• CAF at MacDill will be service-wide, build on YOAFF

    As designed, the Comprehensive Airmen Fitness initiative provides a structure and system for improving the lives and work of Airmen, but each command has the latitude to emplement customized elements to meet specific needs.The process now for the 6th Air Mobility Wing will be to identify specific

  • New CAF initiative designed to ensure health of Airmen, families

    On the heels of The Year of the Air Force Family comes a natural extension of that theme, which amounts to a comprehensive system of initiatives designed to deal with all aspects of Airman and family fitness.Comprehensive Airman Fitness is not fitness in just the physical sense, though health

  • Uncertain times for homeowners, renters

    Modification, forbearance, foreclosure - what do those terms mean to you and why should you care. If you're a current homeowner, or renter in a home affected by foreclosure, the information in this article is for you. Inevitably, the PCS season brings change and relocating this PCS season may prove

  • 6th Air Mobility Wing welcomes new commander

    Col. Larry Martin relinquished command of the 6th Air Mobility Wing to Col. Lenny Richoux during a change of command ceremony today. Lt. Gen. Robert Allardice, 18th Air Force commander, presided over the ceremony and expressed his gratitude for Colonel Martin's hard work during his tenure as the 6

  • Marine Corps martial arts taught to DEFY youths

    Students from the Drug Education For Youth (DEFY) group came aboard MacDill Air Force Base June 15, where they were taught self defense moves from the head Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructor at United States Central Command, Gunnery Sgt. Christian A. Suber."I volunteered to teach the kids

  • MacDill's Mike Stevens wins National Hickory Championship

    Mike Stevens, Golf Professional at MacDill Air Force Base, shot 80-78 for a 158 total to win the National Hickory Championship. Mike becomes the first person other than Randy Jensen to win more than one Open Division crown. He was also Open Division Champ in 2005.Mike has possession of the Kameika

  • MacDill Commissary awards annual scholarships

    Drum roll please .. . "and the winners of a $1,500 scholarship are Alison Weber, Karri Becker, Matthew Pesek, Katlyn Econom, Niall Brown, Jacob Peabody, Blake Davis, and Carly Wilson, all from MacDill AFB announced Paula Lewis, Store Director at the MacDill AFB Commissary. The scholarships are part

  • New, more open net policy puts burden on MacDill computer users

    For those too young to remember a world without the Internet, before there was a global communications web that reaches virtually everywhere, it may be difficult to appreciate just how much information is out there, at our fingertips, 24-hours a day.But communication and the exchange of information

  • Drug testing lab ensures abuse policies not ignored

    New Air Force drug and substance abuse policies now in place provide a unified rule for Airmen to follow, and the 6th Air Mobility Wing's Drug Testing lab is there to keep everyone honest.While the procedures and policies at the lab have not been changed, new rules and regulations may be forthcoming

  • New Air Force Policy Makes Substance Abuse Clear

    If there ever was any wiggle room about what is a banned intoxicating substance, and what is an inappropriate use of it, it's all been clarified and solidified by a new Air Force drug abuse policy now if effect.According to information released this week by the 6th Air Mobility Wing Legal Office,