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  • Adjutant General: Stopping sexual assault is everyone’s duty

    This April we observe the tenth annual Sexual Assault Awareness Month, but my message on the subject will be relevant every month - the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs does not tolerate, condone, or ignore the crime of sexual assault.   The Department of Defense's theme for

  • Critical Days of Summer: Motorcycle fatalities increasing

    Editor's Note: The time period from May 25 through Sept. 4 has been designated as the Air Force Safety Center's "Critical Days of Summer" safety campaign.According to Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), an arm of the U.S. Department of Transportation, there were 7,929,724

  • Safety officials share Critical Days of Summer message

    Editor's Note: The time period from May 25 through Sept. 4 has been designated as the Air Force Safety Center's "Critical Days of Summer" safety campaign.Since Fiscal Year 2002, the Air Force has experienced 218 fatalities during the Critical Days of Summer. More than 200 of the fatalities occurred

  • National Fitness Month: Exercise reduces stress, increases energy levels

    Editor's Note: Since 1983, May has been observed as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. In recognition, the following is part three of a three-part series of physical fitness and the importance of being fit in a deployed environment. It is not so much how you train while deployed that helps

  • National Fitness Month: Being physically fit is good for overall health

    Editor's Note: Since 1983, May has been observed as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. In recognition, the following is part two of a three-part series of physical fitness and the importance of being fit in a deployed environment. Being physically fit while deployed is important for the

  • National Fitness Month: Being physically fit critical during deployment

    Editor's Note: Since 1983, May has been observed as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. In recognition, the following is part one of a three-part series of physical fitness and the importance of being fit in a deployed environment. Finding time to train when you are deployed can be a real

  • Suicide: Member shares father's story, encourages others to seek help

    As I hear songs from the sixties I am reminded of trips with my dad to the Fort Worth Zoo and learning how to drive while sitting in his lap. These memories are bittersweet. I will never be able to see my dad again; he wasn't there at my wedding or to see me join the Air Force. He won't be there to