• UCI ‘Excellence’

    The results are in. The 6th Air Mobility Wing received an "Excellent" rating from the Air Mobility Command inspector general. Of all the units in the wing, 19 exceeded the standards. The wing's performances revealed 11 processes worthy of submission to the Crosstells and Best Practices. The wing

  • 6 MDG clinic enforces DoD policy

    The Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1986 established the Third Party Collections Program. Under this program, Military Medical Treatment Facilities are mandated to bill health insurance carriers for the cost of medical care provided to active duty family members, retirees and family

  • New Service at 6 MDG PharmaCARE Center

    The pharmacy department has implemented a new service which began Aug. 3. Civilian providers can now fax prescriptions to the PharmaCARE Center at 813-828-0088. To ensure proper filling follow these guideline: prescriptions must be faxed from a doctor's office, contain the doctor's printed name,

  • Former Army flyer was part of important WWII history

    With trademark corn-cob straight pipe clamped in his teeth, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's profile remains one of the enduring images of WWII history, and one Capt. JR "Bob" Normile remembers distinctly as a part of his personal history. Mr. Normile, who will turn 91 Monday, served with Gen. MacArthur, as

  • Top chefs shine at MacDill dining hall competiton

    MacDill's got talent in the kitchen, and it showed last week when two teams of budding chefs squared off in an all-out effort to best the other in the Top Chef cook off at the base dining facility. Two teams of four Airmen and one advisor squared off with assigned ingredients they transformed into

  • Operation Homefront offers free backpacks to dependants

    Operation Homefront and Dollar Tree have teamed up to help military families get their children ready to go back to school by collecting new school supplies for military dependants grades K-12. The backpacks will come in all sizes and will be filled with age-appropriate school supplies. The school

  • MacDill’s website is upgraded

    Team MacDill has a new look for the base's official web site. The redesigned site features a larger layout, larger photos, new technology and less clutter. It offers users new content types with the inclusion of slideshows, new video capability, blog-like commenting on content and improved search

  • 6 FSS downs Med Group B

    The 6th Force Support Squadron took their second win of the season defeating Med Group B as intramural volleyball continued last week. The 6 FSS team defeated Med Group B 2-1 (26-24, 25-21, 15-5) July 22 at the MacDill Fitness Center. With power serving from Liz Wehr, a stand-in for Med Group B, Med

  • Air Force officials establish core team for Nuclear Surety Inspections

    Air Force Inspection Agency officials here recently created a new team to increase the standardization and consistency of Nuclear Surety Inspections across the Air Force. The establishment of a centralized team of nuclear inspectors, known as the Air Force NSI Core Team, is another critical

  • Can you recognize OCD symptoms?

    Performing repetitive actions within a day may seem unrealistic, but for many Americans this is a way of life they can't prevent. People with obsessive-compulsive disorder have persistent, upsetting thoughts or obsessions and use rituals or compulsions to control the anxiety these thoughts