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  • 436th MXS sergeant STEPS it up a stripe

    Each year the Air Force provides a limited number of slots, usually less than 200, for Stripes for Exceptional Performer promotions. This year, one of Team Dover's very own claimed one of those sought after slots."When I was an Airman at my first base I saw a STEP promotion for a Staff Sgt. to Tech.

  • R-E-S-P-E-C-T find out what it means to the Warriors of the North

    The song "Respect," became a hit for rhythm & blues singer Aretha Franklin in 1967, and just as the song became a landmark for the feminist movement in 1960's, it might as well become the theme song for a another movement taking shape here thanks to the efforts of the Sexual Assault Prevention and

  • AMC inactivates two C-17 squadrons over next two years

    Air Mobility Command will inactivate two  C-17 squadrons over the next two years - one at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., and one at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. - based on the President's Defense Budget for FY15."In this fiscally constrained environment, we have to balance readiness, capability and

  • Airmen busy building gazebos

    For 21 days 15 service members and one civilian have been under controlled monitoring at Joint Base Lewis-McChord for the Ebola virus.They've all returned from missions that took them to West Africa. While under supervision at the old World War II barracks on Lewis North, they have passed the time

  • DUI victim's mother raises awareness at MacDill

    Renee Napier, motivational speaker and mother of driving under the influence victim, Meagan Napier, spoke to members of Team MacDill about the severe consequences and ripple effects driving while under the influence causes Dec. 18, 2014 at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.On May 11, 2002, Meagan, 22,

  • Airman earns top firefighter honors

    For the second consecutive year, a Joint Base Lewis-McChord Air Force firefighter won the Army Firefighter of the Year award. Senior Airman Kevin Alfonso, a 627th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, was presented the award for 2013 on Dec. 11, 2014 at JBLM.Alfonso has served at McChord Field's Fire

  • USAF EC holds Wingman Day Event

    The U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center paused Dec. 16, for a Wingman Day Event to allow staff members time to focus on building relationships and increasing awareness regarding issues facing Airmen."Every day is Wingman Day for us here at the EC," said Master Sgt. Osvaldo Freyre, USAF EC Director

  • AMC relocates KC-135 simulator

    As Air Mobility Command fields the KC-46A, displaced KC-135 pilot simulators will be relocated across the Total Force to maximize simulator access across the mobility enterprise.  As a result, AMC, in coordination with the Air National Guard, recently identified four KC-135 pilot flight simulators