139th News

  • ‘Guard members best pick for employers,’ say state officials

    An advocate for hiring veterans told Missouri employers here Oct. 18 that they have top candidates in the National Guard looking for work through state veteran offices."Your Missouri National Guard men and women as well as Missouri veterans from all services are the star employees you seek," said

  • New DOD Safe Helpline Mobile App Now Available

    The Department of Defense announced its new DoD Safe Helpline Mobile Application. With this new app, service members transitioning to civilian life will have access to critical resources that assists in managing the short and long-term effects of sexual assault.This new app is the latest in a string

  • Air Guardsman earns double distinction in marksmanship

    Master Sgt. Ben Israel, 139th Security Forces Squadron, earned the Distinguished Rifle Badge at the Mac V Regional Marksmanship Training Competition held at Camp Robinson, Little Rock, Ark., June 28 - July 2."The competitions are like a basic training obstacle course, but you shoot through

  • Ceremonies honor rank, command at Rosecrans

    A busy training weekend at the 139th Airlift Wing here included a change in Security Forces leadership as well as promotions for two Airmen to the Air Force's upper ranks.On Friday, Chief Master Sgt. Craig Phillips was promoted to the top enlisted rank. His wife and daughters helped add the eighth

  • Air Guard 'primed' for national softball tournament

    The ball fields are set and citizen-Airmen are primed to arrive here as the final two weeks build up to the Air National Guard's largest team sporting event. Rosecrans Air National Guard Base will play host this year to softball players from across the nation August 15-18 during the 47th Annual

  • Rosecrans cites energy efficiency practices

    Residents at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base here can be proud of their energy efficiency, said regional and local officials after an informal energy appraisal.A newly assigned efficiency manager for the state recently toured the base to learn about its energy program and provide

  • Air Mobility tactics, electronic warfare experts analyze the adversary

    At least 50 combat operations experts met at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base here this week for a working group on air mobility tactics to analyze and report on current air and air defense operations across the globe.The Air Force, Air Mobility Command's (AMC) Air Mobility Tactics Analysis Team

  • Missouri Air Guard engineers return from Guantanamo

    Although an afternoon storm at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base hampered their homecoming ceremony, more than 100 family, friends and service members were still able to welcome their Airmen home from a long deployment.The 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri Air National Guard welcomed home more than 30

  • Panamanian service members visit Rosecrans

    Service members from the Panamanian military spent a few days at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base here July 10-12.The visitors trained on military procedures and toured the 139th Airlift Wing' s workshops. It was part of the Missouri National Guard' s continuing partnership with Panama, which