• Dining Facility to Reopen Dec. 1

    The Diner's Reef dining facility is slated to reopen Dec. 1 after it's more than three-month closure for improvements to the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system.The closure was necessary to ensure better cooling throughout the facility for the employees working in both the front and

  • "Big for a day"--providing a positive experience for local youth

    More than 60 military members from MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, paired with children from the Tampa Bay Big Brothers Big Sisters program during a one-of-a-kind event, Big for a Day, hosted at MacDill AFB, Nov. 24, 2014.The 14th annual event kicked-off with a demonstration from the 6th Security

  • Education is important to everyone: Spouses’ Scholarship

    For the first time at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, the Enlisted Spouses Club awards a military spouse scholarship Nov. 20, 2014.In the past, the spouses club has given scholarships to graduating seniors, but this year the decision was made that spouses could use some extra help as well."Spouses

  • UK Children Tour MacDill

    "That's massive!" exclaimed one of the United Kingdom boys as he and two others hurried to buy $2 ice cream scoops in a waffle cone from the Base Exchange food court at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Nov. 4, 2014.This 30-minute stop at the food court was part of a base tour a group of 11 to

  • MacDill bowls strikes in fight against domestic violence

    While the fight against domestic violence is ongoing, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, and the Air Force as a whole, continues to search for and create innovative ways to combat this problem, as well as other forms of assaults.On October 30, 2014, MacDill hosted the "Strike Out Domestic Violence"

  • Refueling in a new generation

    Members of the Inflight Refueling Association simulated aerial refueling in the Boom Operator Weapons Systems Trainer simulator during their reunion Oct. 24, 2014, at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.Most were veterans that served in the 1950s and were trained on older aircraft; This was their first

  • UPAR—Assisting eyes and ears

    As a member of public affairs, we strive to be in every place, documenting every event at once; but with manning limitations, it just isn't physically possible...Until now.This October, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, kicked off its Unit Public Affairs Representative program. The program allows a

  • Burst of Color

    With a quick twist of the wrist, yellow, orange and green powder exploded from each of the runners' packets, surrounding the crowd in a cloud of color marking the beginning of the first color run titled "Paint the Pumpkin" Oct. 24, 2014, behind the Short Fitness & Sports Center at MacDill Air Force

  • Free Massages from Caring Hands

    Free massages were given at the 2nd annual "Caring Hands Support Our Troops" event on  Oct. 21, 2014, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Short Fitness & Sports Center at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida."Our practitioners treated everything from low back pain and running injury pain to lack of range of