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  • Special duty view: Ceremonial guardsmen at Dover AFB

    In order to fill its unique mission requirements, the Air Force employs servicemembers in specialized positions to perform a specific duty. These special duties allow Airmen to step outside their conventional role and experience a completely new side of the Air Force. One such position is the

  • Dover youth earns high marks

    When the news came, Craig Satchell Jr., a senior at Polytech High School in Woodside, Del., put on his best poker face, despite the commotion around him. All eyes were on him, studying his reaction, yet his humble, composed demeanor did not waver. His parents were with him, offering a comforting hug

  • Community garden sprouts at Dover AFB

    Children from Dover Air Force Base, Del., planted a community garden June 1 as part of a program to help families experience the responsibility of sustaining vegetables.The program, "Kids Blossom Through Gardening," is run by the Health and Wellness Center and the Dover AFB Booster Club. The HAWC

  • Joint MDL's Police Week observance goes off with bang

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst security forces celebrated National Police Week May 16 through 20 here, in honor of fallen military and civilian police officers.National Police Week started in 1962 when President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation designating May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial

  • Teamwork across the board earns 6th OSS tops in AMC

    It was the little things, but it was also the big things that got the attention of Air Mobility Command judges, who awarded the command's top operations support squadron honors to Team MacDill.The award was for accomplishments during 2010, and is "one very big" honor, said Maj. Leslie Picht, 6th OSS

  • 8th CMSAF shares experience, advice during Fairchild visit

    The eighth Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force visited Fairchild, speaking at an enlisted call and at the Airman Leadership School May 13.Chief Master Sgt. Sam E. Parish, who served as CMSAF from 1983 to 1986, spoke of the evolution of the Air Force since his time-in-service and how being a good

  • AGE member earns $30k for innovation

    An aerospace ground equipment technician here was recently awarded $30,000 through the Innovative Development through Employee Awareness Program.Robert Rayborn submitted three items into the Zero-Overpricing Program, each idea earning him $10,000."The Zero-Overpricing Program allows the

  • Army's Golden Knights, Marksmanship Unit hit target in tandem

    More than 400 military and community members attended performances by the U.S. Army's Golden Knights Parachute Team and Marksmanship Unit at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst May 3 through 5.This is the second consecutive year the Golden Knights performed at the joint base and the first time they

  • Joint Base MDL unit named Air Force's best fuels management flight

    The 87th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels management was named the Air Force's best fuels management flight for fiscal year 2010.This is the first time the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst LRS unit has received the Air Force's only flight-level award, the American Petroleum Institute Trophy