EVENTS >> 01-18-08

TRICARE Town Hall meeting Tuesday

A TRICARE Behavioral Health Town Hall meeting at 3 and 5 p.m. Jan. 22 at Hangar 1080. The meeting will discuss TRICARE behavioral health services available for active duty family members in the Little Rock AFB community.

Representatives will be on site to host the meeting, answer questions and hear feedback.

The town hall meeting is jointly sponsored by Humana Military Healthcare Services, ValueOptions, and the 314th Medical Group.


Dinner for family members of deployed

On Feb. 12 there will be a free dinner for families of Little Rock AFB service members  who are presently deployed, on remote tours of duty, or on an extended TDY. The event starts at 6 p.m. at the Thomas Community Activity Center and will also include family activities and door prizes. Please contact the Chapel at 987-6014, the Airman and Family Readiness Center at 987-6801 or your First Sergeant to sign up. Deadline to sign up is Feb. 7.


AMU representative on base Tuesday

A representative from American Military University will be at the Education Center, 840 Leadership Drive, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, to meet with interested students. On-line classes are also available from on-base universities located in the same building. For more information, call 987-3417.


Cancer support sew-in scheduled for Jan. 25

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. Jan. 25. The workshop is open to all interested in sewing, cutting, pinning, ironing and packaging colorful kerchief-like head coverings. Known as “care caps,” they are for free distribution to balding chemotherapy patients in the ARKLATX.
Recently, Care Caps went online at www.ccvols.org. Featured in many of the site’s photos are members of the base’s project volunteers and text explaining the charitable activity.

Mary Philips, director of Care Cap Connections, will lead participants in her step-by-step “assembly line” method of group operation.

Through December, 615 volunteers produced 6,068 caps.

Major cancer centers joining in the effort are Mayo Clinic, M.D. Anderson, St. Vincent, Arkansas Children’s, St. Jude, Baptist Health, Christus Health and UAMS. Care Cap Connections™ is a division of Volunteer America – 1776, a public charity, 501(c)(3), under the Internal Revenue code. Its operations in Arkansas and the surrounding states are supported through individual donations and corporate grants. 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, contact Ora Brown at 982-7667, or Mary Philips at 884-3046.

Mentoring group to meet

The LRAFB Women’s Mentoring Group will be holding its first meeting at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22 in the Conference Center.


Phase II of FY08 announced

Air Force officials have announced Phase II of the FY08 NCO retraining program targeting approximately 502 airmen (staff sergeant, tech sergeant, and master sergeant) for retraining from AFSCS with overages to AFSCS with NCO shortages. The involuntary phase (Phase II) of the program runs Dec. 10, 2007 through March 31. Contact your local MPE's separation office (room 100) for complete details and a list of available retraining-in and retraining-out AFSCS.

Contract position open

The chapel is seeking to hire a piano/keyboard accompanist to play during the 6 p.m. Protestant Contemporary Service.

A resume and a sealed bid will need to be turned in to the chapel no later than 4:40 p.m. Jan. 25.

All interviews and a skills demonstration will be conducted NLT Monday, Jan. 27. Selection criteria will be based upon the “best value” of the government. Please contact Ch. (Capt.) Jeffery Scott or Staff Sgt. Terry Mueth at 987-6014 with additional questions. A copy of the Statement of Work can be picked up at the base chapel.


Services jobs available

Current job openings for Services are: loding, custodial worker, NA-02, flexible hours, lodging clerk, NF-I, regular hours; Skills Center, wood worker, NA-08, flexible hours; Hangar 1080, club operations assistant, NF-II, flexible hours, waiter, NA-01, flexible hours; marketing, publicity assistant, NF-II, regular hours. All federal NAF employees are required by Public Law 104-134 to have salary payments made by electronic funds transfer/direct deposit. For more information call 987-6440.