TRICARE Retired Reserve: Health Care for Retirees

Members of the Retired Reserves and their families have a new TRICARE healthcare option. TRICARE Retired Reserve (TRR) is a new, premium-based healthcare plan available to eligible retired members of the Guard and Reserve, their families and qualified survivors. TRR offers coverage similar to

460th Space Wing members make history each day

British historian and journalist E.H. Carr once said, "The function of the historian is neither to love the past nor emancipate himself from the past, but to master and understand it as the key to the understanding of the present."Carr saw the historian's role as that of a facilitator, someone who

Safety Office: School in session, drive safely

School is in session and fall is coming.The 460th Space Wing Safety Office asks drivers to know the laws and be on the lookout for children and pedestrians.Chris Smith, a Safety Office ground safety technician, said the best things drivers can do to be safe is to drive defensively and put away or

Annual CEL Survey to begin for Buckley Family Housing Residents

It's that time of year again: the annual CEL & Associates housing survey for Buckley Family Housing will be going out to everyone's door Sept. 7. This year, we need our residents' help once again. The community has a voice and this is the medium to share it. We appreciate all the responses that we

Buckley holds Senior NCO Induction Ceremony

AFSPC commander sends Labor Day wingman safety message

Over the 2010 summer months we have lost three members of our Air Force Space Command family. One died in an automobile accident, one was lost off shore while kayaking and another took his own life.We have seen a spike in safety incidents in the past few weeks and this negative trend must stop. We

Team Buckley holds mini-triathlon

The 460th Force Support Squadron hosted the sixth annual Fit Fight Freedom Mini-Triathlon Aug. 22 at Buckley Air Force Base.The mini-triathlon comprised a 300-meter swim, a 12.5-mile bike ride and a three-mile run.The winners are as follows:Female OverallTami WiseFemale 20-29Veronica GattaFemale 30

Commentary: You can make a difference

What is one of the most powerful predictors of whether a sexual assault will be completed or not? You are!When a woman is attacked by a single individual, you, as a prosocial bystander, can play a vital role in determining whether a rape will be completed or not. The presence of a bystander makes a

Mosquitoes and you

Summer weather is here and many of us will participate in outdoor activities. What you might not realize is that body heat and the carbon dioxide, which we exhale, attracts insects such as mosquitoes.Mosquito surveillance - the capture and testing of mosquitoes for disease -- is conducted between

Submit your claim for retroactive stop loss today!

Airmen, veterans, and beneficiaries who were involuntarily extended under Stop Loss between Sept. 11, 2001, and Sept. 30, 2009, are eligible for Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay.If your enlistment was involuntarily extended due to Stop Loss, and you have yet to file a claim for RSLSP, the last day