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  • Ellsworth Continues to Promote Responsible Choices

    When a planned ride home falls through after a night involving drinking, a servicemember can call a cab or walk. Ellsworth company grade officers are providing another option to keep servicemembers from behind the wheel. November 1 through Nov. 4 marked SafeRide's inaugural weekend. The program

  • Ellsworth Honor guard executes new funeral sequence

    Honor guards Air Force-wide decreased the number of members required to perform retiree funeral honors from 10 to seven as of Nov. 1. "We assessed funeral details in all categories and determined those for retirees can be reduced to a seven-person detail to provide manning relief, while still

  • Conserve for bright future

    A few simple changes can pay large dividends in energy costs savings. As the winter months approach servicemembers can start making changes in their home to conserve energy. According to the U.S. Department of Energy Web site, "The typical U.S. family spends more than $1,600 a year on home utility

  • Tips for ORI success

    In today's era of high operations tempo supporting the Global War on Terror and contingency operations around the globe, timeliness and quality of training is a key element to success. This training includes Operational Readiness Exercises and Inspections, which give us a chance to hone our combat

  • Ellsworth bids farewell to Dyess' Airmen, B-1s

    The first of Dyess' twenty B-1 bombers and more than 550 Airmen temporarily housed at Ellsworth began their departure Nov. 7. Airmen, aircraft and support equipment were temporarily re-located from Texas while 6,600 feet of the runway at Dyess was repaired. The move resulted in millions of dollars

  • Tips for a safe, spooky Halloween

    On Oct. 31, ghosts, goblins, pirates and superheroes will roam the streets of Ellsworth from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Servicemembers should keep several things in mind while trick-or-treating to keep each other safe. The official trick-or-treat hours for Ellsworth are 6 to 8 p.m. Rapid City and Box Elder

  • Air Force changes captain promotion process

    Air Force Personnel Center officials recently announced changes to the captain promotion process, which will affect Line of the Air Force officers. Beginning January 2008, active-duty LAF officers will be considered for promotion to captain on a quarterly basis, instead of during the third quarter

  • ACC gets new command chief

    Chief Master Sgt. Steve Sullens was announced as the new command chief for Air Combat Command Oct. 18. Chief Sullens joins ACC from Randolph AFB, Texas, where he was the Chief of the Chiefs' Group, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel for Headquarters Air Force. The chief is expected to