• 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

  • Congratulations ALS Graduates

    · Staff Sgt. Nicola Adams, 6th Air Mobility Wing · Senior Airman Melissa Becker, 6th Medical Support Squadron · Senior Airman Kahyan Butcher, 6th Communications Squadron · Staff Sgt. Alexander Davis, 6th Communications Squadron · Senior Airman Tanya Fenin, 6th Comptroller Squadron · Senior Airman

  • Airman learns life lesson

    A Team MacDill Airman learned what it mean to be a big sister at MacDill's "Big for a day" held here at Raccoon's Creek, May 1. Senior Airman Shawna Lang, 6th Medical Support Squadron medical technician, volunteered to mentor little sister Nicquel Andrews, 9 years old from the Big Brothers Big

  • SFS participates in the Law Enforcement Torch Run

    More than 50 members of the 6th Security Forces Squadron and MacDill Team members basewide participated in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run May 1. Security Forces received the torch, also known as the "Flame of Hope," from the Pinellas County Police Department by boat at Pelican Pier here at

  • Gentle Hands

    MacDill's Family Advocacy held the "Gentle Hands Event" Thursday Apr. 30 in front of the Base Exchange here. The "Gentle Hands Event" is the reflection of The National Gentle Hands (These Hands are not made for Hitting) Project. With the event falling on the last day of April, the focus was Child