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  • MacDill, TSA joint explosives training goes off with a bang

    They sometimes take on the consistency of oatmeal, while other times they're pliable like putty. Some-times they are like toothpaste, hidden in hygiene containers, or tucked into an individual's underwear or the sole of their shoe.Because of these adaptive and inconspicuous traits, Mac-Dill Air

  • Sergeant's fight with testicular cancer leaves scars

    Master Sgt. Sean Arnold takes most things in stride, even being diagnosed with testicular cancer.The 60th Operations Group resource manager said he's "not even remotely shy about this," cracking jokes and making puns about the life-threatening battle he's faced during the past 19 months in the most

  • MacDill base chapel receives donation from President Bush

    It is not an everyday occurrence to receive a letter from a former president of the United States and his family requesting something be donated on their behalf. Steve Angelozzi, a retired federal Department of Defense employee with 33 years of experience with the U.S. Navy, received one such

  • Fully Fluent Airman

    University of Alaska Anchorage Chancellor Edward Lee Gorsuch once said, "Learning a foreign language not only reveals how other societies think and feel, what they have experiencedand value, and how they express themselves, it also provides a cultural mirror in which we can more clearly see our own

  • MacDill Airman takes advantage of special duty

    Over the past three and a half years Tech. Sgt. Veronica Gatta, direct support communications team chief at the Joint Communication Support Element, has gained a plethora of job knowledge, met unwavering leaders, and most distinctively, has taken advantage of one of the many things that makes JCSE

  • Aircrew Safety Equipment personnel key to Team Dover

    Aviation is inherently a very dangerous occupation, which makes proper flight safety equipment a matter of life and death.Team Dover is home to 18 C-5M Super Galaxies and 13 C-17 Globemaster IIIs which all require safety equipment that is maintained and distributed by the 436th Operations Support

  • MacDill Airman prepares for fitness competition

    The sun isn't even up when Senior Airman Charisse Starr, 6th Force Support Squadron force management technician, steps foot into the gym to begin her daily training workout routine."I've always been into fitness," said Starr. "However, it wasn't until I saw Ms. Nathalia Melo grace the cover of a

  • Angel of the Battlefield: One year later

    More than 2,000 service members have died and almost 20,000 have been wounded fighting in Afghanistan. Becoming one of those statistics was not what Senior Airman Taylor Renfro had in mind when she deployed there in 2013. But on May 29, 2013, two weeks before redeployment home, the vehicle she was

  • Travis' two C-5Cs designed to haul special cargo

    The only two C-5C Galaxy aircraft in the Air Force call the 22nd Airlift Squadron on Travis Air Force Base home. The space cargo modified Galaxy's, which are customized to carry satellites and large cargo, routinely support National Aeronautics and Space Administration and other agencies by

  • Airman tackles life

    In today's Air Force, Airmen are asked to do more with less. The teams are smaller and tasks more complex. Taught to deal with daily stressors through resiliency, Airmen find relief in a myriad of passions they pursue. For Senior Airman Cody Walters, that passion is high-speed, full contact