• MacDill first sergeants provide mentorship to new supervisors

    Becoming a new supervisor is a reality many service members eventually face as they progress through their individual service career paths. To assist members of Team MacDill gain insight and knowledge of how to be a better supervisor, the MacDill first sergeants’ Gasparilla Diamonds Council

  • MacDill housing residents have new advocate

    Team MacDill recently welcomed a privatized housing resident advocate for on-base housing residents to rebuild trust in the privatized housing program. William Farnand is the liaison between privatized housing residents, military housing authorities, including the installation commander and the

  • MacDill couple deploys in support of AUAB mission

    As military members, saying goodbye for temporary duties assignments or deployments are inevitable; however, for one active duty U.S. Air Force couple, deployment is the next step of developing their marriage and serving their country together.

  • Team MacDill commemorates 9/11

    On Sept. 11, 2020 U.S. Special Operations Command hosted an observance ceremony to commemorate the sacrifice of the 2,997 men and women killed 19 years ago.

  • September is Suicide Prevention and Awareness month

    MacDill Air Force Base is committed to preventing suicide among service members and families. Suicide prevention is a Department of Defense priority throughout the year, but during September, Suicide Prevention Month, the Department brings added attention to the complex issue of suicide and

  • MacDill Total Force team successfully conducts readiness exercise

    Mobility Airmen from the 6th and 927th Air Refueling Wings participated in a joint readiness exercise here Aug. 26-28, 2020. The exercise tested Team MacDill’s ability to rapidly deploy and conduct air-refueling operations while complying with real-world COVID-19 pandemic countermeasures. Through

  • MacDill’s Short Fitness Center reopens for active duty, Guard and Reserve

    The doors of MacDill’s Short Fitness Center reopened on Aug. 19 to active duty, Guard and Reserve personnel after five months due to COVID-19.Under MacDill’s “Keep it Safe, Keep it Open” campaign, Airmen from the 6th Force Support Squadron sterilized the fitness center facility so service members

  • CSAF outlines strategic approach for Air Force success

    The directive is a mixture of Brown’s expectations for what is required to ensure air superiority and for the Air Force to fulfill its mission to defend the United States and its interests. Though only 8-pages, the document spans a range of critical topics that touch on doctrine, Air Force culture,

  • FOCUS resilience training now available at MacDill

    Families Overcoming Under Stress (FOCUS) resilience training is now available at MacDill for service members and their family members to learn skills to address many of the changes and challenges that military families experience. When military parents fulfill occupational duties, their children and