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  • Hurricane season: What you need to know to stay ahead of the storm

    June 1 marks the beginning of the 2013 hurricane season in the U.S., kicking off six months of the threat of tropical weather. Meteorologists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict 16 named storms during this season. Of these, nine are projected to strengthen to hurricane

  • JBLE weather warriors: The first line of defense against nature's wrath

    Weather affects everyone. From a flightline mechanic turning wrenches on fighter jets to a financial specialist crunching numbers at their desk; from Soldiers practicing land navigation in the woods to little leaguers swinging for the fences - all Airmen, Soldiers, civilians and family members are

  • Langley Bioenvironmental Engineering: protection through detection

    The hiss of a respirator pulsed rhythmically as alien-like figures, swathed in fluorescent yellow and blue plastic suits, waved chemical detection equipment over a row of jars and test tubes filled with a mysterious brown substance. This surreal scene was the culmination of a sequence of mysterious

  • Chief honors heroic weather veteran

    Captivated by a story he read, Chief Master Sgt. Craig Kirwin set out to find a photograph of a hero knew by name, but not by sight.As enlisted functional manager of the Air Combat Command Weather Operations Division, Kirwin found the story of U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Robert Shaw, 7th Weather

  • Langley Airman crowned 'Ultimate Chamption' at Warrior Games

    EDITOR'S NOTE: Staff Sgt. Katie Gar Ward and Senior Airman Jason J. Brown contributed to this article.By looking at him, you would never be able to tell he is a battle-tested, combat-injured Airman. He is a testament to invisible wounds and just how their effects can become visible in everyday

  • True resilience: how a Korean orphan became an American Airman

    Someone once told U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Holly Mays that people either completely forget or vividly remember their most traumatic experiences. That's the only way she can explain her fragmented recollections of the day she became an orphan, at less than two years old. It was roughly 37 years ago

  • Chaplain reunites with mentor during promotion ceremony

    In 1997, a young, senior airman chaplain assistant stood with his right arm raised as his mentor, friend and chaplain administered the Oath of Enlistment. More than 15 years later on April 30, the two men were reunited when the then-senior airman was promoted to major, now himself a

  • Shifty supplements: dangers of dietary aids

    With summer on the horizon, everyone is looking to get that perfect beach body. For many of us, reaching that goal means hitting the gym, eating better and eventually fitting into the bikini or trunks gathering dust in the closet.While those goals to become more physically fit are admirable, service

  • Ellsworth aviators partake in final Doolittle Raid reunion

    A month passed since three Ellsworth Air Force Base aviators traveled to Fort Walton Beach, Fla., to share a historic moment with the surviving members of the Doolittle Raid, but the memories forever engrained in their minds are as vivid as if they just occurred.The trio arrived April 18, eager to