• Alcohol Awareness week wraps up

    Have you ever tried to walk on slippery ice? Try walking or hopping around on that ice with a broken leg, at double time. In the same way your mobile capability is diminished when you're incapacitated, your ability to depend on your judgment or to drive a vehicle is diminished when you're

  • The future of feeding Airmen

    Numerous locations, numerous choices best describe the dining options on MacDill Air Force Base since the advent of the Air Force's Food Transformation Initiative 18 months ago. Whether you're looking to get your day started with a hearty breakfast or calm that growling in your stomach with a

  • Team MacDill welcomes new Airmen

    The following First Term Airmen have arrived to MacDill directly out of technical school, becoming the newest addition to our team.6th Aircraft Maintenance SquadronAirman 1st Class Ryan Baez, Yorktown, Va.Airman 1st Class Kristopher Castillo, Fairfield, Calif.Airman 1st Class Sevon Telemaque,

  • Congratulations to the following new lieutenant colonels and major selects

    Lieutenant colonel selects:6th Medical Operations SquadronTamra JohnsonMajor selects:6th Force Support SquadronMichael Burkenfield6th Operations Support SquadronChristopher Barnett6th Security Forces SquadronJacob Foley911th Air Refueling SquadronJessica GuariniJohn HancockRodman JonesCarmen

  • MacDill smorgasbord big hit with Airmen

    It's been almost a year and a half since MacDill Air Force Base transformed its food services to a campus style dining concept.With campus style dining, Airmen on meal cards are given the opportunity to choose between five different eateries on base: Surf's Edge Club, Diner's Reef Dining Facility,

  • New partners, new choices, new chapter for Diner's Reef

    After an extensive interior renovation, the Diner's Reef Dining Facility will re-open for business March 31 and celebrate a special grand opening April 20 at 3 p.m.One of the first noticeable changes is the removal of walls, creating an open floor plan with improved lighting. Additional seating has

  • MacDill Airmen, chefs: a recipe for success

    In cafeteria kitchens not far away, seven Airmen learned a new style of food service to help improve the quality of dining provided at the Diner's Reef dining facility here.While most training after technical school is conducted on the job, Airmen from the 6th Force Support Squadron Sustainment

  • First USO established in more than 10 years

    The breadth of MacDill/Tampa community expanded last week with the opening of the first USO established in the nation in the last decade. Located at Tampa International Airport, the new USO will support the active duty and retired military community in Tampa, and is a welcome addition to the growing

  • More Team MacDill standouts recognized by AMC, Air Force

     The following Team MacDill members and units are congratulated for their recent wins for 2011 accomplishments recognized by Air Mobility Command and the Air Force:Major General Harold M. McClelland Award: 6th Communications SquadronAMC Outstanding Civilian Specialist Award: Richard Black, 6th

  • Team MacDill Safety Office named best by Air Force

    "The Air Force Chief of Safety Outstanding Achievement Award for Ground Safety." It has a nice ring to it; especially reverberating off the walls of the MacDill Safety Office, which learned last week that it was judged top Air Force ground safety unit in its class for 2011.The prestigious award