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  • AFPC releases post-deployment respite guidance

    Beginning Jan. 19, 2007, eligible active-duty Airmen who deploy 12 or more months during a preceding 36-month period are entitled to administrative absence time off. All active-duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen are eligible for this time off. Separate guidance for National Guard and Reserve personnel

  • Do you know all the base has to offer?

    Dyess has many free programs to support families of deployed members, improve base members' quality of life, and provide people with opportunities to volunteer or network. For instance: Health and Wellness The Health and Wellness Center has full body massage chairs and relaxing music to listen to

  • 7th Medical Group makes change to its service

    As a result of increased deployments of medical technicians, the 7th Medical Group must temporarily suspend military ambulance services on base.All emergency 911 calls for ambulance services will be immediately dispatched to off-base, civilian ambulances. Transport times will not be affected, since

  • NORAD set to track Santa; commander thanks troops, families

    Members of North American Aerospace Defense Command are gearing up to track Santa Claus' travels on Christmas Eve, providing detailed information about his whereabouts on the command's Web site and through a toll-free telephone line. Gen. Victor E. Renuart Jr., commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern

  • ACC Logistics director visits Dyess

    The Director of Logistics, Headquarters Air Combat Command visited Team Dyess Dec. 19 and 20 to review Air Force Smart Operations 21 programs and visit with logistics Airmen here. Major Gen. P. David Gillett Jr. said he was very impressed with his short visit at Dyess. "The AFSO-21 program they

  • Dyess Housing Office welcomes new referral website

    Everybody knows it's difficult to find good housing from across the nation or sometimes from across town. It's an old story that has a new ending. The Dyess Housing Office is implementing a new internet-based housing referral system to overcome that problem. It's AHRN.com (the Automated Housing

  • January pay changes affect civilian employees

    The Department of Defense is taking the next step toward a more robust pay-for-performance system to enable the DOD to better compensate its civilian employees based on contribution to mission accomplishment and performance. Under the General Schedule, most employees currently receive the January