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  • Fairchild finance hosts top AF comptroller, discusses new audit program

    The Honorable Dr. Jamie Morin, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Financial Management and Comptroller, visited Fairchild April 1 to observe the rollout of the Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System, the new method by which the Air Force will maintain audit readiness in regards

  • TAP Capstone program undergoes changes due to force shaping

    Last September, Fairchild's Airman and Family Readiness Center launched a program that helps service members prepare for separation or retirement called Capstone as an addition to the Transition Assistance Program. With this year's force shaping initiatives, the A&FRC has some pertinent changes and

  • 66th Training Squadron Airmen Harvest Good Relations

    Students from the 66th Training Squadron and local community members work together to fill bags with beans for packaging at Second Harvest Relief Network Spokane, Wash. March 31, 2014. Second Harvest has been serving the local community since 1971. Airmen from Fairchild have helped throughout the

  • Leadership course gives CGOs the upper hand

    For those just beginning their Air Force careers, learning unfamiliar acronyms, encountering new procedures and becoming a well-rounded leader can be a daunting task.The 92nd Air Refueling Wing Executive office has developed a course to help Fairchild's company grade officers swim instead of sink in

  • Fairchild Exceptional Family Member Program to hold spring camp

    The Airman & Family Readiness Center is facilitating an Exceptional Family Member Program Spring Residential Camp overnight event April 9 to 11 at YMCA Camp Reed, located about an hour drive from Spokane, Wash. "We are offering a free, fun, caring and safe camp to enrich military children's lives,"

  • Marijuana Legalization--What Does it Mean for Military Members?

    Although the state of Washington recently passed laws on the use of marijuana, essentially decriminalizing use for civilians, zero tolerance drug policy regulations have not changed for Airmen or federal government employees. The Controlled Substance Act (CSA) is a Federal Law governing the use and

  • Fairchild's Finest: Tech. Sgt. Tia Thomas

    Name: Tech. Sgt. Tia ThomasUnit: 92nd Force Support SquadronDuty title: Red Morgan Center event coordinatorHometown: Chicago, Ill.Family: My mother, Ernestine Holmes, my father, Gerald Thomas and brother, Ron ThomasTime in military: 15 yearsWhat do you do on a daily basis at Fairchild AFB? I

  • Victim’s mother brings light to sexual assault in the service

    A sexual assault victim's mother will be visiting Fairchild April 7 to tell her daughter's tragic story so that others may learn from it.Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach was raped and subsequently murdered by a fellow colleague while preparing to testify against the accused. Being just 20 years old when