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  • New military working dog facility built to highest “green” standard

    In an effort to be environmentally friendly, the 56th Security Forces Squadron military working dog section officially opened the first "green" kennel in the Defense Department during a ribbon cutting ceremony May 20 at Luke Air Force Base. The $1.6 million project included artificial turf, green

  • Effective performance feedback essential

    Performance feedback is an important part of the supervisor and subordinate relationship. Conducting performance feedback is something that we all know supervisors must accomplish; but really, how often is it being conducted? In addition, if it is accomplished, is it being done effectively? In most

  • ITAM-Air advisors stand up metals technology, sheet metal shops

    Advisors from the 721st Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron held an inauguration ceremony to commemorate the grand opening of a metals technology and sheet metal shop in Iraq's newest and largest maintenance hangar. The ceremony was held to honor the effort and dedication it took to stand up two

  • Luke, Mesa firefighters train together

    Mesa firefighters visited Luke Air Force Base May 4 to train with the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department on how to handle military aircraft emergencies. The Mesa firefighters received the training because the Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport is in their response territory and military aircraft

  • Airmen receive UCI training

    The base records management office recently trained nine Airmen in preparation for the upcoming unit compliance inspection. The training took place in the new 56th Communications Squadron training room designed to train functional area records managers.In about two months, Tech. Sgt. Churie Shields,

  • Mental wellness critical to joy of life

    One in every four people in the world struggle with a treatable mental health disorder. The most important word in the sentence is "treatable." Identifying those who need help may be the biggest challenge. Each person should be asking these or similar questions, "Is there a coworker struggling with

  • Constant vigilance force protection’s goal

    We enter a building on base and have to show an identification card, or we notice that the traffic pattern has changed. These are force protection measures made to keep the base safe, and they can change from day to day."Force protection levels and changes come from two avenues," said Jonathan

  • National Police Week offers inside look

    We often see police cars around the base, or we occasionally see a military working dog at an event, but most of us don't have the opportunity to see and understand how many functions the 56th Security Forces Squadron is involved in.Saturday through May 27 is National Police Week at Luke Air Force

  • Luke members come together for NPB

    Luke members of different faith backgrounds came together May 5 to participate in the National Prayer Breakfast at Club Five Six. The tradition began in 1942 when members of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives gathered during breakfast to pray for the nation.Military and civic

  • Social Security number to be removed from ID cards

    A new era is dawning in the military. The Defense Department is scheduled to remove Social Security numbers from all DOD identification cards to protect the safety of service members and their families' personal identity information, according to Master Sgt. Zar Manabat, 56th Force Support Squadron