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  • Airmen, Soldiers save lives in local fire

    Service members from 51st Fighter Wing, 8th Fighter Wing and the 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade stepped in to aid four local community members and an Airman escape from a building fire in the Songtan shopping district outside Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 29. With no help and no other

  • Hawaii Airman demonstrates resiliency under pressure

    It was a normal day for Airman 1st Class Brandon Mikulak working at the 8th Communications Squadron at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. He took his lunch break in his dorm and was enjoying a piece of leftover birthday cake when he received the call that would change his life. Mikulak was about to

  • May is Mental Health Awareness Month in Air Force

    (This is the first AFMS article for the Mental Health Awareness Month series.)Nearly one in five adults, or 43 million Americans, has a diagnosable mental disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Contrary to many other brain disorders, effective treatments are available for

  • Exposition aims to reduce alcohol-related incidents for second year

    More than 450 members of the 354th Fighter Wing and tenant units attended an alcohol education exposition held by the 354th Medical Group mental health flight April 8 at the Baker Field House.  This is the second time the event was held after the Air Force Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and

  • PTSD doesn’t always start in combat

    The effects of post-traumatic stress disorder can have long-lasting effects. But how can someone have PTSD if they have never been in active combat? Military personnel, like any person, can experience PTSD in any of its many forms.

  • 30th anniversary ceremony honors LRS fallen

    The 51st Logistics Readiness Squadron Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants Flight performed a ceremony April 5 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, for the 30th anniversary of the 1986 fuel tank explosion.

  • Joint Base walks to safety to promote tsunami awareness

    To raise awareness for the potential tsunami threat Hawaii faces, the Joint Base Emergency Management Office held the fourth-annual "One Mile Walk to Safety" for tsunami awareness April 1.Participants gathered at Aloha Aina Park on Hickam and walked down Signer Street to the softball fields near the

  • SAAP Month kicks off: One survivor shares story

    Editor’s note -- April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. As this year’s campaign kicks off, one Airman shares her story with the hopes of shedding light on the reality of sexual assault and the very real and lasting impact living with the violation can have on a victim’s life. While

  • Chaplain survives aftermath of son’s suicide, spreads awareness

    While enjoying a drive through the rolling Tennessee countryside with his wife, the shrill ring of his cell phone pierced through the tranquility of the moment. Maj. William D. Logan's daughter, Blair, managed to utter, "Zac has done something really bad."Dread and confusion seeped in as she