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  • Fueling the mission: One tank at a time

    It’s early morning and the sun is just rising over the horizon. Petroleum, oil, lubricants (POL) Airmen are already hard at work inspecting, testing fuel and fueling aircraft. These Airmen never stop; with 24-hour operations that handles up to two million gallons of fuel, they are mission ready at

  • Fully Fluent Airman

    University of Alaska Anchorage Chancellor Edward Lee Gorsuch once said, "Learning a foreign language not only reveals how other societies think and feel, what they have experiencedand value, and how they express themselves, it also provides a cultural mirror in which we can more clearly see our own

  • Gold Bar Series: An Airman's journey from Guyana to COT

    For Staff Sgt. Ruchelle Austin, an aerospace medical technician with the 6th Medical Operations Squadron (MDOS), education has always been a necessity instilled in her by her mother. Because of her mother's guidance and sacrifices, Austin is now preparing for commissioned officer training as part of

  • Gold Star Families – forever in the Air Force family

    Losing a loved one is difficult for any family to experience. That is why the U.S. military has programs in place to ensure that the families of fallen service members are cared for in their time of need. One of these programs is Gold Star Families.Gold Star Families exist for all branches of the

  • Good Communication

    Air traffic controllers rely on extremely complex equipment to be able to communicate with aircraft pilots in order to safely fly and land the Air Force's multimillion dollar jets; the smallest error can threaten a mission or ground an entire air wing.Tasked with maintaining these systems is the job

  • Green Dot training continues empowering Airmen across MacDill

    In December of 2015, the Air Force announced the Green Dot training program, a five-year strategy to decrease interpersonal violence across the service. The Green Dot program focuses on providing tools and training through activities, open dialogue and a peer-to-peer learning style to create

  • Growing holiday collection spreads cheer

    Although it is still early in the holiday decorating season, drivers are already slowing down to view the dazzling light display of one house on Constellation Boulevard at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.Without fail, every night from 6 -10 p.m., the Groover's home illuminates the street with a

  • GSL, patient safety just got safer

    "You can't put a price on safety," said Maj. Crystal Price, 6th Medical Support Squadron officer in charge of pharmacy operations.The Global Script Locator (GSL) system has already more than made up for its incurred cost by increasing efficiency and reducing patient hand out errors (rated the most

  • Guidelines for a safe, fun Halloween night on MacDill

    Halloween is an exciting night to allow children to get dressed up, go trick-or-treating, attend parties and get free goodies. As the MacDill community is looking forward to a safe and secure night of fun, the hours for trick-or-treating on base will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Oct. 31.Harbor Bay at