Encrypt or else: Air Force’s new method of protecting PII

As of Feb 6, 2018, U.S. Air Force officials announced a new method in preventing Personally Identifiable Information breaches within email transmissions. This new method of eliminating PII breaches via email will affect all personnel assigned to Al Dhafra Air Base.

Deployed defenders honor fallen brothers and sisters-in-arms

While tens of thousands of law enforcement officers from around the world converged on Washington, D.C., during the week of May 15 for 2017 National Police Week, the military members of the 386th and 387th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadrons hosted their own planned events in Southwest Asia in

Feeding Al Udeid Air Base: No easy task

Security Forces provides FAST protection to aircrews in austere locations

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Last month, the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing flew more than 600 sorties in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Many of these missions involved flying into austere locations to deliver cargo and personnel to forward-deployed locations to aid in the fight against ISIS. Regardless

From flightline to frontline: 386th ELRS manages process for moving munitions

SOUTHWEST ASIA – Aerial porters can often appear to be flightline fortune tellers. They can gauge the intensity of ongoing war efforts through the amount and types of items that come across their cargo yard, everything from vehicles to missiles. As the battle against ISIL continues to heat up,

387th AEG, partner units complete road construction

The 387th Air Expeditionary Group finished building a new road and entry control point at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia Dec. 30. The group’s host nation required them to build the new road after transferring land to a contractor as part of multi-billion dollar civil works project.In

HVAC Airmen winning on deployed frontier: one a/c unit at a time

No matter the job, each Airman provides a vital service – engaging issues on their own battlefront to ensure the mission goes as smoothly as possible, from the Soldiers who oversee the Patriot missile batteries to the services Airmen who ensure personnel have meals to eat and a place to sleep.

Raven B: Securing the perimeter from above

Small, hand-held, unmanned, light weight and remotely operated drones describe one of the ways technology is used to ensure the safety of deployed personnel. The 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron secures the base perimeter with help from the Raven B Digital Data Link drone at Al Udeid Air

AF, Marine and Army EOD techs train, learn from each other

Air Force, Marine and Army explosive ordnance disposal technicians deployed to Southwest Asia came together for the first time to train at an undisclosed location Dec. 14-18. The five-day training exercise included more than 40 staged improvised explosive device scenarios simulating common incidents

HVAC Airmen withstand the heat to deliver the cool

Desert environments contain harsh elements, which can beextremely difficult to become acclimated to. One element in particular, tendsto grab people’s attention immediately making its presence known in anunforgiving way.As soon as new members get here and step off the plane theyexperience the

Security forces Airmen train alongside Qatari counterparts

Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron conducted joint interoperability training with members from the Qatar Emiri Air Force here, April 12 and 14.

Choice cuts: CEs BEEFing up the base

Engineers are known for leading the way. A group of engineers assigned to the Expeditionary Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force Squadron, more commonly known as “Prime BEEF”, has been embodying this concept since their arrival just a few short months ago. The 577 EPBS is organized under the 1st

EOD: Keeping Airmen, community safe

The motto, “initial success or total failure,” requires Airmen of the explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) flight here to think outside the box and accept nothing less than perfection when performing their duties.