatient Operations Squadron charge nurse, is halfway through her 12-hour shift in the Labor and Delivery Ward? Or does is start at 5 p.m.—when

  • Town Hall addresses vaccines, telework, enterprise readiness

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Vaccines, telework, diversity and more were addressed during the Air Force Materiel Command Virtual Town Hall, Jan. 7, which streamed live to a maxed-out audience of more than 3,000 via ZoomGov.AFMC Commander, Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., was joined by Patricia