• SrA Kelly Carr's Resilience Story

    The Air, Space and Cyber Conference was held in September 2023 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. The Total Force was encouraged to share their resilience stories in a video booth.U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kelly Carr sat down with Integrated Resilience to

  • Edith Wegner's Resilience Story

    Edith Wegner, Chief of Military and Family Readiness at Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), shares her touching story about leaning on her community during a time of need. As she shares her vulnerable narrative on her daughter's serious health condition, she also encourages seeking out a

  • Lt. Col. Emily Barry's Resilience Story

    The Air, Space and Cyber Conference was held in September 2023 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. The Total Force was encouraged to share their resilience stories in a video booth.Lt. Col. Barry shared her story of resilience as a new parent and emphasized

  • Commentary: Overcoming abuse

    I joined the US Air Force when I was 38 years old. My life's purpose aligned with their basic principles of honesty, quality, and service before self, which made joining the military a great professional choice. For ten years I was a stay-at-home mother; prior to that, I worked as an interpreter, an

  • Connecting Airmen, Guardians, family members to care

    Connect to Care is a new approach to providing support for Airmen, Guardians, and their families in which all providers, regardless of area of responsibility, will personally guide each individual or group to the support services they need. This new approach is in response to the 2021 Independent

  • Resilience Trainers welcome a new policy on their Duty Identifier Tab

    A new policy announced in September allows Master Resilience Trainers (MRT) and Resilience Training Assistants (RTA) continuous wear of an Authorized Duty Identifier Tab with the approval of the local program manager.  Prior to that, Airmen and Guardians who were resilience trainers could only wear

  • Vandenberg sees promise in Co-Location Pilot

    Walking into Hawk’s Cove, the new Integrated Resilience Center at Vandenberg Space Force Base, is a little like walking into a living room. A comfortable sofa and set of chairs sit in the reception area of the 6000 sq. ft. space where clients may have their first contact with support personnel who

  • SOAR helps teen rise to challenges of military life

    Christeen Greenwell is an Airman, military spouse and the mother of a teen. She’s also one of the founders of a resiliency program for teens at Edwards Air Force Base called Support, Outreach, Action, Resilience.SOAR was created in the aftermath of two teen deaths by suicide in 2020 – one of whom

  • Cable gun locks can keep families safe

    A second shipment of cable-style gunlocks is making its way to installations across the United States courtesy of the Department of the Air Force. The gunlock giveaway began in March 2020 with 150,000 cable-style locks distributed to all U.S. Air Force installations. Using the acronym SLO, which