Story by Senior Airman Kylee Gardner | 4th Fighter Wing | 09.08.2020
With a shop of only three members, running the alarm notification systems for an entire base can be a lot of work. However, the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron alarm shop makes it look easy....
Story by Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur | 113th Wing D.C. Air National Guard | 04.02.2015
Spend a day here with some of the “Capital Guardians” from the 113th Wing’s Aerospace Control Alert (ACA) Detachment. The D.C. ACA Detachment recently reached a milestone, beyond comparison of other alert teams with 5,000 alert calls, a historic record as the highest in the nation. The sun is not out yet. It is 5:45 a.m. and a new shift arrives at the firehouse-like facility to switch......
Story by Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur | 113th Wing D.C. Air National Guard | 03.23.2015
The 113th Wing’s Aerospace Control Alert (ACA) Detachment reached a milestone of responding to 5,000 alert events, a historic first in the nation, March 21....
Story by Cpl. Michael Thorn | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 10.14.2014
Members of the Miramar Fire Department finished Fire Prevention Week by teaching fire safety aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 14. The classes taught were for none other than the children of service members at the air station’s Child Development Center. They taught five classes, which reached about 130 preschool children....
Story by Lance Cpl. Damany Coleman | Marine Corps Installations East | 01.28.2011
In retrospect of the tragic event in 2009 when a service member was killed during training at the rifle range after a round ricocheted off a target, officials with Marine Corps Installations East directed safety administrators aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune to take preventative actions....
