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  • DBIDS registration beta testing underway

    Attention all assigned Dobbins and tenant unit employees: Registering for DBIDS is now underway.  The Defense Biometric Identification System is a Homeland Security and Department of Defense identity authentication and force protection initiative.DBIDS registration campaign officially kicks off at

  • Reserve tanker crew first operational crew to refuel F-35

    What started out as a routine mission for Airmen from the Air Force Reserve Command's 916th Air Refueling Wing turned into an historic 'first in flight' moment recently.Flying a KC-135R Stratotanker, a flight crew and a maintenance crew from the wing's 911th Air Refueling Squadron thought they were

  • Leadership Cobb Visits Dobbins

    Participants in the Leadership Cobb development program toured Dobbins Air Reserve Base on May 5th and visited the 94th Airlift Wing for a close-up view of C-130 Hercules operations. Leadership Cobb is a local program that enhances the personal and professional growth of 45 individuals from the

  • The Million Veteran Program: VA's genomics game-changer launches nationwide

    An unprecedented Veterans Affairs research program that promises to advance the sophisticated science of genomics goes national May 5, according to the VA's top official. "It is my honor," said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki, "to join with so many fellow veterans in keeping VA at the

  • Officials announce Eglin as MQ-1 squadron candidate base

    Air Force officials announced May 3 the Eglin Air Force Base complex in Florida as a candidate for an Air Force Reserve Command MQ-1 Remote Split-Operations squadron. "The selection of this candidate is the result of a deliberate, measured and transparent process," said Kathleen Ferguson, the deputy

  • Mrs. Mullen spotlights family issues in new blog

    Building resilience and providing long-term support are keys to strengthening military families and better equipping them to weather the frequent, multiple deployments so prevalent in this decade of war, the wife of the nation's top military officer said."We've never asked a generation of families

  • Clinton: U.S. will redouble antiterrorism efforts

    The U.S. will not become complacent in the aftermath of killing Osama bin Laden, but will continue its efforts to stamp out terrorism with new resolve, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said May 2. "We must take this opportunity to renew our resolve and redouble our efforts," she said. "Our

  • Al-Qaida remains dangerous, Panetta says

    Osama bin Laden is dead, but al-Qaida still is dangerous, CIA Director Leon E. Panetta said May 2 in a letter to the agency's employees."Today, we have rid the world of the most infamous terrorist of our time," Mr. Panetta wrote in a letter posted on the CIA's website.Mr, Panetta, who has been

  • Riders come together for dust-off

    The second annual motorcycle safety meeting "Dust-off" was coordinated by the 94th Airlift Wing Safety Office and held at the Lakeside Pavilion on April 20. The program, open to base and local personnel, included lunch, drawings for door prizes, briefings and presentations relative to safe

  • Fer de Lance

    The 94th Security Forces was recognized as the 2010 Air Force Reserve Command Outstanding Security Forces Unit of the Year for numerous contributions and actions to include deployment participations, community activity involvement and successful administrative initiatives. The AFRC award is