• MacDill Rodeo team 2009 readies to ride

    The Air Mobility Command Rodeo team competition is just under a month away and Team MacDill's preparation is in full swing. With the "best of the best" aircrew, maintenance and security forces teams chosen the trophy is within reach for the competition held at McChord AFB, Wash. from July

  • Wing busy preparing for UCI excellence

    There are a couple of ways to do things: the easy way, and the right way, and new Airmen who have not come to appreciate that old saw are getting an education from their seniors, as Unit Compliance Inspection preparations are in full swing. Scheduled for Aug. 3 through 11, a team of Air Force

  • Summer is for fireworks, make fire safety priority

    It would be hard to imagine July 4th festivities in the United States without public displays of fireworks. But celebrations can become tragic when someone is seriously injured by consumer fireworks. Every year Americans look forward to summer vacations, camping, family reunions, picnics, and the

  • Weight training for fitness, health

    Sticking to a workout plan in the summer can be a challenge. Being in the gym to avoid battling the intense heat can cause some to become weary. Doing the same elliptical workout followed by a circuit of the same weight machines may prevent you from achieving your fitness goals. If you're not

  • Kids getting their golf swings grooved this summer- for free

    "Get them while their young. That's the strategy for making good, or even great golfers," said Lou Harris, director of golf at MacDill's Bay Pines Golf Club. Starting this week, a special summer program for children began, offering free driving range practice Tuesdays and Thursday's between noon and

  • MacDill honors military spouses

    "Honey," "Sweetie", "Love." Names often given to a spouse. No matter the alias, military husbands and wives have been serving their country faithfully alongside those who wear the uniform every day for decades. Military Spouse Day was first celebrated in 1984 when then- President Ronald Reagan

  • Lieutenant to battle the odds at AF triathlon

    An officer at MacDill will trade-in combat boots for running shoes when she competes in the Armed Forces Triathlon Championships to be held at the Ventura County Naval Base Station, Point Mugu, Calif. May 30. Second Lt. Erin O'Connor, 6th Aerospace Medicine Squadron bioenvironmental engineer, was

  • Tips for keeping cool this summer

    Summer is fast approaching. What does that mean? There will be high temperatures and more humidity. But stay cool, when the temperatures start to soar there are ways to beat the heat. According to the consumer energy center most healthy adults can cope with heat; their bodies are able to maintain

  • Pet Fest fun for four- and two-legged

    Where can you find a talent show, a costume contest and a peanut butter eating contest requiring the participants to have four legs? All these things and more were found at MacDill AFB's "Woofs and Whisker's Pet Fest" at the Base Veterinary Clinic May 8. More than 30 pets and their owners came out