Spouse of the Year 2010 Nominations Sought

Submit your nomination for the Military.com and CinCHouse.com Spouse of the Year Award 2010 today!

Tell us in 500-800 words why you, your spouse or a friend deserve this award, and include a photo.

  • Apply between March 1 and June 30
  • Community voting on the 10 semi-finalists begins July 15 and closes July 30
  • A distinguished panel of judges will evaluate the 10 semi-finalists beginning on July 30
  • The grand prize winner receives a $5,000 cash prize and will be flown to Washington, DC, for an award ceremony on Capitol Hill on Thursday, September 30, 2010

Read the official rules and submit your nomination!


Public Affairs Keeps Families Updated

The 9th RW Public Affairs office is now offering our weekly email of website highlights to your family and friends, so that they can learn more about the mission and people of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing. 

We will not use your family or friends email address for the purposes of sending out spam, or overloading their email accounts, and we will protect their email addresses from any unauthorized usage.

If you are interested in providing us with your family or friends email addresses, please contact the 9th RW Public Affairs office at x8887. And for additional information, you can email our office at 9rw.pa@beale.af.mil.

Beale AFB is now on Facebook as well!  Please visit or site and share it with you family and friends!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Marysville-CA/Beale-Air-Force-Base/124102987607194?ref=ts


Text 4 Baby's Health

Pregnant women and new mothers can now receive free text messages that will help keep them and their babies in good health. By texting BABY to 511411 on a mobile phone (or BEBE for a version in Spanish), pregnant women will begin receiving three free SMS text messages each week that are timed to their due date or baby's date of birth. These messages focus on topics critical to maternal and child health, including birth-defect prevention, immunization, nutrition, seasonal flu, oral health, and safe sleep. The Text4baby program is provided by a mobile health partnership that includes the Military Health System, private and public organizations. For more information, visit text4baby.org.

New AF FitFamily Website

In conjunction with the start of the FitFamily initiative, the Air Force Services Agency has launched a family fitness website as part of the Year of the Air Force Family.

What is FitFamily?
FitFamily is a web based goal incentive program. Families have the opportunity to set goals and monitor their progress.

What is included on the FitFamily website?
The FitFamily website provides resources, ideas and goal setting tools to help Air Force Families be active, make healthy nutrition choices and have fun in an effort to promote overall wellness.

Who can participate in FitFamily?
FitFamily is open to all active duty, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, DoD and civilian families.

To enroll in the program, families can log on to the USAF Fit Family website and click on "Register My Family." The system will send a password to each family member's e-mail.

Free Online Tricare Courses

TRICARE University (TRICAREU) offers free online courses 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year at www.tricare.mil/tricareu to learn about benefits or the latest changes. Three different online courses are available. Of these, the TRICARE Public Course provides the quickest way to get a general overview and basic knowledge of TRICARE programs. There is no registration for this course, and it is accessible to anyone. To take one of the offered courses, visit the TRICARE website and click "online training" for a list of options. The TRICARE Public Course is also available through a separate tab on the TRICAREU page.

Do You Need Someone to Talk To?

The Military and Family Life Consultant (MFLC) Program provides brief consultation, supportive services and problem solving to assist troops, families and civilian personnel to cope with the stress of deployment, reunion and reintegration.

MFLCs are licensed professionals from outside the military system who are available to help service members, spouses, family members, children, and civilian employees address:

  • Deployment/reintegration issues
  • Marriage and relationship issues
  • Parenting/sibling & family issues
  • Communication challenges
  • Stress and anxiety
  • Depression
  • Grief and loss
  • Daily life issues
  • Job stress

The services they provide are FREE and ANONYMOUS except when state, federal and military reporting requirements dictate otherwise for protection of personnel.

Sessions are private! NO RECORDS ARE KEPT! Helping you is their priority!

Meetings can be scheduled on or off base (but not in private residenses) After-hours and weekend appointments are available and group or off-site meetings can be arranged. Scheduling an appointment is easy just call the Beale MFLC at 530-601-6915.