News

  • TRICARE coverage follows college-bound students

    College-bound family members of active-duty or retired servicemembers can take comfort in the fact their TRICARE coverage will make the journey with them. Insurance industry studies have shown as much as 10 percent of uninsured Americans are college students. College-aged dependents remain covered

  • CDC offers water safety tips

     With the temperatures rising, people seem to be drawn toward local water holes that are in close proximately of their homes. Lakes, pools, spas and rivers offer people the chance to cool off on a scorching hot summer day, however, deaths due to drowning are estimated at almost 400,000 per year

  • Contamination avoidance protects Air Force assets

    Contamination avoidance is vital to protecting personnel and equipment in a nuclear biological and chemical threat environment. It can also be placed under close scrutiny by Operational Readiness Inspection inspectors, so it is important that all base personnel are familiar with the concept of

  • MOPP-level awareness important for UCI success

    With McConnell's 2008 Operational Readiness Inspection approaching, it is important people get their minds on the "ability to survive and operate," or ATSO, mindset. One of the pillars of ATSO involves mission oriented protective postures, more commonly called MOPP levels. People should also be

  • Cadets experience life in the Air Force

    By the end of summer approximately 75 cadets will have visited McConnell as part of Operation Air Force. The program is designed for United States Air Force Academy and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets to get a closer, more in-depth look at the Air Force. OAF is conducted at several

  • Uniform officials warn Airmen about knockoff ABUs

    Commercial manufacturers have begun to advertise sale of the new Airman Battle Uniform at various online Web sites. Air Force officials warn Airmen these uniforms are not the authorized items provided by the Air Force's official source, Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, and may not meet the

  • SBA launches loan initiative for veterans, servicemembers

    The Small Business Administration launched the Patriot Express Pilot Loan as the latest extension to the financial, procurement and technical assistance programs the agency provides to the military community. Patriot Express is a streamlined loan product based on SBA's highly successful SBA Express