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  • Cooking up comfort

    "Food is the most primitive form of comfort," often commented internationally acclaimed chef Julia Child on and off camera, and comfort was on the menu when a local chef donated her expertise to cook up a taste of the south for U.S. servicemembers, Feb. 25.In the back of her restaurant in

  • CE member paves way with saxophone

    Operating large construction equipment while incorporating his love for music, one pavements and construction equipment craftsman has been displaying excellence in everything he does throughout his seven years in the U.S. Air Force.Although 786th Civil Engineer Squadron Staff Sgt. Adam Will's first

  • Sensible Sports Nutrition

    If you are wearing the uniform, you are an athlete. At times our duties will demand our physical preparedness, and we are expected to uphold a professional image conducive of a military member. March is the Air Force's Nutrition Month and the new fitness AFI 36-2905 will be in full swing by  July 1,

  • Chaplain assistants provide vital service for Airmen, families

    "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ..."In May 1949, the Air Force created its own Chaplain Corps to give Airmen the ability to exercise this First Amendment freedom. While chaplains may immediately come to mind, they are only

  • Responsible Airmen lead to safeguarded IDs

    For military members, retirees and their families, Common Access Cards and dependent or retiree identification cards grant access to military installations and the services provided on them. But, what happens when an ID is lost or stolen? Not only can the security of the base be at risk, but the

  • Broken dental appointments exceed limit

    Missing a dental appointment may not seem like a big deal to the average person, but to the 86th Dental Squadron here, it was their biggest issue last year.During the 2009 calendar year, the dental squadron averaged about 260 broken appointments each month, which added up to more than 3,100 failed

  • Children and parents learn to cook healthy

    Between quick rides through the drive-through, TV dinners, pizza delivery, and frozen meals in a bag; quick meals seem all too familiar for families in this fast-paced world we now live in. Somehow, despite best intentions, these meals of convenience have managed to wedge their way into most of our

  • 10 Airmen support community of 1500

    As the Air Force has gotten smaller, many Airmen have felt the strain of doing more with less. And perhaps no other Airmen understand the true meaning of that concept more than the Airmen of the 717th Air Base Squadron here.With a history that goes back decades, the Ankara Support Facility is

  • Honor Guard practices for perfection

    "To honor with dignity," shouted the line of Airmen standing sharp in the broken light of the open hangar door. This is how they end their uniform inspections and begin their session. With ceremonial rifles and flags in hand, they follow the commands belted out by the group leader and march in sync

  • Military working dogs retire

    Protecting the president and saving lives with un-human like abilities sounds like the work of a superhero to many, but it was all in a days work for Dan, Berry, and Beauty, three former RAF Lakenheath military working dogs that retired at RAF Feltwell Jan. 13. For a total of eight to nine years