• SERE training at MacDill provides skills to survive

    In the military, training can teach most things, but it can't teach the will to survive. That is something contained deep inside, says Staff Sgt. Patrick Ray, the non-commissioned officer who heads up Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape training at MacDill Air Force Base.SERE is essential

  • AFOSI seeks top quality NCOs for special agent positions

    The Air Force Office of Special Investigations is the Air Force agency responsible for investigating major crimes and works against terrorist and foreign intelligence efforts. It's also constantly seeking exceptional non-commissioned officers for duty as enlisted special agents.With more than 2,700

  • AF shooters, training changing notions about military marksmanship

    When military marksmanship is the topic, Marines and Soldier slinging battle rifles may come to mind, but overlooking the shooting skills of today's Airman is a sure sign of being behind the times.Not only are shooting skills an integral part of an Airman's training, Air Force training can be more

  • Team MacDill drums Tampa PD trash-talkers

    It started as good-natured jabs, a ranking Tampa Police Department officer doing a little trash talking on the phone with Lt. Col. Kenneth Ohlson, 6th Security Forces commander. "They were saying their shooters could beat our shooters in a sporting clay match," said Staff Sgt. Keith Corcoran, a

  • Teamwork across the board earns 6th OSS tops in AMC

    It was the little things, but it was also the big things that got the attention of Air Mobility Command judges, who awarded top Operations Support Squadron honors to Team MacDill.The award was for accomplishments during 2010, and is "one very big" honor, said Maj. Leslie Picht, 6th OSS assistant

  • MacDill Commissary announces 2011 Scholarship Winners

    Paula Lewis, MacDill Air Force Base Commissary director, recently announced the MacDill winners for the Scholarships for Military Children Program. The MacDill winners are:Nicole KliewerMichaela JonesShannon FreeKalyn HoppeAshley VargasMatthew PesekTyler CooneyDavid CobbAmeer JalaJoanna

  • Give parents a break

    The Air Force Aid Society recognizes that Air Force families are subject to unique stresses due to the nature of military life. In an effort to help these families, the AFAS, in cooperation with Friends of Military Families, have partnered to provide funding for child care for all branches of active

  • War against mosquitoes ongoing

    The war against mosquitoes is a never-ending battle. MacDill uses two sources to help fight them: our local entomology contractor and Hillsborough County.Larval control assistance is provided by MacDill's pest control contractor and Hillsborough County Mosquito Control. The pest control contractor,

  • Caring for People Forum coming

    The Air Force has a long standing tradition of taking care of its people and takes pride in the great strides it has made to improve quality of life. Although the Federal government is faced with budget cuts, taking care of Airmen and their families remains a high priority. Since its launch in 2009,

  • 'There I was'

    There I was, scheduling my weapons training and later waiting for my shots at the immunization clinic, thinking if this deployment was going to be different than previous taskings.I've spiritually, mentally and physically prepared myself for any challenge as the J4 forward logistics liaison, senior