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Print Turmoil has gripped the leadership ranks of the California National Guard, with the firing of the general who commanded its air branch, the suspension of a second key general, and new limits placed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on the organization’s use of fighter jets for civilian missions. Newsom’s office and the head of the Guard, Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, refused to provide details on the reasons behind the recent leadership changes other than a statement from the Guard saying that the o...

By JOSEPH DITZLER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 30, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. TOKYO – U.S. military travelers returning to Japan should avoid downloading COVID-19 tracking applications or signing pledges to follow tracking procedures, according to a policy update Friday by Yok...

26 A team of 15 vehicle management Airmen with the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron saw the culmination of a 10 month-long vehicle maintenance shop innovation effort, dubbed APEX maintenance, during a capstone event April 14, 2021, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. APEX is the term coined by Chief Master Sgt. Patrick Kelleher, 379th ELRS vehicle management flight chief, for the process. It demonstrates the capability of Airmen and the vehicle management construct to ...

26 When Staff Sgt. Thabit Jubran was growing up in northern Israel during the Gulf War, he would encounter members of the U.S. Army and Marines stationed with Patriot surface-to-air missiles to defend the area from Iraqi Scud missiles. They would occasionally visit local areas on “COIN” or counterinsurgency missions, arriving in Humvees and visiting with the communities they were protecting to build trust and support with the people living there. “They would come and give ...

By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 29, 2021 A security forces airman was guarding an air base in Pennsylvania when his idol, former Navy SEAL and podcaster John Gretton “Jocko” Willink rolled up to the gate and asked to enter. Airman 1st Class William Guilfoyle, who prepared for basic training and pushed through technical school with the help of Willink’s podcasts, was thrilled to see the retired naval officer this month at Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pa...

Travis retiree office seeks volunteers By Travis Air Force Base Retiree Activities Office TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — The Retiree Activities Office at the base is actively seeking people to staff its volunteer desks. The Travis Retiree Activities Office is typically open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding weekends, federal holidays and Air Mobility Command family days. There are two, three-hour shifts available: 9 a.m. to noon and noon to 3 p.m. The office serves as retirees�...

I am the 908th: A look at the people of Alabamas Air Force Reserve Unit Senior Airman Shelby Thurman and Staff Sgt. Max Goldberg 908th Airlift Wing MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE -  Alabama’s only Air Force Reserve Unit, the 908th Airlift Wing in Montgomery, is made up made up of more than 1,200 reservists who contribute to the nation’s defense. The following is a look at four of them: Captain Natalie Marshall, Technical Sgt. Matthew Marshall, Major Kassie Price, and Master Sergeant Antonio Ki...

Meet the Guard’s one-year pandemic vets 1 hour ago Nebraska Army National Guard Soldiers secure cargo after delivering essential supplies to a mobile testing site at the Seward County Fairgrounds in Seward, Nebraska, May 27, 2020. (Nebraska National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Heidi McClintock) The National Guard’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic began before dawn. In the early morning hours of March 5, 2020, a pararescue team from the 129th Rescue Wing of the California Air National G...

By Caroline Clauson, 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs / Published April 16, 2021 210409-F-AU145-1008 Staff Sgt. Alyssa Modlin, noncommissioned officer in charge of police services for the 88th Security Forces Squadron, talks with Prairies residents during the “Coffee with a Cop” outreach April 9 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The event allowed base housing residents to interact with Security Forces outside their regular patrol duties. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ty Gree...

10 Illinois National Guard Soldiers and Airmen working with the East St. Louis Health Department’s COVID-19 immunization program dedicate long hours each day to protect the health of the community’s residents by administering life-saving COVID-19 vaccines. So what do these troops do in their spare time? At least one group of troops protect the health of the community’s residents, this time by dedicating many honors to the F.R.E.S.H. Community Training Garden in East St. L...