• HAWC issues walking challenge

    Walk your buns off.That's what the MacDill Health and Wellness Center is challenging the base population to do in its "New You" campaign, which is an invitation to base members to walk off excess flab and get fit.Participants will wear pedometers to measure their walking distance, with four levels

  • MacDill Airmen selected for promotion in Jan. Supplemental release

    Congratulations to the following individuals in their selection to the next higher rank as reported in the January supplemental release.6th Security Forces SquadronFranz Enriquez promoted to staff sergeantLance Halverson promoted to staff sergeantJeremy Hoover promoted to staff sergeantDamien Needom

  • Rolling Thunder Rolls in Holiday Cheer

    December 17, 2010, families at MacDill received an outpouring of gifts as a result of the commitment and generosity of "Elves" working in honor of the American Ex PoWs. The Florida Chapter eleven of the Rolling Thunder has assumed the responsibility of continuing a 17 year tradition of hosting a

  • Daughter of MacDill chaplain makes harrowing journey

    Most people pedal a bike for fun and recreation, but it was the very serious business of combating the sex slave trade that motivated the daughter of one of MacDill's own to make a harrowing, cross-country winter bike journey.Janna Buttrick, college student and daughter of Chaplain (Maj.) David

  • MacDill moms get new support group

    A new Mothers of Preschoolers chapter started at the base chapel, Jan. 13. MOPS is an international organization designed to offer social, emotional and spiritual support to moms while also providing parenting skills. There are about a dozen MOPS locations around Tampa already, but the MacDill

  • Medical Group standouts honored with AMC awards

    Fifteen individuals and three teams from MacDill took top honors in recent 2010 Air Mobility Command Medical Service Awards. The showing is one to be proud of, said Col. Dennis Beatty, 6th Medical Group commander."There is a lot of the great work being done every day by the members of the 6th

  • MacDill top HAWC again

    Winning recognition is something the MacDill Health and Wellness Center has gotten used to, but when news came recently that it had once again won Air Mobility Command HAWC of the year, the feeling, as go the lyrics of a famous rock ballad, was "like the very first time."Not only was it not the

  • E-cigarette like any cigarette, says 6th MDG commander

    Giving up the smoking habit may be one of the most common New Year's resolutions, but MacDill's health pros are warning that E-cigarettes, plastic cigarette doppelgangers that deliver nicotine-charged puffs of water vapor, are not an Air Force approved smoking alternative for Airmen.While the

  • Teddy Bear Drop shows difference a single Airman can make

    People ask, "What difference can an ordinary Airman make?" The answer is, "A lot," said Chief Master Sgt. Craig Hall, 6th Mission Support Group.His assessment was proven recently by Airman 1st Class Derek Furlong, a 6th Maintenance Squadron journeyman, who in a regular meeting for dorm residents