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Airmen from the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing play a game of basketball in their minimal off-time while deployed to a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on Feb. 7, 2010. Physical activity, such as basketball, can be way to relieve stress and help improve physical fitness, according to fitness experts. In the Comprehensive Airman Fitness culture, physical fitness is one of the four pillars of fitness. (U.S. Air Force Photo Illustration/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)


Committed to caring in CAF: Physical fitness key component to resiliency

Airmen from the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing play a game of basketball in their minimal off-time while deployed to a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on Feb. 7, 2010. Physical activity, such as basketball, can be way to relieve stress and help improve physical fitness, according to fitness experts. In the Comprehensive Airman Fitness culture, physical fitness is one of the four pillars of fitness. (U.S. Air Force Photo Illustration/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

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Chris listens to Davon’s heartbeat during a health fair Feb. 26, 2014, at Lift for Life Academy, where both are sixth grade students. Service members from Scott Air Force Base, Ill., manned information stations, talked about fitness, discussed resiliency and demonstrated Self Aid Buddy Care techniques to the students. (Courtesy photo/Katelyn Hippen-Smith)
Airman 1st Class Brian Pagel, 375th Aeromedical Squadron Medical technician, instructs Lift for Life Academy sixth-grade students on the proper methods of administering CPR, Feb. 26, 2014, at the school’s health fair. Service members from Scott Air Force Base, Ill., manned information stations, talked about fitness, discussed resiliency and demonstrated Self Aid Buddy Care techniques to the students. (Courtesy photo/Katelyn Hippen-Smith)
Kayla, a Lift for Life Academy seventh-grade student, ties a sling on Staff Sgt. Greyson Thompson, 375th Aerial Evacuation Squadron Aerial Evacuation technician, at the Self Aid Buddy Care station in the school’s health fair, Feb. 26, 2014. Service members from Scott Air Force Base, Ill., manned information stations, talked about fitness, discussed resiliency and demonstrated Self Aid Buddy Care techniques to the students. (Courtesy photo/Katelyn Hippen-Smith)
Jessica Roemelt, a Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College nursing student, checks her watch as she leads Mishayla, a Lift for Life Academy 12th-grade student, as they jog in place for 30 seconds and then continue to jog for another 30 seconds while breathing through a straw to demonstrate the symptoms of emphysema. Nursing school students partnered with service members from Scott Air Force Base, Ill, to man information stations at a St. Louis charter school health fair, Feb. 26, 2014. (Courtesy photo/Katelyn Hippen-Smith)
Makala, a Lift for Life Academy sixth-grade student, writes her stressors on the stress board, Feb. 26, 2014, during a health fair at the school. Service members from Scott Air Force Base, Ill., manned information stations, talked about fitness, discussed resiliency and demonstrated Self Aid Buddy Care techniques to the students. (Courtesy photo/Katelyn Hippen-Smith)
There are the nutritional concerns -- and myths -- that may come with the holidays. A lot of these myths are as futile as they are desperate. Christine Cooley, the 375th Air Mobility Wing health and wellness center’s health and promotion dietitian and nutritionist, doesn’t recommend following any of the nutritional myths. During the holiday season, or any time, Cooley said to everyone should keep their nutritional goals in mind. The results will not only help debunk the myths but also help start the new year with a happier health plan for the future. (U.S. Air Force Photo Illustration/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)
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Debbie Stewart, youth coordinator from Scott Air Force Base, Ill., gives a presentation during advanced leadership training at Headquarters Air Mobility Command at Scott AFB on Dec. 8, 2011. The training, led by AMC Headquarters with the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, was designed to