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Nov. 20, 2020
Total Force recruiting takes big step as Air Force, Air National Guard co-locate offices

GROVETOWN, Ga. – Total Force recruiting continues to find ways to integrate and become one team as the Georgia Air National Guard has placed a recruiter inside a regular Air Force recruiting office for the first time since embarking on a Total Force recruiting enterprise approach.“This a tremendous
Nov. 19, 2020
Air Force Special Warfare Airmen, the Secret Ingredient

Whether you realize it or not, Air Force Recruiting Service is the first step for most in the Air Force. That step starts with meeting a recruiter across the various landscapes in America. Recruiters are entrusted with providing the best and brightest men and women who are capable of executing the
Nov. 13, 2020
Making sacrifices, sticking together

When a family consists of more than one service member, life can be challenging. For Capts. Maggie and Tom Nicklas, former 35th and 80th Fighter Squadron pilots, their short-tour at Kunsan AB meant they would finally live together.
Nov. 10, 2020
BMT trainee with military lineage on path to fulfill dreams in USSF

Delays led to dreams coming true for one young adult from Medford, Oregon, who always had her eyes toward the stars.Felicia Barringer was selected for a once in a life time opportunity to join the Air Force as a space systems operator in Spring of 2020 but her journey to serve, as three generations
Nov. 4, 2020
Air Force gives family fresh start after COVID crushes private business

PHILADELPHIA – When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States earlier this year, many small businesses were forced to shutter and countless families fell on hard times. For one family affected here, the Air Force offered a way for them to start a new life together.After years of working various
Nov. 3, 2020
Blue Rope of the Year extols rewards of MTI career

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- When 20-year-old Holly Vaught walked into an Air Force recruiter’s office in the summer of 2003, she was by her own account, emotionally lost with $2 and a half tank of gas to her name. She admitted her motive to join the Air Force was selfish: “I needed
Oct. 30, 2020
South Korean immigrant finds his future in the Air Force, encourages others to follow

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas – When Jay Park was 8 years old, his parents immigrated from South Korea to the United States in hopes of building a better life for Jay and his older brother. His parents didn’t know it at the time, but, for Jay, that better life would mean serving in the Air
Oct. 28, 2020
333rd Recruiting Squadron civilian saves family from burning home

VIERA, Fla. – When Gerald Dion decided to go for a walk after his day of teleworking Oct. 16, it was the first time he had walked in months. For a family in his neighborhood, his decision to exercise that day may have saved their lives.Dion, the unit program coordinator for the 333rd Recruiting
Oct. 23, 2020
Air Force Recruiting Service training team wins AETC Gears of Government Award

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas – Air Education and Training Command has awarded the 2020 Gears of Government Award to Air Force Recruiting Service’s Command Standardization and Training Team in the team category.The Gears of Government Awards are designed to recognize individuals and teams
Oct. 20, 2020
Air Force’s special warfare training builds physical, intellectual leaders ready to handle threats worldwide

U.S. Army Gen. Richard D. Clarke, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, saw firsthand how Air Education and Training Command officials ensure joint forces are well equipped with ready and lethal special operations Airmen during a visit here Oct. 16.