• Medical group introduces MiCare

    The 6th Medical Group is excited to offer MiCare, an enhanced way to communicate with your patient-centered medical home team. The MiCare system has been shown to significantly reduce the number of phone calls between patients and providers, increase patient satisfaction and save time for patients

  • 'Icon' winner hopes to make MacDill proud

    Tech. Sgt. Sonya Byson says she's "pretty much at home with a microphone" in her hand, and that confidence paid off recently when she took home the title of MacDill Icon.Byson, a maintenance scheduler with the 6th Maintenance Operations Squadron, went up against a number of MacDill entrants, in the

  • Government Purchase Card information, regulations

    It is crucial to plan for upcoming requirements and coordinate those requirements through the 6th Contracting Squadron as early as possible. Our mission is to purchase contracting requirements for the wing, combatant commanders and our mission team members as needed to accomplish their mission.

  • Tips on choosing, using and caring for mouth guards

    Did you know that 95 percent of all football concussions are transmitted through the lower jaw to the brain? It's been estimated that during any single season an athlete participating in a contact sport runs about a 10 percent chance of experiencing some sort of orofacial injury. This totals to more

  • The 18th Air Force welcomes new commander

    Lt. Gen. Darren W. McDew formally assumed command of the 18th Air Force from Lt. Gen. Mark F. Ramsay in a change of command ceremony at the Scott Club here. The 18th Air Force is Air Mobility Command's sole warfighting numbered air force, and is responsible for AMC's worldwide operational mission.

  • Hillsborough schools working to help military kids adjust to new surroundings

    Frequent moves to new assignments mean the children of Airmen are perpetual "new kids" at school, often struggling to adapt to strange surroundings and new systems, with no friends to support them.The often difficult adjustment may get a lot easier for the middle school students of MacDill military

  • "There I was..."

    "Didn't I just give you one of these?" U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen asked, as he gave me a whole hearted slap on the shoulder."No sir, that was my promotion a few weeks ago," I said. "But I would be willing to take two." He was handing out end-of-tour medals to the few departing

  • MacDill Youth of the Year believes perseverance was key to honor

    Stand outs among MacDill's youth community are not unusual, which makes choosing the MacDill Youth Center Youth of the Year that much harder.But the accomplishments, attitude and drive of 16-year-old Accasia Street made the job a lot easier for the judging panel this year, which recently chose the

  • MacDill youths cook up fun

    "Baked ham with a spiced peach glaze, roasted sweet potatoes, green beans and vanilla ice cream with peaches," read the menu. The tasty delights were not the offerings of a restaurant, but a meal prepared by the children of the MacDill Youth Center, under the tutelage of a chef-instructor flown in

  • 2nd Quarter Disciplinary Actions

    During the last quarter, the MacDill Legal Office, 6th Air Mobility Wing judge advocate, conducted a Summary Court-Martial, processed 24 non judicial punishment actions under Article 15, Uniformed Code of Military Justice, and processed 11 discharges. These disciplinary actions involved service