• RAPIDS self-service portal – streamlined access

    Fewer headaches can be expected from obtaining an identification card at MacDill Air Force Base. A new web application has been introduced Air Force-wide to assist service members with updating their personal information for Department of Defense ID card reissuance.The application, called the

  • MacDill welcomes first-term Airmen

    The following first-term Airmen have arrived to MacDill from technical school. We are excited to have them and wish them the best!6th Aircraft Maintenance SquadronDalton Cooper, Oxford, Miss.Jonathan Klenk, Carbondale, Penn.Alec Sedon, Carrollton, Ohio6th Communications SquadronJoshua Allen, York,

  • CUI prep pays off

    Team MacDill recently underwent the largest multi-command unit inspection in Air Force history, passing with an "excellent."Both active duty and reserve wings, the 6th Air Mobility Wing and 927th Air Refueling Wing, achieved the rating. According to Larry Cresswell, 6th Air Mobility Wing chief of

  • HAWC pros provide advice for holiday fitness, diet challenges

    Holiday rushing, places to be and family obligations, airports and highways, not to mention loads of calorie-laden food at every stop, all add up to the annual holiday challenge of maintaining diet and fitness.Diet:The holidays are a time when falling off the wagon is as easy as, well, falling off a

  • MacDill AFB Exchange offers free holiday layaway plans

    A good program just got better, as the Army & Air Force Exchange Service's Holiday Layaway program is now fee-free. Shoppers simply select their gifts for layaway and stop by customer service to complete the layaway process. "Fee-free" means that while the MacDill AFB Exchange collects an initial $3

  • No way to thank you enough!

    Thanksgiving is a time to take stock, to recognize, appreciate and be grateful for the things we have. It also is a time for family, and in the case of MacDill Air Force Base that includes the extended family that is the Tampa Bay community. Its support of MacDill is nothing short of stellar,

  • The typical Thanksgiving Day meal: the damage assessment

    It's Thanksgiving, just the begging of holiday gorging and the root cause of so many New Years resolutions to drop a few pounds.It's sometimes easier said than done, but with the help of the MacDill Health and Wellness Center, weight loss and fitness are promises you can keep.Eat Smart...Play Hard

  • Energy management everyone’s job if goals are to be achieved

    Since the Energy Policy Act was signed in 2005, energy management and conservation at MacDill Air Force Base has not just been the "right thing to do" but the law. Indeed, the law was followed by a series of executive orders and policy memorandums which mandate everyone who works at MacDill to

  • What would you like to see the bowling center become?

    The future of the MacDill Lanes might be in your hands.It could become a putt-putt golf course, a laser tag facility, bumper car racing center or indoor batting cages, depending on the outcome of a survey the bowling center is conducting now through Nov. 30. The survey is available at the bowling

  • Veterans Day -- the history

    On the 11th day of the 11th month in the 11th hour of 1918, World War I, the war to end all wars, was formally declared over. The world changed.Across the globe, nations celebrated holidays like Armistice Day and Remembrance Day to recognize the end of WWI and the people who served. Today, in the