Story by Tech. Sgt. Peter Dean | 927th Air Refueling Wing | 11.25.2016
Once in the hands of an Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron crew a battlefield-wounded U.S. Military warrior has a 98 percent survival rate, but the medical care starts well before then and many times under enemy fire on the battlefield with Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC)....
Story by Capt. Joseph Simms | 927th Air Refueling Wing | 08.09.2016
When Boeing introduced the first KC-135 Stratotanker during the Eisenhower administration, no one at the time could have expected it would still be flying 60 years later....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Lawn | 1st Theater Sustainment Command | 03.08.2014
In 2011, more than 2.4 million Afghan girls were attending school as reported by the Oxfam report. Under the Taliban, it is estimated that no more than 5,000 females attended schools. In contrast today, more than 49 percent of Afghanistan’s 32 million people are female, according to the World Bank. Statistically, women in Afghanistan are starting to take the lead, and yesterday, at New Kabul......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Lawn | 1st Theater Sustainment Command | 08.26.2013
Excited chatter filled the air as the crowd awaited the featured U.S. and Afghan female military guest speakers. As the crowd filed into the room, voices silenced into a dim hush as each of the speakers took their turn at a Coalition base in Kabul to celebrate Women’s Equality Day Aug 26....
