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  • April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

    During April, RAF Mildenhall will participate in Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This annual event provides the base population with an opportunity to increase knowledge and promote prevention of the crime of sexual assault through special events and public education. This year's theme for SAAM is

  • Calendar of Earth Week events announced

    There will be a number of events at RAFs Mildenhall and Lakenheath to celebrate this year's Earth Week. The following is a list of scheduled events:Adopt-A-Highway 9 a.m. to noon, April 23, 25, 27, and noon to 3 p.m., April 24 and 26.  Teams of volunteers will clean up a stretch of the A1065 Highway

  • AFSO21 -- Why should I care?

    What to know: To find out more about Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century, or to highlight problems, contact your wing or group change managers: Lt. Col. Larry Walker (100th Air Refueling Wing), 238-7132; Maj. Bill Covert (100th Operations Group); 238-8604, Chief Master Sgt. Brian Ward

  • Make this year 'the year of why'

    The "Year of Compliance" is finally coming to a close. After a multitude of inspections - Information Assurance, Air Traffic System Evaluation, Weather, Aircrew Standardization and Evaluation, and of course, Unit Compliance - you can finally look forward to a well-deserved respite. And you earned

  • AFSO 21 breathes new life into old system

    A unit here on base has taken Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century and Lean processes to the next step by using it to reconfigure their operations. The 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron has used the two processes to revamp and streamline the way its receiving shop does business. Air

  • New processes save time for war fighter

    With a little planning and a lot of good old fashioned common sense, Airmen from the 100th Air Refueling Wing Logistics Readiness Squadron are working smarter these days. According to Chief Master Sgt. Brian Ward, LRS Vehicle Flight manager, using the principles of Air Force Smart Operations for the

  • Talking about AFSO21

    The Marauder sat down with Dr. Ron Ritter, Dr. Ron Ritter, Special Assistant for Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century to Michael W. Wynne, Secretary of the Air Force, and Deputy Director of the Air Force Smart Operations Office Dec. 5 to discuss AFSO21 and its affect on today's Airmen.

  • AFSO21 Reading list

    Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, Larry Bossidy (658 BOS) Personal Evaluation: Not necessarily an easy read, but a very worthwhile read nonetheless. This book provides techniques and ideas on how to turn plans and talk into action, a needed skill in the Air Force. Overview:

  • AFSO21 Reading list

    Seeing the Whole, Womack and Jones Personal Review: Another simple workbook from Lean Enterprise Institute. Basically, this workbook expands the company focused value streams in Learning to See, to an enterprise view that captures suppliers and customers. Overview: Using an extended value-stream

  • AFSO21 Reading list

    Learning To See Rother and Shook Personal Review: This book is a workbook and pretty straightforward, it does not handle a lot of theoretical stuff on LEAN. Basically this book gives you a technique on how do draw you current value stream with all the necessary details. Next it explains how to draw