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    Kendall stresses necessity of culture, language skills for building partner alliances in strategic competition

    “I want to emphasize the important role language training and cultural understanding play in today’s global operations,” Kendall said in his keynote address. “Language is a warfighting capability. Our language-enabled Airmen and Guardians operate in foreign countries around the world, and their ability to communicate in a foreign language and understand cultural nuances are critical to their success.”

  • Department of the Air Force stands up Diversity and Inclusion Task Force

    The task force is charged with identifying and changing policies, procedures, barriers and other practices that may be unfairly impacting underrepresented Air and Space Professionals.

  • Female Airmen gain time to make separation decision when pregnant

    Female Airmen now have up to 12 months after having a baby to request separation from the service under the Air Force’s new Diversity and Inclusion initiative.
  • PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo.- Tech. Sgt. Francis Eagle Tail Dupris, a Cryptologic Service Group strategic threat analyst at North American Aerospace Defense Command/U.S. Northern Command, holds a special stick used to carry a prayer with her across the world in the traditional Lakota style, at Peterson Air Force Base, Nov. 21, 2016. Ordinarily, a special prayer bag, holding sage smudged tobacco, would be tied around a tree, but Dupris has deployed to deserts and barren places without trees and uses the stick as an alternative to uphold her native traditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Amber Grimm)

    ‘I am a Native American Airman’

    Having grown up in the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota Tech. Sgt. Frances Eagle Tail Dupris, a Cryptologic Service Group strategic threat analyst at North American Aerospace Defense Command/U.S. Northern Command, shares her story of staying true to her heritage while serving as an Airman.
  • CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN AIR FORCE STATION, Colo. – Airman 1st Class Raymond Lopez Llaurador, 721st Security Forces Squadron defender, guards America’s Fortress at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colo. Lopez made the decision to leave behind an extensive teaching career in Puerto Rico to join the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dennis Hoffman)

    Hispanic Heritage: From teaching resiliency to living it

    For 39-year-old Airman 1st Class Raymond Lopez Llaurador, 721st Security Forces Squadron defender, the decision to leave behind an extensive teaching career in Puerto Rico so he could join the United States Air Force proved to him that lessons in resiliency can be learned at any age.
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