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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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,

  • 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

  • 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

  • The Delaware Guard needs history detectives

    From the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, to the end of 2012, several thousand members of the Delaware National Guard participated in an unprecedented period of sacrifice and dedication at home and abroad to serve their state and nation.If you served in uniform during any part of this time, you