Lt. Gen. Norman Seip, the Twelfth Air Force and Air Forces Southern commander, will host a bloggers' roundtable Monday, January 12 at 8 a.m. to discuss issues of interest including updates on Reaper and Predator UAVs, Air Force operations and medical readiness exercises in Central and South America, and the Air Force's work on A-10 Thunderbolt "wing cracks" issues. Interested bloggers should contact the Blogger's Round Table through: http://www.dodlive.blogspot.com/ or an email to to bloggeroutreach (AT) dma.mil.
UPDATE: Coverage from the Northshore Journal is linked here.
UPDATE Two: "Next year, the US Air Force will procure more unmanned aircraft than manned aircraft," Air Force Lt. Gen. Norman Seip, commander of Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern), said today. The General explained how the Air Force has 85 percent of its UAS capability currently deployed in support of operations in Southwest Asia. The other 15 percent are stateside to train UAS pilots and for operational test and development. Lt. Gen. Seip discussed the Air Force's unmanned aerial systems and pilot track, activities in Central, South America and the Caribbean, and A-10 Thunderbolt II wing cracking issues. Joining General Seip on the roundtable were Sagar Pathak with HorizontalRain.com, Chuck Simmins at America's North Shore Journal, David Axe with War is Boring, Paul McLeary, and Colin Clark of DoD Buzz. Audio(Mp3)
Posted by Capt. David Faggard, Air Force Public Affairs.
A video contest for every Airman began December 1 providing an opportunity for Airmen to develop and produce videos to capture their vision of an effective Air Force recruiting and retention TV commercial. The videos should be a mission-documentary format, in which Airmen talk about what they do for the Air Force and our Nation. Entries are due to the US Air Force Public Affairs agency by Jan. 9. Contact your local PA Office for submission guidelines and legal conditions.
All videos submitted will be posted to Air Force Blue Tube, www.youtube.com/afbluetube where anyone can view and download them.
Posted by Captain David Faggard, Air Force Public Affairs.
Posted at http://www.pacafpixels.blogspot.com/, originally written by Lt. Col. Marie Colasanti, Chief of the Behavioral Health Branch at Pacific Air Forces.
A new study by the Institute of Medicine featured in a New York Times article today brings to light the importance of understanding the long-term effects of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) experienced by our combat veterans. This is a great intro to what our military is doing in order to treat our war-injured military, especially those with TBI... PACAF is utilizing the Air Force Surgeon General's standardized pre- and post-deployment education program called "Landing Gear," using the metaphor that, no matter how powerful an aircraft is in the air, functioning landing gear is necessary to safely launch and recover. The focus of Landing Gear is on brief education to hopefully increase the recognition of Airmen suffering from traumatic stress symptoms and connect them with helping resources. Landing Gear has been implemented Air Force-wide and we have sent the training material to all mental health professionals throughout PACAF.In addition to the Landing Gear program, PACAF will also be implementing a Baseline Pre-Deployment Neurocognitive Assessment Testing (NCAT) for our troops planning to deploy. TBI is a condition that is affecting many of our returning warriors. Unfortunately, it is difficult to measure the degree of injury without baseline data. Therefore, DoD is requiring every deployer to be tested with the Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics (ANAM) within 12 months prior to deployment. This should help us establish a basis for future comparative review should a suspected TBI occur. The plan is for each Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) to receive one to three computers loaded with the ANAM software from Health Affairs. Our MTFs here at PACAF will be prepared to initiate testing within two weeks of receiving the computers with the ANAM software.
Posted by Captain David Faggard, Air Force Public Affairs
Lt. Gen. Norman Seip, the Twelfth Air Force and Air Forces Southern commander, will host a bloggers' roundtable Monday, January 12 at 8 a.m. to discuss issues of interest including updates on Reaper and Predator UAVs, Air Force operations and medical readiness exercises in Central and South America, and the Air Force's work on A-10 Thunderbolt "wing cracks" issues. Interested bloggers should contact the Blogger's Round Table through: http://www.dodlive.blogspot.com/ or an email to to bloggeroutreach (AT) dma.mil.