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JBER debuts innovation project during Polar Force 21-5
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Airmen implemented innovation project URSUS to speed up the deployment process during exercise Polar Force 21-5, March 29 through April 2.
The team, which was led by Capt. Jamey Shuls, 773rd Logistics Readiness Squadron director of operations, designed and conceptualized URSUS in partnership with the air staff’s Tesseract innovation team and
The collaboration between JB Elmendorf-Richardson Airmen, Tesseract, and the AFRL directorate was the first of its kind. This partnership demonstrates promising results in extracting tactical-level needs and transforming them into capabilities at the speed of relevance.
“Being a part of this cross-functional team demonstrates what blending the amazing expertise of AFRL scientists and engineers with the absolutely vital domain knowledge of logistics Airmen can produce,” said 1st Lt. Matthew Carpenter, AFRL program manager for URSUS. “We
19 MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. Fifteen staff and faculty assigned to the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center in East Tennessee recently completed a 60-day fitness challenge to enhance their wellness and prepare for approaching U.S. Air Force physical fitness assessments.
“The objective was two-fold: to help participants kick start a complete and healthy wellness transformation and to help prepare our members physically for the PT test projected to resume in July,” said U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Juan P Castro, the enlisted professional military education superintendent who coordinated the idea.
“Collectively, these 15 superstars lost a total of 20 percent of body fat, 76 pounds of body weight, and decreased their body mass index by 18 points,” said Castro. “All of this over 60 days, which is simply amazing!”
Georgia Air National Guard teams with Spartans, administers vaccines 4/22/21, 3:03 PM
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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tiffany Sneeze, a medical technician with the Savannah-based 165th Medical Group, 165th Airlift Wing vaccinates an U.S. Army Soldier assigned to 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division April 10, in Atlanta.
Georgia Air National Guard teams with Spartans, administers vaccines
Airmen from the Georgia Air National Guard gave a shot in the arm to the active component by providing COVID-19 vaccines to U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, April 10 in Atlanta.
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12 U.S. Airmen from the 31st Munitions Squadron (MUNS) participate in INIOCHOS 21, a Hellenic air force-led, joint force exercise at Andravida Air Base, Greece, from April 12-22.
INIOCHOS 21 is an annual exercise designed to provide advanced and realistic aircrew training to strengthen interoperability of allied and partner air forces. The exercise aims to enhance combat readiness, fighting capability, and the enhancement of the procedural and system interoperability of the participating forces.
During the exercise, the 31st MUNS ensured pilots from the 31st Fighter Wing had the munitions they needed for their training operations in the air, said Senior Airman Makayla Smith, 31st MUNS conventional crew chief.