Story by Airman 1st Class Leon Redfern | 35th Fighter Wing | 11.18.2021
Maintenance groups at Misawa Air Base have implemented a new methodology named the Theory of Constraints (TOC). This theory practices identifying the most important limiting factor standing in the way of achieving a goal and then systematically improving that constraint until it is no longer the limiting factor. It is a mentality shift that improves workflow by removing unnecessary maintenance......
Story by Capt. Cory Johnson | 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division | 09.25.2020
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team Headquarters and Headquarters Company recently conducted annual training September 12-26. The training varied from Stryker driver training to a Tactical Operations Center set up and validation to mission command training....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Jordan | North Carolina National Guard | 08.29.2020
The Soldiers and leaders of the 113th Sustainment Brigade deployed to Snow Camp, North Carolina as part of their 2020 Annual Training. More than 100 Soldiers convoyed to the training site, practiced setting up the new UTS Systems Tactical Military Shelters and a tactical operations center in the field, establishing command post communications, convoy operations and military planning for......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Jordan | North Carolina National Guard | 08.29.2020
The Soldiers and leaders of the 113th Sustainment Brigade deployed to Snow Camp, North Carolina continuing their 2020 Annual Training. More than 100 Soldiers convoyed to the training site, practiced setting up the new UTS Systems Tactical Military Shelters and a tactical operations center in the field, establishing command post communications, convoy operations and military planning for......
Story by Staff Sgt. Katie Grandori | 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team | 05.08.2020
The 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company held an extraordinary four-day drill April 30—May 3 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the drill weekend, the company set up a tactical operations center (TOC) in its San Diego armory in preparation for an upcoming two-week Warfighter Exercise while following health and safety protocols....
Story by Airman Kiaundra Miller | 92nd Air Refueling Wing | 12.17.2019
Team Fairchild Airmen are constantly challenged to increase productivity, decrease parts production times, and save the Air Force money while maintaining the service’s biggest fleet of KC-135 Stratotankers. Various U.S. Armed Forces members came to see these efforts first-hand during a tour of Fairchild’s Maintenance Group Dec. 12. The tour was hosted in conjunction with the Department......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Roland Sturm | 181st Intelligence Wing | 12.09.2019
Airmen assigned to the 113th Air Support Operations Squadron, 181st Intelligence Wing, Hulman Field, Indiana, took advantage of one of the coldest weeks in December to conduct cold weather training, various vehicle maneuvering, land navigation, weapons proficiency and exercised airspace control, traveling to several locations in western Indiana, Dec. 9-11....
Story by Patrick Loch | Minnesota National Guard | 08.10.2019
Soldiers of the 347th Regional Support Group, while conducting their annual training in Fort Hood, Texas, are exercising the ability to execute life support, accountability and sustainment functions. Throughout the nearly month-long event, in which support is also provided to nearly 3,500 Soldiers with the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, 347th RSG Soldiers count-on the......
