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  • Beale volunteers help community build homes

    Through gusty winds and slippery rain, warm temperatures and hot sun, members from Team Beale have braved the weather to help families build their own homes in an ongoing community project. Beale's Air Force Sergeants' Association Chapter 1372 has partnered with Mercy Housing, a non-profit public benefit organization, to help families in need build
  • Staff Sgt. Mike Bowles struggles to understand a candidate at Ramstein's Area Motivational Program. Sergeant Bowles "motivation" method is similar to what Airman Joshua Clendening, 317th Maintenance Squadron, endured during his time at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in March 2007. This 30-day program is used by commanders to "reblue" airmen basics through staff sergeants whose attitude or behavior has deteriorated, resulting in nonjudicial punishment. Ramstein's program was open from Jan. 2004 to March 2007. Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., are now the only Air Force bases that host remotivation programs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John E. Lasky)

    Remotivation: a way to retain sharp troops with a knack for trouble

    One of the base's newest crew chiefs had a knack for getting into trouble, and it almost cost him his career. But thanks to Lackland Air Force Base's remotivation program and a caring team of supervisors, he got "re-blued" and back on the job in just 30 days. Airman Joshua Clendening, 317th Maintenance Squadron, received a letter of reprimand in
  • Staff Sgt. Ray Vazquez and Tech. Sgt. Kent Willette, 38th Rescue Squadron independent duty medical technicians, perform a transload of a simulated patient from an HH-60G Pave Hawk to a HC-130 during an exercise here April 11. The 38th RQS Operational Support Medical Flight, which includes flight surgeons, independent duty medical technicians and a medical logistician, organize, train and equip the pararescuemen they support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gina Chiaverotti)

    Medical flight assists PJs to ensure 'that others may live'

    While pararescuemen often receive much attention for the heroics inherent to their life-saving abilities, the medical teams who support their high-intensity mission also play a major role ensuring "that others may live."The 38th Rescue Squadron's Operational Support Medical Flight ensures PJs are fully capable of performing the paramedic aspects of
  • Senior Airman Steven Cherry, 822nd Security Forces Squadron, lifts weights under the instruction of his trainer Charles Gloster, as his workout partner and fellow competitor Ashley Pearce, looks on. Airman Cherry recently won three trophies, including overall novice champion, at the Georgia Supernatural Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship in Marietta Ga. April 7. This was his first competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

    Airman takes 'Fit to Fight' to new heights

    In today's Air Force, being "Fit to Fight" describes a fitness mentality that prepares us for the rigors of a battle. For Senior Airman Steven Cherry, 822nd Security Forces Squadron, "Fit to Fight" is a personal obsession that has taken him to new heights. "I began lifting at (security forces) technical training in October 2003," said Airman
  • Rosey Summerville from Shaw AFB, S.C., throws a left jab at Christopher Munar from Fort Carson, Colo., during the U.S. Armed Forces Boxing Championship finals March 9 at Bennett Fitness Center on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (USAF photo by Robbin Cresswell)

    Shaw Airman represents Air Force in boxing

    A typical day for Staff Sgt. Rosey Summerville would mean going to work at the 20th Services Squadron lodging office, greeting incoming and outgoing Shaw personnel, but recently Sergeant Summerville took on a new venture -- to become an Air Force boxer. Currently, Sergeant Summerville is training for the Eastern Boxing Conference in Orlando, Fla.,
  • Tech. Sgt. Roy Wiggen, 552nd Maintenance Group Quality Assurance Division, take a look at one of the E-3 Sentry aircraft as it has its annual isochronal inspection. ISO inspections used to be done every 180 days, but through Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century processes the inspections were changed to once a year - saving the Air Force time and money, and allowing theater commanders more use of the E-3. (Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy Fowler)

    Maintainers save man-hours with AFSO21 changes to inspections

    When aircraft maintainers think of inspections, their minds may go crazy with thoughts of preparation and increased workload. However, the men and women of the 552nd Equipment Maintenance Squadron Maintenance Flight here saw the E-3 Sentry Isochronal Inspection process as an opportunity for improvement. When someone asked the question, "Why can't
  • Theresa Allen, 23rd Mission Support Squadron human resources specialist, puts her thoughts down on paper. Thus far, Ms. Allen's "thoughts" have worked their way into three published books. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Angelita Lawrence)

    Moody member turns 'scribbles' into books

    They just started as doodles. Not the pencil- or pen-scrawled sketches of a daydreaming student, but a drawing of words meant to help tell her thoughts. Never in her dreams did Theresa Allen expect them to become a published book. The doodles then grew into second and third books, with two more on the way. "I had about 30 pages or so of my thoughts

  • Eating a mobility elephant: First end-to-end look at 552nd mobility process

    "Management by Hero" is how Maj. Chris Stoner, 552nd Air Control Wing deployments officer, described the wing's old mobility process. "We were beating our mobility folks up in order to get crews out the door," said Lt. Col. Anthony Deckard, 552nd Operations Group. "At every point along the process chain, we found our deployment people were thrown
  • MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho -- Senior Airman Tommey Fushi, a chef with the 366th Services Squadron here, rolls out dough for biscuits the night of March 27. The night time baking shift runs from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. and allows cooks at the base's Wagon Wheel Dining Facility time to create fresh, presentable treats without interruptions. Air Force photo by Airman Samantha S. DeVries

    Holloman chefs work nights to provide morning pastries

    Sweet aromas of fresh-baked cakes, biscuits and cookies fill the air in the Wagon Wheel Dining Facility. But these treats aren't ready to eat just yet. After all, it isn't lunch or dinner time. It's 2 a.m., and the ovens are still running as they do here every night. Much like the fairy-tale elves who worked late into the night to help a shoemaker
  • (Retired) Chief Master Robert Brown, Bataan Death March survivor, gets an up close and personal look at F-117A Nighthawk during his first visit to Holloman. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class John Strong)

    Bataan Death March survivor visits Holloman, reflects on his past

    Preserve and persevere. Bataan Death March survivor, Retired Chief Master Sgt. Robert Brown, said he had two rules when he found himself a prisoner of war, and then on the Bataan Death March during World War II. Rule number one: take one more step. Rule number two: when you think you can't take another step, refer back to rule number one. Chief
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