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  • Dear Wing Ma'am, "This is my first base and I don't know anyone"

    DEAR WING MA'AM: I'm new to the military and love it so far. I joined because I wanted to serve and liked the idea of being a part of something big! I like my job and am happy I got MacDill AFB. Problem is, I am lonely. This is my first base and I don't know anyone here. I haven't seen anyone from

  • Organization of WWII prisoners keep history alive

    Sacrifice is a part of war, in the course of which some die, some are injured and others lose their freedom and become prisoners of war.Such was the case during WWII for the prisoners of Oflag 64, Szubin, Poland. Members of the survivors group of some 1,400 prisoners incarcerated at the camp

  • 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

  • Honoring the legacy of Lt. Helton

    This past week I had the honor of leading the 2011 "Helton Haul" 5-K run named for the late 1st Lt. Joseph Helton. I was privileged to be flanked by his mother, Jiffy Helton. She was deeply moved by the tribute shown by members of the 6th Air Mobility Wing and Team MacDill in honor of her son. For

  • Father and son captains cross paths at MacDill

    His father is Navy, as was his father, and his father before him, but the tide turned with Joseph Hinson the IV, who went Air Force.There are no hard feelings, though, said Navy Capt. Joseph Hinson the III, who is a Reservist assigned to Naval Forces Central Command and who last week had a chance

  • Billy Waugh: One old Soldier who refuses to 'fade away'

    For most old Soldiers, especially those past their 80th year, the glory days of service and sacrifice are long past. Then again, Billy Waugh, 81, is no ordinary "old Soldier."Waugh was a U.S. Army Special Forces legend whose career spanned several years of work with the Studies and Observation Group

  • 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

  • DEFY teaches children to just say no

    Teaching children to say no to drugs is never easy. Helping them to resist peer pressure is equally as hard. But when a group of 14 volunteers from the Drug Education For Youth program came together last week at MacDill they did both. In an effort to raise awareness of the harmful effects of