139th News

  • AATTC to host 30th tactics symposium

    The Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center (AATTC) is hosting its 30th Tactics and Intelligence Symposium January 23-26, 2011 at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Mo.The theme is "EYES to the Future", with presentations focusing on improving mobility tactics, defensive systems, and

  • 139th honors members, community leaders

    The 139th Airlift Wing honored leaders and volunteers from nearby communities for their efforts to support the base during this summer's flood fight during a ceremony here Dec. 4.The recognition of community leaders was part of a larger ceremony honoring numerous 139th members for awards covering a

  • Air Guard medics stick out the busy flu season

    The 139th Airlift Wing's medical Airmen said they have immunized a large percentage of Guardmembers for the flu, just one month through the 2011-2012 flu season.Hundreds of Guardmembers were needled by immunization staff in preparation for the nation's peak flu season, which typically runs November

  • Rosecrans announces economic gains to community

    Rosecrans Air National Guard Base officials recently announced the base's economic impact here, which grew roughly $11 million more than the previous fiscal year.The base tallied its impact to the surrounding community at $142 million for Fiscal Year 2011. The calculation for FY 2010 was $131

  • Airmen, NCO award candidates tout real-world accomplishments

    It's never difficult to find excellent candidates for the 139th Airlift Wing's yearly awards for outstanding airmen, NCOs and officers.But a 2011 which saw the unit neck-deep with natural disasters at home and contingency deployments abroad, the accomplishments of this year's Outstanding Airmen

  • Wing exceeds recruiting, retention goals for fiscal year

    The 139th Airlift Wing surpassed its recruiting and retention goals for Fiscal Year 2011, said its managers here today.The Recruiting Office closed its books for 2011 with 94 enlistments for the fiscal year, or 102 percent of its recruiting goal. Of those, 36 enlistees were prior service members and

  • Airmen gain consultants for families, finances

    In what could have cost them money on the outside, citizen-Airmen here recently made use of life and financial consultants offered at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, for free.For the past few months, the base's Airmen and Family Readiness Program Office provided professional guidance for Airmen

  • Junior Enlisted Council elects new president

    More than 30 airmen of the 139th Airlift Wing, St. Joseph, Mo., sat in for a Junior Enlisted Council (JEC) meeting on Saturday, Oct. 1, in the Avionics building here.The primary purpose for the JEC is to "be the voice and the moral of the junior enlisted here on base. Also to let the senior enlisted

  • Retroactive Traumatic Injury Benefits No Longer Just For OEF/OIF Injuries

    As of October 1, 2011, the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection benefit, also known as TSGLI, will be payable for all qualifying injuries incurred during the period October 7, 2001 to November 30, 2005, regardless of where they occurred, and regardless of whether the

  • Rosecrans promotes Panamanian partnership

    The 139th Airlift Wing hosted U.S. military ambassadors for Panama at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base here Sept. 27 as part of the Missouri Guard's continuing State Partnership Program.Army Col. Greg Barrack and Navy Capt. Renee Finch, with the Office of Defense Cooperation in Panama, were