May 22, 2012 Hold my beer ... really? "Safety -- It's Personal" is the theme for this year's Critical Days of Summer (CDS) safety campaign, which runs from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. This year's theme is a reminder that safety is everyone's responsibility and the decisions we make impact our friends, families and
May 17, 2012 Air Force chief of safety releases Critical Days of Summer message "Safety- It's Personal" is the theme for this year's Critical Days of Summer safety campaign, which runs from May 25 through Sept. 3, 2012. This year's theme is a reminder that safety is everyone's responsibility and the decisions we make impact our friends, families and Air Force community.Summer
May 14, 2012 Air Force chief of safety shares message on critical days ahead With the summer just around the corner, Maj. Gen. Greg Feest, the Air Force chief of safety, asked Kadena Airmen to help him help them. Between 2002 and 2011, the Air Force experienced 218 fatalities during the Critical Days of Summer, which typically falls between Memorial Day and Labor Day. As the
April 2, 2012 The art of safety Sixty-one years after Gen. Douglas MacArthur addressed Congress announcing his retirement from the Army, he left an indelible impression by quoting a popular barrack ballad which proclaimed, "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away." Some federal employees do more than just fade away when they
March 15, 2012 Exchange program enriches safety of aviation community Two international officers assigned to the Air Force Safety Center's Aviation Safety Division have bolstered their countries' aviation safety program by working side-by-side with their U.S. Air Force partners.German Air Force Lt. Col. Rudi Stein and Royal Canadian Air Force Maj. Peter Laurin agree
March 12, 2012 OSHA chief congratulates Air Force on ground safety milestone Air Force Safety Center officials received the following message March 12 from David Michaels, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, congratulating the Air Force on its historic milestone of going more than one full year without an on-duty ground safety
March 12, 2012 Air Force achieves historic ground safety milestone Air Force safety officials here today announced that since Feb. 17, 2011, the Air Force has now gone for more than 12 months without an on-duty ground fatality.After an exhaustive search of the Air Force Safety Center's safety mishap database, officials confirmed the service reached this milestone
March 9, 2012 Apply for CDE - You never know where it might take you I'm one of those civilians who gets excited every time the Air Force Personnel Center releases its annual call for civilian development education applications. During my 13 years with the Air Force, I've been able to go from the flickerball fields of Squadron Officer School to the State Department,
March 9, 2012 Air Force Safety Center gets new acronym; name and mission remain unchanged The Air Force Safety Center acronym changed on Feb. 1 to AFSEC to accommodate the planned standup of the Air Force Sustainment Center, which will be designated as AFSC. Recipients of safety center products or correspondence bearing the new acronym may be confused by the change initially, but
March 5, 2012 Air Force Safety Center maintenance officer awarded Bronze Star Lt. Col. David A. Wiesner, assigned to the Weapons Safety Division, Air Force Safety Center, received the Bronze Star Medal and was promoted to the rank of colonel during a ceremony held here March 2. Col. Richard S. Nelson, director of aviation supplier operations, Defense Logistics Agency