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  • Luck, timing and a little bit of skill

    Jim Harkins, 11 years old at the time, soared through the air in a sailplane, wide-eyed and terrified. Surrounded by strange, loud noises, he kept a firm white-knuckle grip on the handles in front of him.At that moment he knew, he was done with flying. All he could think was, "I'd rather be back

  • Escaping the cycle: Service members seek freedom from domestic violence

    Editor's note: The name of a U.S. Service member in this feature has been withheld for security purposes.Two U.S. Service members - two victims - in their pursuit of freedom from the cycle of domestic violence escaped their offenders' torture; one lived to tell her story and the other's family

  • Giving service members a Home Away From Home

    For service members and their families, moving to a new base is part of life. But no matter how often it's done, it can still be a stressful experience, and settling into life at a new base takes time.Luckily, new members at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, have Home Away From Home to make that

  • Faces of the flood: Shaw AFB Airmen support community

    Hurricane Joaquin loomed near the East Coast, bringing a storm that dumped record breaking rainfall on South Carolina for six days, causing severe flooding across the state.Organizations on Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., gathered to assist the local community, providing disaster relief to those affected

  • ACC Commander: “You are the greatest of your generation”

    More than 300 members of Al Udeid Air Base filled the Coalition Compound Theater Oct. 21 to hear U.S. Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, share his perspective on several topics during an all-call event.A resounding message the general delivered was one of thanks."Thank

  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Keeping the power through support

    Each October, Fort Eustis Fire Department personnel don pink shirts to raise awareness for breast cancer, but this year the cause hits close to home as a member of their team, Donna Haynes, was recently diagnosed with the disease."At some point in your life, you will know someone who has cancer, and

  • For the love of pets

    Holloman's newest veterinarian traded in her bicycle cleats for a career serving our military service animals.U.S. Army Capt. Katherine Lambden is the officer in charge of the Holloman Veterinary Treatment Facility and provides routine care for all military working dogs assigned to Holloman, as well

  • Airman brings home an MIA of 50 years

    Not every service member makes it home from U.S. conflicts with other countries. Some of America's servicemen have been missing in action for over 50 years. Yet, even though it's been half a century since some of these conflicts, the U.S. is still doing whatever it takes to bring those who were

  • Airman provides vitality through marrow donation

    One out of 540 members of the C.W. Bill Young Department of Defense Marrow Donor Program ever proceeds to donate marrow or stem cells. An Airman from Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, had the opportunity to be one of those donors.The C.W. Bill Young DoD Marrow Donor Program works exclusively with

  • Detachment 13 offers resources for aircraft maintenance training

    An Air Education and Training Command detachment with approximately 35 instructors across 15 Air Force Specialty codes, is Nellis and Creech AFBs' primary technical training source for aircraft maintenance training.Providing specialized advanced training, Detachment 13, 372nd Training Squadron,