Employers learn Duke mission

Reservists at Duke Field's 919th Special Operations Wing rely heavily on support from their civilian employers to help them accomplish their mission. Their support was rewarded recently when the wing held its annual Employer Appreciation Day here Dec. 1. The half-day event offered invited employers

TAP classes expanded to five days

Transition Assistance Program workshops in the armed forces were recently expanded from three to five days. The workshop now includes briefs from the Departments of Defense, Labor and Veterans Affairs, as mandated by the VOW (Veterans Opportunity to Work) to Hire Heroes Act of 2011.Eglin's Airman

Reservist to headline MMA event

Danny Ruiz is a fighter. He is a staff sergeant in the Air Force Reserve, a husband, father and coach. But above all, he's a fighter.Ruiz, the fighter, is a week away from his 19th professional mixed martial arts fight. But this one means more. This fight, the Strike Fight event Dec. 8 at Eglin Air

Family Day at Duke Field

919th September promotees

919th Special Operations WingSenior Airman Jesse Schober919th Mission Support GroupMaster Sgt. Peter WebbMaster Sgt. Jeff BridgesMaster Sgt. Trey EllisonMaster Sgt. David JacobsTech. Sgt. Jeff HollowayTech. Sgt. Yasmin McKenzieTech. Sgt. Joseph McKnightTech Sgt. William MesserSenior Airman Melissa

Talon loadmasters

CSAF's 'fini flight' a ride of remembrance

When Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz climbed aboard the MC-130E Combat Talon I here July 12 for his last flight as an active duty officer, he immediately began to reminisce on his flying career with special operations and the C-130 Hercules community."This is more than a little

Duke Airman earns AF honors

A 5th Special Operations Squadron Airman was recently selected as the Air Force's Force Support NCO of the Year for 2011.Tech. Sgt. Nina Stubbs, a reservist working man-days with the 551st Special Operations Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., earned the distinction completing all

Duke firefighters battle aircraft blaze

Flames engulfed the wing and engine of the downed aircraft. Heatwaves emanated from around the rocky terrain of the crash site and its surroundings became chemically toxic. That's the situation the lucky 919th Special Operations Wing firefighters responded to at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Friday, April

DUI: know the consequences

The increase in driving under the influence of alcohol incidents this year, compared to those during the same time last year, has prompted leadership to remind Eglin's Airmen of the consequences of a DUI.Maj. John Batka, Eglin's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program and Treatment program manager, monitors