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  • Exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian kicks off; ’77 Grad helps lead way

    Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2011, a Republic of Korea-United States Combined Forces Command exercise, runs from Aug. 16 - 26, with more than 530,000 military forces taking part. The combined, annual exercise has representation from the Republic of Korea, United States and seven United Nations Command

  • ROK, U.S. service members begin UFG exercise

    Republic of Korea and U.S. servicemembers began another year of play in a familiar peninsula-wide exercise today U.S. forces and their South Korean allies first gathered here last week to ramp up for the multi-day, defense-oriented command post exercise Operation Ulchi Freedom Guardian. This is one

  • Exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2011 begins

    The Republic of Korea-United States Combined Forces Command exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian begins today and runs through Aug. 26. More than 530,000 troops from the Republic of Korea, United States and seven United Nations Command sending state nations are taking part both on the peninsula and at

  • AIRMAN SPOTLIGHT:Staff Sgt. James E. Lawrence

    Unit: 607th Materiel Maintenance SquadronJob title: NCOIC CBRN QAPJob description and its impact on the overall mission: Oversee contract management of CBRN detection and response equipment at 4 COBs around the peninsula. Enable follow on forces to integrate into ACC NBC warning and reporting

  • AIRMAN SPOTLIGHT: Senior Airman Mark Frailey

    Job title: Personnel Security TechnicianJob description and its impact on the overall mission: Manages the SeventhAir Force (7 AF) Special Security Office (SSO) Personnel Security Programconsisting of 18 Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) Facilities(SCIFs) at two geographically separated

  • AIRMAN SPOTLIGHT: Senior Airman Jessica Sailor

    Job title: Communications Focal Point TechnicianJob description and its impact on the overall mission: My job is to ensure all the 694th Intelligence Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group's mission systems are working properly. When problems arise, I coordinate, oversee and report on their

  • U.S. Kills bin Laden in Intelligence-driven Operation

    An intelligence-driven U.S. operation in Pakistan killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden yesterday, President Barack Obama announced in a nationally televised address from the White House late last night."Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound

  • AIRMAN SPOTLIGHT: Airman Cameron S. Gnile

    Unit: 5th Reconnaissance SquadronJob title: Combat Oriented Supply Operations Apprentice Job description and its impact on the overall mission:Processes routine supply transactions, mission impact requisitions sustaining 24/7 Joint Chiefs of Staff directed intelligence, Time in the military: 16

  • AIRMAN SPOTLIGHT: SrA Derek Bernard

    Unit: 607th Weather Squadron, Detachment 1Job title: Weather ForecasterJob description and its impact on the overall mission: I am responsible for deploying w/2nd Infantry Division (2ID) exercising contingency and wartime procedures in the Korean Theater of Operations. As a member of the most

  • Air Force officials launch accountability system for personnel in Japan

    Air Force officials have activated the Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System, or AFPAAS, to monitor the status and location of all personnel and dependents residing on the island of Honshu, Japan.Officials are asking commanders and their commander representatives, or CORs, to