• Poirier remembered as consummate guardsman

    Master Sgt. David Poirier, an aircrew life support journeyman for the 157th Operations Support Squadron, is being remembered this week by fellow airmen for his leadership and genuine selflessness. Poirier, 52, of Salem, died Feb. 28 from a noncombat-related incident at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar

  • Record number of airmen receive degrees

    A record-number of airmen from the 157th Air Refueling Wing received associate degrees during a Community College of the Air Force, or CCAF, commencement ceremony held here Feb. 8.Thirty-three members of the wing graduated with CCAF associate degrees at the ceremony. Members of the wing, families

  • New mil-pay filing process in place

    The 157th Comptroller Squadron has implemented a new military pay process to submit short tour pay documents that became effective Feb. 6. For orders published earlier than Feb. 6, the process remains as it has always."This new process requires members to digitally submit for military pay and travel

  • Symposium highlights 'purple medicine'

    More than 100 New Hampshire National Guard senior leaders and medical professionals from the Army and Air National Guard came together Feb. 9 to continue to build a shared understanding for enhanced medical training, education and missions in the future.Air Force Lt. Col. Stephanie Riley, the states

  • Environmental impact analysis hearings scheduled

    The National Guard Bureau has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement to evaluate the potential environmental consequences that could result from the proposed beddown of KC-46A aircraft. The NGB proposes to beddown 12 KC-46A aircraft at one of five alternative locations: Forbes Air National

  • Notary services available

    At one time or another we have all needed a document notarized. The legal office here provides that service free of charge for uniformed servicemembers, whether in the Air National Guard, Reserve or active duty component. Dependents, retirees and their dependents are also eligible.Military notaries

  • 157ARW command chief change of authority scheduled

    After serving for more than four years as the 157th Air Refueling Wing Command Chief, Chief Master Sgt. Brenda Blonigen will relinquish authority as the wing command chief position to Chief Master Sgt. Jamie Lawrence during a Change of Authority ceremony March 9 at 3 p.m. in Hanger 254.Blonigen, who

  • Yellow Ribbon program connects Airmen with resources

    Strength and support in numbers.That was the consensus following a Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program event specifically designed to connect more than two-dozen resources with deploying Airmen and their family members.Airman 1st Class Kirsten Arends, a material handler with the 157th Logistics