NEWS BRIEFS >> 08/17/07

Retirement ceremonies set

Joyce White, 314th Mission Support Squadron civilian personnel officer, will retire during a luncheon at 11 a.m. Aug. 30 in the Hangar 1080 Ballroom. There is a retirement ceremony Aug. 31 at 4:30 p.m. at the base flagpole in front of the 314th Airlift Wing headquarters, Bldg. 1250. Call 987-7732 or 987-3212 by Thursday to RSVP.

Master Sgt. Rodger Young, 463rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, will retire Aug. 24 at 10:30 a.m. in the 61st Airlift Squadron briefing room. Contact Master Sgt. Bryan Weaver at 987-6689 for details.


Arranging personal property shipments

Commanders, First Sergeants, and supervisors are reminded that according to DOD Regulations members must be allowed enough time away from their place of duty to arrange for the shipment, receipt and pick-up of their personal property. Contractual requirements prevent the pick and delivery of personal property on weekends and holidays; therefore, regular duty time-off must be made available for this purpose.


NAF jobs available

The following non-appropriated-fund jobs are available: Lodging, custodial worker, NA-02, flexible; Bowling Center, recreation aid, NF-K, flexible hours and laborer, NA-03, flexible hours; Child Development Center, food service worker, NA-02 (days only), regular hours; Outdoor Rec, recreation specialist, NF-III, regular hours; Youth Center, school age program assistant, CC-01, flexible hours and recreation aid, NF-I, flexible hours; Family Child Care, USDA food program resource and referral clerk, NF-II, regular hours and Hangar 1080, food service worker, NA-02, flexible hours and cashier, NF-I, flexible hours. For more information call 987-6440.


Cancer fund-raiser slated

Area volunteers are planning another community “sew-in” to be held at the Little Rock Air Force Base chapel from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Aug, 24. All sewing materials are donated to the work and Janome® sewing machines are available for use during the sew-in. There is no cost to join and no solicitation. For more information, call Ora Brown at 982-7667 or Mary Philip at 884-3046.  


Did you know?

Block III Training is held on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at 8 a.m. in the LRS training room Bldg 450. Newly appointed equipment custodians should call 987-6191 or 987-6660 to schedule an appointment. Hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. for appointments.


AMU rep to be on base

Mr. Don Toney from American Military University will be on base Aug. 23 at the Education Office, Bldg 840. Please call him at 405-589-1828 to make an appointment with him.


Munitions Flight office to close for inventory

The 314th Maintenance Squadron munitions flight will be closed for munitions inventory Sept. 4 through 7. All necessary support for this time should be scheduled prior to Aug. 20. Contact Tech. Sgt. Brian Hornsby at 987-6031 for details.


Promotion Party set

There will be a party at 3 p.m. today in Hangar 1080 for all Team Little Rock members selected for promotion to staff sergeant in the 07E5 cycle. All are invited to come and support the base's newest promotees.


Retraining program to begin

Air force officials have announced the start of the fy08 nco retraining program (ncorp) targeting approximately 900 airmen (staff sergeant, tech sergeant and master sergeant) for retraining from afscs with overages to afscs with nco shortages.
The voluntary phase (phase i) of the program runs Aug. 7 through Sept. 21. If all retraining-out requirements have not been met, an involuntary phase (phase ii) will begin shortly thereafter.  Some restrictions apply, depending on grade and afsc. Contact your local css for complete details and a list of available retraining-in and retraining-out afscs.