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  • All ORE players must pay by check for meals during September exercise

    Important ORE guidance from the 166th Force Support Squadron: All AGR and officer Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE) players from the 166th Airlift Wing must bring a personal check for $70.20 payable to "DFAS-LI" to turn in at the deployment line on Sept. 8-9, 2013 to cover food costs for the week. All Traditional enlisted members on Annual

  • DoD Announces Same-Sex Spouse Benefits

    The Department of Defense announced its plan to extend benefits to same-sex spouses of uniformed service members and Department of Defense civilian employees, according to a DoD news release issued Aug. 14, 2013.After a review of the department's benefit policies following the Supreme Court's ruling that Section Three of the Defense of Marriage Act
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    FY2014 Unit Training Assemblies for Delaware Air Guard's 166th Airlift Wing

    The Unit Training Assembly (UTA) schedule for FY2014 or all units of the Delaware Air National Guard 's 166th Airlift Wing was published on July 8, 2013 and announced base-wide on July 11, 2013. This schedule covers one weekend of each month during the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 2013.The UTA schedule for October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014,
  • Senior Airman Angela Duff, 62nd Aerial Port Squadron, runs on a pathway along Heritage Hill April 19 as part of her daily routine. Revisions to the Air Force fitness programs take effect July 1, 2010. These modifications, improvements, and upgrades will bring about some of the most significant changes to fitness standards in the last five years and shift a greater level of responsibility for maintaining year-round physical fitness to all Airmen. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Abner Guzman)

    Air Force announces PT test enhancements to start Oct. 1

    Air Force senior leadership announced enhancements to the Air Force's Physical Fitness Assessment program, to be implemented Oct. 1. In a letter to Airmen Aug. 20, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III explained the results of the comprehensive review, highlighting the strength of the program and the need for slight improvements. "We have

  • Air Guard submissions under review for DNG History Book

    Wing HQ personnel are reviewing submissions made for the Delaware National Guard History book project, covering the period from the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, to the end of 2012.The submission deadline for Air Guard content was July 8, 2013.If any unit needs to polish up their material with final review/editing or make vital last minute additions,

  • Speak up if interested in free child care on drill weekends for Delaware Air Guard members

    The National Guard Bureau currently has a program in place to provide free Child Care Services to our Airmen on drill weekends. The 166th Force Support Squadron will manage this program and I am soliciting your assistance in polling your personnel [in all units of the Delaware Air National Guard] for interest in participating in this system. Please
  • Delaware National Guard Fourth Annual Unity Day June 19, 2013

    Delaware National Guard Fourth Annual Unity Day June 19

    Major Gen. Francis Vavala, The Adjutant General, has designated Wednesday, June 19, 2013 as the Delaware National Guard's Fourth Annual Unity Day. This event is an opportunity for the full-time members of the Delaware National Guard to experience and be exposed to the various ethnicities and cultures of different groups within our community. The
  • Senior Airman Arthur Greenlee, a cyber transport journeyman for the 167th Airlift Wing, was recently selected for a cyber officer position with the Delaware Air National Guard. Greenlee impressed his co-workers with his willingness to take on any job tasked to him and his ability to learn new skills quickly. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle/Released)

    Army and Air National Guard uniquely positioned to boost cyber defense

    Civilian-acquired skills, geographic dispersion and existing capabilities uniquely position the National Guard to help the Defense Department boost the nation's cyber security."We are the most widely distributed military force in the homeland," said Army Col. David Collins, director of command, control communications and computers and chief
  • The 24th Air Force held a Ribbon-cutting ceremony followed by an Open House, April 30, marking the official opening of new facilities for Air Force cyber warriors, located on Port San Antonio. Maj. Gen. Suzanne Vautrinot, 24th Air Force commander, presided over the event, welcoming visitors to tour the facility. Approximately 500 guests, ranging from civic leaders to members' families, toured the high-tech facility, normally off-limits to both the public and most base personnel. Eighteen spokespersons located throughout the facility informed visitors about the many facets of the Air Force cyber mission.

    Airmen must understand business of cyber, general says

    As U.S. Cyber Command gains strength and steadily extends its range across the newest warfare domain, it has called on all the services over the next five years to contribute trained-up teams of cyber operators to ensure U.S. military freedom of action, defensively and offensively, in cyberspace.For the Air Force, this means adding more than 1,000
  • Master Sgt. Dusty Snyder, 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard, aerospace propulsion craftsman and Staff Sgt. Sophia Mantzouris, 386th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, aerospace propulsion journeyman pose for a picture at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica during an Operation Deep Freeze mission Nov 20, 2003. Mantzouris, native of East Greenbush, N.Y., is deployed here from the 166th Airlift Wing, Delaware Air National Guard. (Courtesy photo)

    Guard service leads Airman to extremes

    Air Force Staff Sgt. Sophia Mantzouris of the 386th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron said she knew she wanted to enlist on active duty from the time she was a little girl, but a friend steered her toward the Air National Guard.Her Air Guard service has provided her an opportunity to serve at extremes."The first guard unit I joined was the 109th
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