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101 Critical Days of Summer – Fun in the sun!
May 19, 2025
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Combat Readiness Inspection to impact gate traffic, base services
April 17, 2025
Base advisory.

Improving quality of life: SAF/MR engages with Airmen and leaders
December 12, 2024
From left, U.S. Air Force Col. Jun Oh, 316th Wing and installation commander, speaks with Anthony Woods, secretary of the Maryland Department of Veterans and Military Families, and the Honorable Alex Wagner, assistant secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.

Historical profile: AFMS Airmen enable AFDW’s global impact
July 25, 2024
Brig. Gen. Frank Gorenc, Air Force District of Washington commander, thanks an injured service member for his service during his visit to the Aeromedical Staging Facility July 10. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tanika Belfield)

JBA bolsters Airman combat skills
December 2, 2022
A Joint Base Andrews Airman retrieves a gas mask during a Airman Combat Skills Training exercise at JBA, Md., December 2, 2022. The semi-annual training included a refresher course in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear and Mission-Oriented Protective Posture. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Isabelle Churchill)

Baltimore C-STARS partnership prepares Airmen for battlefield medicine
July 17, 2018
Maj. Shane Runyon (right), Baltimore’s Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (C-STARS) program deputy director, and Master Sgt. Sean Patterson, a respiratory therapist and superintendent of C-STARS Baltimore, set up for patient arrival at the Trauma Resuscitation Unit (TRU) at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, June 13, 2018. The U.S. Air Force’s C-STARS Baltimore program partners with the R Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center to ensure medical Airmen train on the latest trauma care techniques. These techniques prepare medical Airmen to treat trauma patients in a deployed setting. (Courtesy photo)

Stop The Bleed
April 6, 2018
Stop the Bleed

Medically ready to be mission ready
January 5, 2018
Air Force Col. (Dr.) Kimberly Pietszak, interim chief, Department of Quality Services, and assistant chief, Department of Medicine, examines Air Force Col. Patrick McCain at San Antonio Military Medical Center, Aug 26, 2015.  Getting regular checkups are vital step in maintaining one’s Individual Medical Readiness and aids an Airman’s ability to support the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Corey Toye)

Good mental health critical to readiness
November 20, 2017
Mental health readiness

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A security policeman of the 76th Security Police Squadron and military working dog provide security as JordanianAirliner departs with King and Queen Hussein Bin-Talal on Jan. 1, 1980.

JBA honors Security Forces legacy during Police Week

Military police at Andrews have gone by many names over the decades, ranging from Military Police to Air Police, and now Security Forces; but their mission has remained committed to safeguarding the installation and enabling the Air Force mission...
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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Tim Marriner, 316th Security Forces Squadron commander, attend the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Military Service Appreciation Luncheon, May 22, 2025.

Continuing the mission: Honoring military veterans in law enforcement

The following are remarks given by Lt. Col. Tim Marriner, 316th Security Forces Squadron commander, at the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Military Service Appreciation Luncheon, May 22, 2025. The remarks have been edited for length and...