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  • WEAR versus RAP: Similar but different

    hould you WEAR it or RAP it? Well, that all depends.The We Are All Recruiters (WEAR) and the Recruiter Assistance Program (RAP) are two similar but different programs available to Airmen. Both programs are managed by Air Force Recruiting Service.WEARWEAR is a permissive TDY program open to active

  • New ASVAB pretest available for applicants

    Applicants who hope to join the Air Force can now take the Armed Services Aptitude Battery pretest from any computer with internet access thanks to a new program.The Pre-screening Internet delivered Computer Adaptive Test (PiCAT) is an unproctored version of the full ASVAB that currently provides

  • Keesler, Sheppard and Vance shine in King of the Hill game

    The King of the Hill game has ended, and three Air Education and Training Command bases have been spotlighted for best idea, individual participation, and wing participation.Keesler Air Force Base's idea on "C3 Multi-Functional Device Initiatives", which involved renegotiating print, copy, scan and

  • Recruiter's efforts after tornado have lasting impact

    As the massive 1.3-mile-wide tornado approached Moore, Okla., May 20, Staff Sgt. Tim Smith took shelter along with his family, neighbors and dogs."I arrived home 10 minutes before the tornado hit my neighborhood," said Smith, an Enlisted Accessions recruiter in Norman, Okla. "My wife, my son and I

  • (Silver) Star Struck: Villegas humbled by honor, elated for fellow recipient

    As one of the most recent Air Force Silver Star recipients stood at center stage of Forbes Hall at JBSA-Lackland during the award ceremony July 22, the reality of the moment hit him when he looked out into the jam-packed auditorium."My heart was about to jump out of my chest," said Tech. Sgt. Ismael

  • Two Special Operations Airmen receive Silver Star decoration

    Two Air Force Special Operations Command combat controllers currently stationed in San Antonio were each presented a Silver Star for gallantry in combat during a ceremony July 22 here.The two combat controllers, Tech. Sgt. Ismael Villegas and Staff Sgt. Dale Young, were decorated by Lt. Gen. Eric E.

  • 344th Recruiting Squadron DEP swear-in at Texas Rangers game

    One hundred sixty-eight Air Force Delayed Entry Program members in the 344th Recruiting Squadron took the oath of enlistment at the Texas Rangers game here July 4.Lt. Col. Benjamin Forest, 344 RCS commander, administered the oath to the DEP members who were lined up on the first and third base lines

  • Military members take Indy by storm

    The 314th Recruiting Squadron joined forces with Army, Navy, Marine and Coast Guard recruiters over the Independence Day weekend to conduct an 85-member Delayed Entry Program swear-in here before a nationally televised Indy race audience of 35,000 people. The military DEP members and active duty