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  • Facebook event remembers those lost to suicide

    The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury will host "Week of Remembrance," a virtual event on Facebook, Sept. 23 - 30, to remember service members and veterans who lost the battle to suicide. DCoE encourages survivors who lost someone to suicide to post

  • FC Offutt takes third place at Defenders Cup

    Football Club Offutt took third place out of 28 teams at the Defenders Cup, an annual military soccer tournament held in San Antonio over Labor Day weekend Aug. 30 - Sept. 2.After going 0-3 in group play and being seeded 26th, the team caught fire in the knockout round reeling off three straight

  • Offutt commissary to offer on-line shopping

    Team Offutt's Commissary shoppers will be able to click their way to a full cupboard beginning Sept. 25 thanks to a new program called "CLICK2GO." Offutt joins Fort Lee, Va., as the second of three locations where the Defense Commissary Agency will test a new internet-ordering and curbside pickup

  • Annual Combined Federal Campaign around the corner

    The 52nd Combined Federal Campaign officially kicks off with an event at the Bellevue Public Schools Lied Activity Center Sept. 16.The theme for this year campaign is, "Serving our Country. Supporting our Community."U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John Uberti, U.S. Strategic Command chief of staff, is this

  • Open Skies Treaty surpasses milestone

    The Open Skies Consultative Commission recently announced the 1,000th observation flight had been surpassed as part of the Open Skies Treaty.The United States and 33 other countries are part of the treaty which allows them to conduct peaceful unarmed aerial observations over each other's

  • AF tuition assistance application window delayed for FY14

    Airmen applying for tuition assistance in fiscal 2014 will see several changes in both eligibility for and administration of the program.Due to these changes, the application window for classes beginning on or after Oct. 1 will not open until Sept. 9 to allow for system updates.This program is

  • Next CAF Day itinerary is set

    The next quarterly 55th Wing Comprehensive Airman Fitness Day kicks off with a FOD walk along the flightline at 7:15 a.m. on Aug. 29.At 8:45 a.m., the 55th Wing commander will hold an all-call inside Dock 1 of the Bennie Davis Maintenance Facility where he will preview the day's overall schedule and

  • Wing prepares for Command Cyber Readiness Inspection

    A Defense Information Systems Agency inspection team will conduct a Command Cyber Readiness Inspection here Sept. 9 -13.A CCRI is the equivalent of an Operational Readiness Inspection of a base's networks and supporting security practices. The DISA team will inspect work centers for adherence to

  • Ehrling Bergquist Clinic renovations complete

    The 55th Medical Group held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Ehrling Bergquist Clinic July 31 to celebrate the second and final phase of their medical facility renovation.The three-year project cost $40 million overall, with funding coming from both the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

  • Wing preps for upcoming inspections

    The 55th Wing commander held a special Consolidated Unit Inspection briefing at the Bennie Davis Maintenance Facility on Aug. 9.His goal was to make sure the wing understood where they were in regards to preparation and the way ahead as they will participate in 10 inspections throughout September,

  • FC Offutt to make another run at Defender's Cup

    With one year of experience under their belt, Football Club Offutt will once again head to Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, over Labor Day weekend to compete in the Defender's Cup, an annual military soccer tournament.Last year the team went 0-3-1 in its inaugural campaign against military teams from

  • Seven deployments, five years: Offutt linguist tells story

    Seven deployments in five years, a feat not many can claim, but Staff Sgt. Chris can. Serving as a career enlisted aviator on the RC-135 Rivet Joint, Chris has spent nearly 735 days deployed flying more than 2,000 hours with more than 400 combat sorties. The Nashville, Tenn., native joined the

  • Pentagon cuts furlough days from 11 to 6

    Hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian employees who have had to take a weekly unpaid day off from work since July 8 are getting some relief, as the total number of furlough days has been reduced from 11 to six, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Aug.6. Officials are briefing

  • Special program brings international air cadets to Midwest, Offutt

    Six air cadets from around the world traveled to America's heartland July 26 - Aug. 5 as part of the International Air Cadet Exchange program.The program, which was established in 1946, exchanges air cadets with other cadet programs across 20 different host countries with the goal of promoting

  • Family of fallen Airman visit AFWA to offer thanks

    The family of U.S. Air Force Capt. Nathan Nylander paid a visit to the Air Force Weather Agency at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., July 19 to offer their personal thanks to those Airmen who served in the 24-hour vigil honoring their fallen hero in April.Nylander was a weather officer with the 25th

  • Civilian honored at Offutt award ceremony

    Air Combat Command's 2013 Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher Distinguished Civilian Humanitarian Award was presented to Jeremiah J. Needham during a ceremony here June 19. The ceremony was presided over by Col. Andrea Tullos, former 55th Mission Support Group commander. "Mr. Needham's community service

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