• Basketball Camp 66; former NBA star plays host to MacDill youths

    Team MacDill's children beat the summer heat and got the opportunity to learn from former NBA Indiana Pacer and current NBA referee, Haywoode Workman, who hosted the Basketball Camp 66. In cooperation with the Suffolk Construction Company and MacDill's Youth Center more than 60 youth between the

  • Hurricane season in full swing: Are you ready?

    With the successful Unit Compliance Inspection behind us, and hurricane season in its peak, it is time to prepare. "Individual and family preparedness is the individual's responsibility and not the government's duty," said Mr. Larry Clark, 6th Civil Engineer Squadron installation emergency manager.

  • Nutrition is Mission

    Ask any service member on MacDill AFB what the difference is between the Nutritional Medicine Clinic and the Health and Wellness Center and chances are most won't be able to tell you. While both work toward improving your quality of life, each is a separate entity, approaching diseases and ailments

  • Dedication times two at Seymour Johnson

    More than a 100 military members, community and business leaders turned out to see the dedication of two new buildings at the 916th Air Refueling Wing. After 18 months of construction, 916th Corrosion Control Hangar and 911th Air Refueling Squadron operations building opened for business on Aug

  • Weapons of Mass Construction

    "Of all the sacrifices and loss that are part of defending our freedom, a marriage and family doesn't have to be one of them." That is the thought of Chaplain (Capt.) John VanderKaay, and it is the primary reason the Base Chapel has organized a conference to educate servicemembers on getting into

  • Tinker Teacher wins national contest

    Jordan Whitcomb, Tinker Elementary 3rd grade teacher, will start this school year in style. Miss Whitcomb was the grand prize winner, for Tampa, for Jones New York in the classroom's 2009 Back to School, Back to Style national contest, with support from Macy's and Adopt-A-Classroom. Of the 17,000

  • New Base Clinic to open, ready to serve next generation

    At 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, Team MacDill will bid farewell to an iconic military treatment facility that has served the base populous for over fifty years. Although it is sad to say goodbye to this facility, the staff of the 6th Medical Group is eager to share the excitement surrounding the

  • Break the smoking habit for good

    Smokers who want to break the smoking habit may benefit from programs offered by the MacDill Health and Wellness Center. The HAWC offers Tobacco Cessation classes, a "Ready, Set, Stop" audio program available for checkout, an interactive HAWC website and SmokeSignals -an electronic device that

  • 9th CMSAF pays visit to MacDill

    More than 200 enlisted Airmen at MacDill Air Force Base were given the opportunity to hear from the 9th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Chief Master Sgt. (Ret.) James Binnicker, at the Base Theater here during a visit Aug. 24. Chief Binnicker participated in a facility dedication ceremony in

  • Smoke detectors help save lives

    Smoke detectors are an easy way to assure your safety and that of your family. Sure, sometimes when you are cooking or showering your smoke detectors inadvertently go off and send you rushing to shut them down, but a properly functioning smoke detector can alert occupants to a fire during its early