• The HAWC: Taking care of our community

    Joan Craft, director of the Health and Wellness Center, came to MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. in 1997 with an idea to help improve preventative health measures. Taking this vision and not wasting any time, she started providing cholesterol screenings, bone sonograms, and blood pressure testing for

  • Team MacDill ensures children safety

    It's that time of year when the lights go up, the Christmas trees come out, and the kids are excited to find out what gifts they will get from Santa Claus this year. It is what we refer to as the "holiday season." While enjoying the holidays, we should all be cautious of potential hazards that could

  • MacDill unveils long-term ecosystem improvements

    Members of Team MacDill's Civil Engineering Squadron in partnership with Southwest Florida Water Management District, presented local media with an up-close view of the base's recently completed phase III ecosystem restoration project on Dec. 4, 2013. "The phase III restoration project allowed

  • PMIs, PMIs, PMIs

    Preventative maintenance inspections are the name of the game when it comes to nondestructive inspection technicians. It's their job to detect discontinuities in aircraft parts before they can become a big enough problem to jeopardize the mission.The NDI Airmen with the 6th Maintenance Squadron at

  • MacDill Ques impact with food drive

    Each year, there are individuals and families in the Tampa community who do not have the food or resources to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday, and due to this members of MacDill Air Force Base placed it upon themselves to meet the need.On Nov. 25, 2013, The Epsilon Mu Mu chapter of Omega Psi Phi

  • MacDill Airmen clutch 4 AMC Security Forces Awards

    The Director, Installations and Mission Support at Scott Air Force Base, Ill, announced the 2013 Air Mobility Command Outstanding Security Forces Individual Award winners on Nov. 21, 2013. Of the 17 categories, Team MacDill Airmen garnished the following four: Outstanding Security Forces

  • What is new at Surf's Edge

    The Surf's Edge Club has re-opened. Kicking off the celebration was a ribbon cutting ceremony, opening remarks and festivities, Nov. 20, 2013 at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.After the five-month renovation, the club features many new updates. The facelift includes refinished walls and new floors for

  • Remembering a great: John F. Kennedy

    Team MacDill hosted "JFK in Tampa: The 50th Anniversary" commemorative ceremony Nov. 18, 2013, in honor of John F. Kennedy's last visit to MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. before his assassination in Dallas, Texas in 1963. During the ceremony, MacDill and the City of Tampa unveiled a plaque to

  • Vehicle Ops ramps up realistic training

    Since 2003, Air Force vehicle operators have been tasked with providing convoy support for the operations conducted in the Middle East; and due to the extreme nature of these taskings, Team MacDill's 6th Logistic Readiness Squadron engineered its first of many modified Combat Convoy Courses on Nov.

  • Operation Partnership

    Twenty-five local civic leaders were invited to pair with 25 base members for a day-long base tour and on-the-job experience at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Nov. 13, 2013.Operation Partnership kicked off bright and early at the Surfs Edge restaurant, where breakfast was served and keynote speaker