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tion. For more information, call 661-277-5727.
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federal tax returns for 2015. for employment during 2015. A hard copy form is scheduled to
After 45 years of honorable service to the Department of be mailed to each employee and the form will also be available
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ceremony and luncheon to properly say farewell to her Jan. this information,” said Robert W. Burke, the Air Force Ac- “The Air Force would like to stress the importance for
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Christopher Lantagne. However, the Air Force now allows its members to request LEOSA credentialing.
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arrived at Edwards.
“This affects base personnel because we have given the option to the installation
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guys make sure that it’s safe and effective and that it’s doing what it’s supposed to do,” said while they are off duty,” Quick said. “With installation commander’s approval, I could
Lantagne, encouraging everyone to be proud of what they do. go to the commissary on Saturday and stay armed and concealed while conducting my
business on the installation and leave … it’s not for work purposes.”
“We talk about Combat Air Force as being the tip of the spear. If they’re the tip of a spear,
you guys are what sharpens the spear and that’s what you guys do day to day — you sharpen Commanders can use these formalized programs at their discretion; the Air Force
the spear and you’ve been doing it for years.” Integrated Defense team is also looking at how to authorize a member of the Air Force
who is assigned to duty at off-installation, center or facility to carry an appropriate
“This is our time, we’re ramping down as a nation from warfare. We’re ¿UHDUP
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for that next off set strategy, the one that will outpace our peer competi- “None of these programs gives the installation commander authorizations they didn’t
tors like Russia and China. Without you, it doesn’t happen. Without you, already have the authorization to do,” Quick said. “We are now formalizing it and
telling them how they can use these types of programs more effectively.”
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