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The 435th Air Ground Operations Wing recently awarded Senior Airman Howard Daniels, 1st Combat Communications Squadron, the Thunderbolt award. The award is given to Airmen within the 435th AGOW in recognition of their superior achievements and work performance.

Sgt. 1st Class Pamela Frank relied upon Army tuition assistance to help fund her education. But she knew the program might not last. Fortunately, for many service members, the government voted in late-March to reinstate TA funding. Army education centers are awaiting guidance on when that will occur.

With the help from the Air Force, some members of the 212th Combat Support Hospital loaded part of their 12-bed Early Entry Package onto C-17 transport jets.

The ratings on a performance report should never be a surprise to the person being rated. Surprises usually occur when either the rater has failed to provide proper feedback or the person being rated has failed to recognize and/or fix his or her own weaknesses.

The LRS team consists of four Personal Property Processing Offices and one Consolidated Personal Property Shipping Office. In all, the four offices total 70 people, including military members, U.S. civilians and German civilians who processed more than 15,000 moves for 2012.

The 86th Operations Group was awarded the Aviation Resource Management Team of the Year Award in U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa. The outstanding small unit ARM team’s prestigious award highlights units from the 86th Operations Support Squadron, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, 76th Airlift Squadron and the 37th Airlift Squadron.

As the days get longer and the temperature rises, many of us get in the spirit of playing more. Too often our busy schedules and overwhelming to-do lists prevent us from doing what matters most: connecting with each other.