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  • Nonprofit helps deploying servicemembers with dogs

    When a military member receives a deployment checklist, circumstances surrounding pets are not on the list. Many members have a hard time finding a place for their pet during these situations, and the Dogs on Deployment organization can be a big help.Senior Airman Jakia Chang and her husband were

  • Airman from Iraq gains citizenship through service

    Theo Shakir grew up in a very different landscape compared to the life he wakes up to now. He hasn't always been an Air Force biomedical equipment technician and he hasn't always been a citizen of the United States.His life changed dramatically in 2005, when he and his family took leave from their

  • Joint exercise highlights medical capabilities

    Members of the 141st Medical Group participated in a joint exercise with soldiers in the 168th Aviation Regiment here Oct. 31.Working on a five-man team, the 141st MDG members simulated deploying into a combat environment where patients with surgical needs were waiting. Each patient was assessed and

  • Airmen represent Team McChord with honor

    Six Airmen stand in position as a hearse rolls to a stop just past them. They open the back door revealing a casket with the U.S. flag draped over it. They carefully carry out the casket before placing it on the lowering device, its final resting place. They methodically remove the flag from the

  • McConnell Airman nominated for Robbie Risner Award

    After surpassing both the wing and Air Mobility Command levels, McConnell's Maj. Derrick Baker, 22nd Operations Support Squadron wing tactics officer, is now in the running to receive the Air Force 2013 Robbie Risner Award.The award is named after Brig. General Robinson "Robbie" Risner, a highly

  • Scott couple find work/life balance singing with choir

    Finding the time to balance work and your personal interests is a must when it comes to being a comprehensively fit Airman.  And for one couple, they do that through music.Lt. Col. Christine Blice-Baum, 375 Air Mobility Wing Chaplain, and her husband, Mark Blice-Baum, 375th Force Support Squadron

  • MyMC2 app provides easy access to base events list

    Team Scott members can get updated information on events happening across Scott Air Force Base with a touch of a fingertip when using the MyMC2 application.It's called "My Military Communities," or MyMC2, and is the Air Force's mobile application that gives easy access to what is happening around

  • 16 pound burden

    Tech. Sgt. Jason Caswell, a 19th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, loves spending time with his wife and kids as well as playing rugby.At age 28, Caswell was an athlete who was well on his way to becoming an Air Force rugby player. From there, his dream was to take the next step of joining

  • Dyess Airmen deploy in support of OUA

    More than 35 Airmen and two C-130Js from the 317th Airlift Group and 7th Bomb Wing deployed Oct. 29, 2014, to an air base in Western Europe, where they will provide tactical airlift support for Operation United Assistance.During their deployment, Dyess Airmen will be tasked with moving supplies,

  • UPAR--Assisting eyes and ears

    As a member of public affairs, we strive to be in every place, documenting every event at once; but with manning limitations, it just isn't physically possible...Until now.This October, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, kicked off its Unit Public Affairs Representative program. The program allows a