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  • 125th Medical Technician is Going the Distance

    Senior Airman Jaymie Brooks, a Medical Technician at the 125th Fighter Wing, is preparing for this year's competition, being held at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, California. Each year teams from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Canada come together to compete in a Triathlon

  • 125th Security Forces trains in close quarter combat

    Breaking in the state of the art facility, affectionately referred to as "The Shoot House", servicemembers exchanged fire in a room-to-room search during a highly tactical raid simulation. "Today was less about making loud noises and more about making good choices," said Burks. Capt. Derrik Burks

  • Good Food For A Good Cause

    The fundraiser was orchestrated entirely by volunteers who planned, baked and offered goods on base during a two-day exercise, here this weekend. Although the treats were not being sold, the spouses did accept donations."The whole goal was to provide something nice and then raise a few funds to help

  • "Mission Ready" Rating for Detachment 1

    Detachment 1, 125th Fighter Wing, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., earned a "Mission Ready" rating when inspected by the Northern Air Defense inspection team in December.The inspection team report was laden with descriptions such as "pristine jets," "alert expertise evident," "maintainers take

  • Valiant Eagle is the Bird of Competition

    For three days, Guardsmen of all ranks battled to be the best in tactical training, physical challenges and trivia contests. The competition, dubbed Valiant Eagle, pitted teams of Airmen against one another as well as the official combat readiness regulations, effectively disguising training as

  • Tips to prevent holiday stress and depression

    1. Reach out. If you feel lonely or isolated, seek out community, religious or other social events. Volunteering your time to help others also is a good way to lift your spirits and broaden your friendships.2. Be realistic. The holidays don't have to be perfect. As families change and grow,

  • Furlough Advice and Resources

    FANG Warriors,The following advice and resource information came from Renate S. Donghia, the 125th Fighter Wing Director of Psychological Health. Below you will find information regarding finances, coping with the stress of being furloughed and special offers for federal employees. If you find

  • Col. Simpler's Compelling Message to 125FW Personnel

    Combat Airmen of the 125th Fighter Wing,"The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team."-Coach Phil JacksonRegardless of your position on our team, ALL of you are essential. There are no "non-essential" members here at the 125th. We cannot let 'labels'

  • All 125FW Personnel: October AT and UTA Cancelled

    All 125FW Personnel: Due to the government shutdown the Annual Training (AT) scheduled for Oct. 4, and the Oct. 5-6 Unit Training Assembly (UTA), have been cancelled. Updates can be found here, https://www.facebook.com/FloridaAirNationalGuard or by calling the FANG Hotline at (904) 741-7128 . Thank