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  • VPP promotes safer, healthier work environment

    Tinker Air Force Base is one of nine Air Force installations that will implement the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Voluntary Protection Program in an effort to reduce the number of work-related injuries and illnesses. Recently mandated by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, the

  • Officials emphasize motorcycle safety across force

    With motorcycle fatalities on the rise over the past two years in the Defense Department, senior military officials are making sure that servicemembers and civilians are keeping safety in mind while hitting the roads this summer. The Army took the lead by hosting the two-day National Capital Region

  • AMC begins implementation of Voluntary Protection Program

    Air Mobility Command recently began implementing a Department of Defense initiative at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., to help eliminate mishaps and create a safer environment for Airmen, civilians and their families.The Voluntary Protection Program, developed by the Occupational Safety and Health

  • Air Force leaders advocate Voluntary Protection Program

    Air Force leaders here are advocating an enhanced safety program that focuses on developing and caring for the safety of Airmen, civilians and their families.The Voluntary Protection Program originates from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and focuses on incorporating the Air

  • May 27 airpower summary: Strike Eagles provide close-air-support missions

    Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in the following operations May 27, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fired cannon