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AF civilian named as ‘service to America’ finalist

Partners for Public Service Public Affairs — Wed, 04 May 2016 16:51:00 GMT

Cate Pappas is a civilian Air Force intelligence analyst and a 2016 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal finalist.

Public service week honors civilian contributions to AF

Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Command Information — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:56:00 GMT

Public Service Recognition Week, which runs from May 1-7, provides an opportunity to recognize more than 2 million public employees who protect the nation through service in the armed forces. More than 176,000 of them are Air Force civilian full-time, part-time, term, temporary and non-appropriated fund Airmen.

Taking care of people for mission’s sake

Staff Sgt. J. Aaron Breeden — Wed, 06 May 2015 19:08:29 GMT

Military members are often told the mission comes first, but for Jane-Marie Kopycinski, military members and their families are the mission -- and some might argue the most critical component of the force.

Civilian Airmen serve their country, deploy with military teammates

Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Command Information — Wed, 06 May 2015 12:06:00 GMT

More than two million public employees protect the nation through service in the armed forces, and more than 183,000 of them are Air Force civilian full-time, part-time, term, temp and nonappropriated fund Airmen.

Air Force employee named as Service to America Medals finalist

Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs — Tue, 05 May 2015 20:53:00 GMT

An Air Force leader was announced May 4 as a finalist for the 2015 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals, which highlight America’s dedicated civil servants who made significant contributions to the nation.

AF celebrates Public Service Recognition Week

Master Sgt. Les Waters — Tue, 05 May 2015 12:06:00 GMT

PSRW is a nation-wide campaign to recognize people who serve the nation as federal, state, county and local government employees. It's to highlight their contributions and to say “thank you for your service.”

AFRL engineers awarded for fostering innovation, teamwork

Leslie Klein — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 17:58:00 GMT

Two Air Force electronics engineers received the 2014 National Security and International Affairs Medal for saving the lives of Soldiers in Afghanistan by creating and deploying a new aerial sensor system to help U.S. Army and special forces units detect and destroy deadly improvised explosive devices.