• Schools get graded along with students in Florida system

    Good grades in school are important, but in Florida it isn't just students who are graded. Public schools get report cards, as well.The grading system is based on performance and learning gains exhibited by students, along with other components, including level of participation and performance in

  • Education center ready to assist Airmen

    Education plays an important role in society and the MacDill Air Force Base education center is prepared to help Airmen and their families reach their educational goals.Equipped with multiple colleges, the academic counselors are available to guide prospective students on countless career paths and

  • Resources, things to know for parents

    Nelly Richards, MacDill school liaison officer, has collected many links to useful information on her web page. Visit her page at http://www.macdillfss.com/images/AllImages/pdfs/ChildrenandYouth/SchLiaisonInfo_23Aug2012.pdf. Call her at 828-0146. Email nelly.richards@us.af.mil. For

  • Wing commander’s call

    MacDill's new 6th Air Mobility Wing commander highlighted his top three priorities for 6th AMW Airmen at his first commander's call Aug. 21 in Hangar 3.Col. Scott DeThomas opened with a "Thank you" to the team at MacDill. He spoke with a smile on his face about the tour he began as part of Team

  • Tobacco cessation classes offered monthly at MacDill

    The Health and Wellness Center at MacDill Air Force Base offers tobacco cessation classes each month to MacDill personnel and their dependents.The Air Force has set a goal to be a tobacco-free Air Force as outlined in Air Force Instruction 40-102, Tobacco use in the Air Force. Committed to providing

  • Free Thursday family films catching on at base theater

    There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but at MacDill there are free movies.The base theater, operated by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service until it ceased management in May due to declining ticket sales, reemerged recently in its new incarnation -- a movie house that features free movies

  • New instruction puts spotlight on standards, culture

    When referencing fundamental standards, Airmen now have a single source: Air Force Instruction 1-1, Air Force Standards.As one of the capstone acts of his 39-year career, Gen. Norton Schwartz, Air Force chief of staff, put his signature on the brand new instruction, which communicates in one

  • My job is prosecuting sexual assault

    Here's a simple truth -- sexual offenders reject our core values of integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do, in favor of following their own undisciplined, criminal desires. Most sexual assaults committed by Airmen are "blue on blue." So in addition to rejecting our core

  • Eagle Eyes: everyone part of anti-terrorism team

    Every citizen, military or civilian, can have a positive effect in the ongoing war on terrorism. The Eagle Eyes program is an anti-terrorism initiative that enlists the eyes and ears of Air Force members and citizens in the local community against the war on terror. The foundation of the Eagle Eyes

  • Safety, readiness from Eagle Eyes template

    Though there are no specific threats to MacDill Air Force Base, the principles of "readiness" dictate that service members and MacDill personnel be alert and aware of their surroundings during the period of heightened political activity related to the political convention in Tampa next week.While