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  • Halloween safety tips

    Here are eight safety tips that will help ensure a fun, safe Halloween this year:When choosing a costume, stay away from billowing or long trailing fabric.If a child is wearing a mask, make sure the eye holes are large enough so they can see out of it. Provide children with flashlights or glow

  • Happy 74th Birthday MacDill: A brief glimpse in history

    Happy Birthday Team MacDill! MacDill Air Force Base, Florida celebrates its 74th birthday April 16, 2015.MacDill AFB, previously known as MacDill Field, is named in honor of Col. Leslie MacDill, a military pilot who was killed instantly after crashing, shortly after take-off from Bolling Field,

  • HAWC hosts "Eating Clean for the Holidays" cooking demonstration

    As the holidays quickly approach, many begin to worry about an expanding waistline or putting on a few extra pounds. However, that should not deter them from indulging in holiday goodies.To help individuals get through the holidays' food festivities, the Health and Wellness Center at MacDill Air

  • HAWC ready to assist achieving a 'new you' in 2012

    New Years' resolutions to get fit or lose weight in 2012 sound great, but after looking at what it will take to achieve results, noble intentions often lose out to reality.But it doesn't have to be so hard, and the MacDill Health and Wellness Center is making sure of that in 2012.A host of programs,

  • Health care: A benefit and a responsibility

    The mission of the 6th Medical Group is to provide comprehensive health care to America's heroes and their families. To achieve our vision of being our beneficiaries' first choice for outstanding health services, the 6 MDG strives to optimize efficiencies and access to care. Unfortunately, missed

  • Help! How do my medical records get to my duty station?

    The headline is an excellent question and the TRICARE Operations and Patient Administration (TOPA) flight at the 6th Medical Group is here to assist you. The Central Records office is located on the 2nd floor of the clinic and there are three records rooms within the MacDill Clinic. Those records

  • Helping Hands—Feeding those in need

    The Tampa-St. Petersburg metropolitan area has the largest homeless population in the United States. Having a bed to lie in and a hot meal each day is not a luxury many individuals are able to enjoy.Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013, 12 Airmen from the 6th Air Mobility Wing volunteered three hours of their

  • Holocaust survivors visit MacDill

    Three survivors of the Jewish Holocaust joined a group of servicemembers from around MacDill Air Force Base at the base chapel Apr. 21 in observance of Yom Hashoah. Yom Hashoah, translated in English to "a day of remembrance," was highlighted to commemorate the lives and heroism of the six million

  • Home Station Training: Airmen rest, fed, mission ready

    When Airmen deploy or carry out operations where there isn’t a military installation close by, they must setup essential equipment to meet the basic needs of food, water, shelter and rest so they can execute their mission. This skill is known as Home Station Training and it's conducted annually to