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  • Dear Wing Ma'am: "Works is getting stressful"

    DEAR WING MA'AM: Things at work are getting really unbearable. The ops tempo is at a break neck pace and it's starting to effect how I feel about my job. The pressure to meet deadlines and the workload is nuts! The other folks in my shop are starting to show it too. It's affecting my marriage and my

  • Environmental self-assessment brings opportunity to MacDill

    Every day, we train to become proficient in our jobs and continuously check our work to ensure our aircraft and support functions are mission ready. We also perform many activities to protect the natural environment and comply with environmental regulations and directives. Opportunities abound in

  • Carbon monoxide safety; know how to avoid this 'silent killer'

    Often called the silent killer, carbon monoxide is an invisible, odorless, colorless gas created when fuels (such as gasoline, wood, coal, natural gas, propane, oil and methane) burn incompletely. In the home, heating and cooking equipment that burns fuel can be sources of carbon monoxide.Carbon

  • Dear Wing Ma'am: "Bring back some of that lovin' feeling"

    DEAR WING MA'AM: Something is 'missing' from our marriage. We are just not as tender as we used to be towards each other. I know we still care and love each other, but it seems that with the hustle and bustle of life, we are starting to grow distant. I don't want to give up on our marriage. What can

  • Dear Wing Ma'am: "We fight about how to spend our money"

    DEAR WING MA'AM: I am so frustrated!!! We get along on most issues , except when it comes to how we run our finances. We fight about how to spend it, which bills to pay and how much we spend when we go out. I feel like we are living pretty much paycheck to paycheck.... and it is stressful! We just

  • Dear Wing Ma'am: "Can't we all just get along"

    DEAR WING MA'AM: I'm a lucky man. I have a career, financial security, healthcare, a beautiful wife who loves me and helps support the family and a healthy child. The only thing we really argue about is how to divide up the household chores. Help - someone's gotta keep this mess under control! ~ Mr.

  • Battling blood suckers of the night

    "Oh, the terrible struggle that I have had against sleep so often of late, the pain of sleeplessness, or the pain of the fear of sleep, and with such unknown horrors as it has for me!"Those words in Lucy Westenra's diary are from Chapter 11 of Bram Stoker's "Dracula," and while it was a vampire Lucy

  • Dear Wing Ma'am: "How do I get back the trust?"

    DEAR WING MA'AM, In no way am I perfect. I'm not the best husband and have made my share of mistakes. Unfortunately, these mistakes have taken a toll on the strength of our marriage. We want to have a stronger foundation for our relationship and overcome some of these hardships. How can we build the

  • May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month

    May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, a celebration of Asians and pacific islanders in the United States. A rather broad term, asian-pacific encompasses all of continental Asia and the pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia