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  • MacDill selects Military Youth of the Year

    Since 2003, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America have partnered with the Department of Defense to sponsor the Military Youth of the Year competition, which recognizes high school students based on their merits of leadership, service, and academic excellence.

  • Flying classrooms – teaching future leaders in the air

    Leadership – a quality that may come instinctively to some, can be learned. Since military members are charged with the responsibility of taking care of and connecting with the men and women serving alongside them, this quality is one of the priorities of military service. Many leadership courses

  • From service as an Afghan translator to service as an Airman

    Airman Ahmad Farid, a services journeyman assigned to the 6th Force Support squadron, at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, spends his time cooking and serving food to service members. However, his service didn’t start in the Air Force.

  • Famous B-17 replica, Memphis Belle, comes back home to MacDill

    The flight line at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, was much different than what it was during World War II, when aircraft flew constantly overseas to contest Nazi Germany. Some of those planes never returned to the U.S., but at approximately 10:30 a.m. March 13, 2018, MacDill welcomed back home,

  • From explosives to doorbells: MWD Apacs retires

    “In accordance with Title 10 U.S. State Code Chapter 153 Section 2582, military working dog Apacs, badge number Romeo 650, you are hereby relieved from duty, 6th Security Forces Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, and retired effective 20 February 2018,” the narrator announced while reading

  • Keep the fines at Bay

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, FLA. – As Florida days begin to get longer and temperatures start to rise, it’s understandable how enticing being on the water can get.