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  • Over there: Reservists and active duty head back to Asia

    The people of Southeast and Southwest Asia are seeing some new faces these days.That's because in late June nearly 150 Reserve and Active Duty Airmen from the 916th Air Refueling Wing landed there as part of their regular Air Expeditionary Force rotation.Reservists from the maintenance, operations

  • Need a reality check? Get One Now!

    Country superstar Brad Paisley is on his Virtual Reality Worldwide Tour this summer and is stopping in Raleigh on Aug. 24.The Get One Now program wants to ensure that you have a chance to see him.For the past few years the Get One Now program has partnered with national and international singing

  • Seasoning Training Flight graduates reservists

    Master Sgt. Wendell Smalls had some big shoes to fill.But he wasn't worried.Smalls took over the 916th Seasoning Training Flight from Senior Master Sgt. Jeff Williams a few months ago, and just a few weeks ago he graduated his first class.The STF originated as a way to provide oversight for

  • MetLife partners with Tricare for dental services

    MetLife was chosen by TRICARE Management Activity (TMA) to be the provider of comprehensive dental coverage to over two million family members of uniformed services active duty personnel, as well as members of the selected reserve and individual-ready reserve, and their eligible family members and

  • New 916th commander named

    Colonel Gregory S. Gilmour, from Commander, 507th Operations Group, Tinker AFB OK, to Commander, 916th Air Refueling Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB NC, effective on/about 26 August 2012.. Colonel Gilmour will replace Colonel Randall A. Ogden, whose assignment as the Mobilization Assistant to the

  • Force Support reservists help Habitat

    What do 916th Air Refueling Wing reservists do when they aren't drilling on a weekend?They volunteer!Four reservists that work in the communication office of the Force Support Squadron helped the local community on June 9, 2012.With tools in hand, and a strong work ethic, Tech Sgts. Michael Joyner,

  • Reservist honors employer

    Tech. Sgt. Kevin Davis recently provided some news to his employer.The news wasn't of an impending deployment, or extended leave for military duty, but rather it was that the Kerry Group would receive the Patriot Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.Davis, a reservist in the

  • Quarterly award winners announced

    Congratulations to the following individuals for achieving Quarterly Award honors for the 1st Quarter of 2012. The award period covers January-March 2012.Company Grade OfficerCaptain Jarius Wallace916th Maintenance SquadronSenior NCO of the QuarterSenior Master Sergeant Mark Stolar567th REDHORSE

  • Three hours of power

    A three-hour boot camp challenge was held at the fitness center here to test the level of participants' endurance, June 9.The challenge consisted of circuit training and cycling on a stationary bike. Both sessions lasted 30 minutes in the first hour, then 15 minutes each hour the remainder of the

  • One month, two changes of command

    Two new commanders joined the ranks of the 916th Air Refueling in June.One is a new face, the other is quite familiar.Lt. Col. Dave Pike took the reigns of command from Lt. Col. Phil Heseltine during a ceremony on June 15. Pike will command the nearly 300 active-duty Airmen of the 911th Air