• Combat arms training and maintenance

    "Safe, lock the bolt to the rear, check chamber, safe," these are some of the most important instructions taught during the Combat Arms Training Maintenance course range here. The CATM class provides all military members here small arms ground weapons training including proper employment of weapons,

  • Getting back to nature; restoring the MacDill environment

    Where there's smoke, there's fire, but at MacDill, smoke signals mean something else significant: habitat improvements. Those who may have seen smoke at the south end of the base Wednesday were witnessing a controlled burn, not a wildfire. In fact, the burn helps prevent brushfires by removing dead

  • Vice Commander Welcome

    Team MacDill welcomes the new 6th Air Mobility Wing Vice Commander, Colonel Matthew Arens as he rounds off his first full week on the job. He said he is excited about being at MacDill, and not just because the temperature is 60 degrees warmer than his previous duty station, though it helps. "I'm

  • New tanker inspection process standardized at MacDill

    More efficient methods for conducting inspections of KC-135 tankers were standardized last month and tested this month by MacDill maintainers and the verdict is in: the new process works! MacDill was the host unit for creating a standardized No. 2 Periodic Inspection process in conjunction with

  • Annual National Prayer Breakfast 2008

    Each year many look forward to the MacDill's Annual Prayer Breakfast but this year was extra special, as Brig. Gen. Cecil R. Richardson, Air Force Deputy Chief of Chaplains, was the guest speaker at the MacDill event held Wednesday at Officers Club. The Annual Prayer Breakfast is in observance of

  • Voluntary Protection Program comes to MacDill

    Take a second and look around the work center. Spot where the next mishap will happen? Spotting where the mishap might occur in the workplace is one of the four key elements of the Voluntary Protection Program that is being implemented here. A 10 member assessment team visited the base in recently

  • Airmen, canines make doggone good team

    Looking out for one another and always having each others back in a time of need is what the Wingman concept is all about. For 11 members of the 6th Security Forces Squadron military working dog section, their wingman is of the four legged variety. The 11 teams consisting of handlers and their dogs

  • MacDill host AF soccer team trials

    More than 40 Airmen world-wide competed against each other here Jan.12 with the hopes of becoming members of the coveted All-Air Force men's soccer team. "There are representatives from at least 20 Air Force bases competing in multiple scrimmages and playoffs at the MacDill field as well as in the

  • MacDill joins pirate invasion, shares booty with residents

    Faux pirates, kings, southern bells and even MacDill's 6th Air Mobility Wing commander became swash buckling superstars for a day at the annual Gasparilla Parade Saturday. A familiar route home for many Team MacDill members, Bayshore Boulevard was party-central for the 104- year tradition which

  • MacDill's Manpower and Organization Flight

    When it's time to deploy and the taskings are sent down from the Air Force or major commands, the unit that determines the amount of Airman required to do the job is the Manpower. Most people are unaware that war time readiness starts in Manpower. "As a flight, Manpower approaches everything as a