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  • Staff. Sgt. Morgan Maul, 824th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, works with a medical team to help revive his canine partner Ajax during a recent deployment to Kirkuk, Iraq. Ajax lost consciousness and nearly died after overheating from the Iraqi summer heat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

    Sergeant, canine fight to return home safe

    The close relationship between a military working dog and his handler is crucial.The dog knows his job is to find things his handler can't, protect his partner, and chase people down and attack when he gets permission. The handler is given the responsibility of safely employing, caring for and protecting an aggressive biting machine with the
  • Maj. Gabriel Florit, 23rd Medical Group pharmacist, and Staff Sgt. Kenny Warren, 23rd MDG pharmacy technician, verify the details of a prescription order at the Moody pharmacy recently. Major Florit immigrated from Cuba when he was 14 years old and later enlisted in the Army. He later earned a college degree and served as an officer in the Navy before entering the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

    Major finds 'new start' with military

    Starting a new is a concept often thought of at the start of a new year. But if the change involved moving to a new country and learning another language and way of life; would you still be interested? Would you be willing to die for those and others who made it possible? One 23rd Medical Group pharmacist not only said yes, but would do it all over

  • Student becomes U.S. ambassador

    Italy, France and Spain. A royal palace, a Grand Prix racetrack and a Roman amphitheater. Not a bad looking itinerary, especially when you're 15 years old. Kirk Kinard, son of Tech. Sgt. Malena Kee-Stevens, 5th Comptroller Squadron, and student at Central Campus High School, will be visiting Europe in June as part of the People to People Student
  • Airmen and their familes using home wireless networks may be leaving themselves open to hackers. The wireless security manager at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., said more than half of the personal Wi-fi networks on base are not protected. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Dumboski)

    Unsecured networks open door for hackers, spies

    As technology develops, prices drop, and gadgets become faster and more accessible. The development of the Internet and the many ways the world communicates follows. Throughout the 1990s, the unmistakable sound of beeping mixed with static was one that residents could sing along to as their modem "dialed on" to the Internet. As high-speed Internet

  • MEDIA CONTEST: Fab shop overhauls Bones and Hercs

    Did you know Dyess has its very own body shop? Every day orders for repairs come in to be fitted, molded or welded by highly-trained Airmen. These orders however, are not for cars but rather Dyess' aircraft. The 7th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight is responsible for all sheet metal repairs on the B-1s and C-130s and touchup

  • MEDIA CONTEST: No more trips outside the wire

    Mission accomplished. Those are words that not many units in Iraq can say and mean. But for the Airmen of the 732nd Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, Detachment 10, it is a fact. Their mission - to provide civil engineering support to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division area of operations - has come to an end at Kirkuk -

  • MEDIA CONTEST: Thirty years in the making

    "I only stayed in for 30 years because I kept forgetting to get out." All kidding aside, passion, pride and enjoyment are among the many reasons Chief Master Sgt. Eric Johnson, 4th Fighter Wing command chief master sergeant, dedicated the last three decades of his life to the Air Force. It all started in 1976 when his college plans had to be

  • MEDIA CONTEST: Castaways - For aircrew members, surviving a water ditch is just the first step

    It's August in Nebraska, and all around the state ponds, lakes, streams and rivers are teaming with recreational swimmers getting one last dunk before Fall creeps in the door. But for 17 Offutt Airmen and this reporter at Branched Oak Lake near Lincoln Monday, summer swimming was about more than just enjoyment - it was about survival. "The Air

  • MEDIA CONTEST: Internship: medics contribute to the fight

    As Iraq slowly recovers from more than 30 years of bondage and dictatorship, honorable citizens, dedicated to changing the face of their nation, continue to come forward to serve the people. Two such people were chosen to complete a two-week internship with the 10th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, after recently graduating from the Iraqi Army

  • MEDIA CONTEST: HURRICANE KATRINA: One year later

    The eye of a storm is a quiet, calm place. Sunlight flickers in the rain drops collected on blades of grass. Branches gently sway in a light breeze. In an instant, chaos returns and the storm rages on again. The year since Hurricane Katrina hit has been a personal storm for thousands of people filled with times of peace and times of chaos. After
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