TRICARE Nurse Advice Line

Nearly half of all urgency care and emergency room visits are for non-emergency issues. Unnecessary ER and urgent care visits result in longer wait times for patients as well as higher costs. The Nurse Advice Line, which became available May 30, is a team of registered nurses located outside of your

Radar site beefs up security, showcases latest upgrade to battle management PEO

Battle Management program executive officer Steven Wert toured the PAVE Phased Array Warning System, or PAVE PAWS, radar site at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., last month and examined the facility's newest security upgrade. While the PAVE PAWS radar is owned and operated by Air Force Space Command,

AF to implement new feedback process July 1

In a recent message to Airmen, Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody announced plans to begin implementing a more comprehensive Air Force evaluation system for officers and enlisted members. The first step in the process will be the July 1

Photo feature: This week at Hanscom, June 6

AF releases new feedback forms

During the past year, Air Force leaders have been shaping a new and more comprehensive Air Force evaluation system for officers and enlisted Airmen.The new system is designed to better meet the needs of the Air Force and Airmen, differentiate more effectively between good and great performers, and

Key spouse program key to family readiness

Air Force spouses are key to maintaining stability on the home front as Airmen maintain focus on the war front, according to the wife of the Air Force's top officer.The key spouse program is an official unit/family program overseen by commanders designed to enhance readiness and establish a sense of

Quality Force Review Board results released

Air Force commanders will notify Airmen who met the service's Quality Force Review Board last month of the board's results June 5.The QFRB reviewed more than 4,600 Airmen using a "whole person" concept based on each Airman's record of performance and potential for continued positive service and

Hanscom firefighters first on crash scene

Firefighters assigned to Hanscom's Fire Emergency Services responded May 31 to Hanscom Field after a private Gulfstream IV aircraft departing the field crashed at the end of runway 11 shortly after 9:40 p.m., leaving all seven people onboard dead. Despite the tragic results of the crash, Hanscom's

Commission seeks service members' compensation preferences

The commission tasked by President Barack Obama and Congress to modernize military compensation and benefits programs is seeking input from servicemembers on their preferences.Alphonso Maldon Jr., chairman of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission, said understanding

Space Fence contract awarded

Officials here awarded a $914,699,474 contract to Lockheed Martin on June 2, 2014 to develop a system that will track objects in Earth's orbit with far greater confidence and fidelity.The contract brings the program to final system development with the delivery of Space Fence Increment 1, or site 1,