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  • Airmen, Sailors teach Afghans preventive medicine

    The goal of NATO leadership is to help build up Afghanistan's security forces to a total force of approximately 400,000 members. Theses ANSF will police their streets, defend their borders and protect their fellow citizens. But they can't do any of that if they don't know how to stay healthy.That's

  • Dear Wing Ma'am: "Things are just not the same between us.."

    Dear Wing Ma'am,My husband recently returned from long deployment and things are just not the same between us. I don't know what to do. He's been home a month now, and I feel that I am already at my wits end and drowning in our marriage. I love him and want to make this work!! I want to save our

  • CAF: Social health essential well-being

    According to the World Health Organization in 1948, "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."While this might appear to be common sense, with today's busy world, people often forget to take time not only for

  • FIP, SHAPE helping Airmen reach goals

    A little over a month has gone by and there has been some remarkable progress around MacDill Air Force Base. The new physical training policy requiring those who fail their physical training test to be automatically enrolled into both the Fitness Improvement Program and the Superior Health

  • Spring is time to start thinking fire safety

    Spring is here and it is time to put away the seasonal decorations, and prepare for summer activities. Spring-cleaning is an annual ritual for many people and the ideal time to check our homes and yards for dangerous materials, unsafe conditions and ensure our families are safe from potential fires.

  • Base Chapel wants to know

    And the survey says... . In an age of polls, questionnaires and focus groups on all manner of things from politics to soft drink preferences, the MacDill Chapel is fishing for some opinions about matters a little closer to the heart. The Chapel is running its annual online survey, asking as many

  • Pets and wildlife of MacDill; what is the risk of rabies?

    MacDill Air Force Base has the unique environment to play host to many species of wildlife across its acres. Although there are no major reasons residents should not feel comfortable and safe while on base, there are a few hazards that may have been overlooked. According to MacDill AFB Instruction

  • Airman convicted of shredding documents in Special Court Martial

    On Tuesday, March 31, 2009 prosecutors from the 6th Air Mobility Wing Judge Advocate's office tried the Special Court Martial of Airman James R. Welch. Airman Welch was charged with one specification of dereliction of duty and one specification of willful attempted destruction of government

  • Airman receives confinement, pay and rank reduction

    On Tuesday March 10, attorneys from the 6th Air Mobility Wing Judge Advocate's office prosecuted the Special Court Martial of Senior Airman James Lee Joseph. SrA Joseph was charged with the wrongful use of cocaine, misuse of a government vehicle, being incapacitated for duty due to drunkenness,