Air Mobility Command announces 2011 Media Contest winners

Journalists, photographers, broadcasters and others from throughout Air Mobility Command were honored Feb. 6 with the announcement of the 2011 AMC Media Contest results."It is with great pleasure that we announce the command winners," said Lt. Col. Glen Roberts, AMC director of public affairs, in a

Air Force Medical Service turns to secure messaging

Patients at Air Force medical treatment facilities will soon be able to communicate securely and privately with their health care teams anywhere and anytime due to the Air Force-wide expansion of secure messaging.Secure messaging will be available to patients through what is known as the MiCare

LRS shop keeps C-17 aircraft supplied

If a C-17 Globemaster III departs Joint Base Charleston for a mission and happens to encounter maintenance problems during the flight, maintainers won't have to go far or wait long to make repairs. This is because they are already equipped with the necessary repair parts on board the aircraft to fix

Something to smile about: Medium-sized clinic at Dover wins giant-sized achievement

For years, Team Dover's 436th Dental Squadron has given service members a reason to smile -- a healthy mouth. Recently, the squadron gave itself a reason to grin when it was crowned the Air Force's "Best Medium-sized Dental Clinic" by the Air Force Medical Service Awards Program. The announcement

Master resilience course takes hold at Fairchild

As part of an Air Mobility Command-wide initiative, resilience development training was provided to students at the First Term Airman Center center here recently. Based on the University of Pennsylvania's Positive Psychology Resilience development model, and part of AMC's Comprehensive Airman

Airmen train with Soldiers during rapid deployment exercise

Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing and Soldiers from the 62nd Medical Brigade recently trained together during an exercise in an effort to practice rapid deployment capabilities.During the exercise, loadmasters from the 62nd Operations Support Squadron demonstrated the basics of securing medical

Joint Base MDL in photos: 305th Maintenance Group Airmen at work

The 305th Maintenance Group consists of five squadrons with more than 1,500 active-duty and reserve military members as well as civilians who inspect, secure, repair and launch 32 KC-10 Extenders and 16 C-17 Globemasters III here.Click here to view the photo slideshow that shows the work they do

Expeditionary Center commander in tune with 87th ABW

Maj. Gen. Bill Bender visited various 87th Air Base Wing squadrons, wing staff agencies and mission partners here Feb. 7.Bender, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, and his command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Cui, who are stationed here, received an in-depth look into what the 87th

First Lady samples food transformation initiative at Little Rock

First Lady Michelle Obama visited the Hercules Dining Facility here Feb. 9 to survey the food transformation initiative program on base. The visit was part of a three-day tour by the First Lady commemorating the second anniversary of her "Let's Move!" program designed to combat childhood obesity.In

First Lady visits Little Rock