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  • Kids, spouses, teachers learn about deployments

    It is Friday afternoon and you're heading home with reservations to your favorite restaurant. Pulling into your driveway, your phone rings. After a 60-second conversation consisting of a reply of: "Okay," you hang up. During that minute, not only your plans for the evening, but for the next eight

  • Air Force relies on medical groups to combat illnesses

    Over the course of history, disease has affected the world's militaries. From malaria and yellow fever, to influenza, the battle with disease continues.Each year, Air University schools host more than 50,000 students at its in-residence courses, and with flu season taking its toll, an illness

  • POW endures 'boredom, punctuated by terror' during captivity

    It was a mission that lasted more than seven years. It was also a trap.Sent to rescue the downed pilot of an F-105D Thunderchief during the Vietnam War, retired Capt. William "Bill" Robinson, an airman first class at the time, and his three teammates navigated inside enemy lines where an ambush lay

  • Program finds ways to solve EEO disputes

    The 42nd Air Base Wing's Equal Opportunity Office is encouraging civilian and military employees to use its Alternative Dispute Resolution program to resolve workplace disputes, complaints and grievances.The ADR program is voluntary for all parties and offers an alternative means for finding

  • Key spouse of the year: Castillo helps families adjust to military life

    Verenice Castillo, wife of Maj. Tony Castillo, 42nd Security Forces Squadron commander, was named the first 42nd Air Base Wing key spouse of the year during the annual award ceremony Jan. 25."We're pretty excited about this, as this is the first time we've ever had a key spouse of the year category

  • Base weapons policy

    Personnel who authorize guest activities and services for commercial vendors, deliveries and contractors, must advise all drivers and passengers in advance on the proper guidance for firearms and ammunition transportation on a federal installation. Drivers and passengers are not permitted to carry

  • Installation remembers Dr. King

    In honor and celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, the base held a memorial observance Jan. 23 at the Senior NCO Academy.The event paid homage to King through poem, song and video.The keynote speaker for the event was the Rev. Fer-Rel Malone Sr., a graduate of Troy University and