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  • Stand-Out Female: Combat Arms Instructor

    "If I wasn't patient then they wouldn't have any confidence," said Staff Sgt. Demenica Vick, 6th Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance instructor.As the only female in her combat arms shop, Vick has taken her experience as a single parent to help her better train service

  • Flawless Execution

    Six pilots of the A-10 Thunderbolt II, stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, were flying home from Afghanistan in a thunderstorm as the air craft began to run low on fuel. All they could do was hang tight and wait for a KC-135 Stratotanker to arrive to refuel them.This dilemma began on

  • MacDill's first Airman of the Year reflects on 50th Anniversary

    Gas was 30 cents a gallon, a postage stamp was 5 cents, and the average cost of a new car was $3,500. The year was 1964 and things around MacDill were rapidly changing because of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and the transition from Strategic Air Command to Tactical Air Command.Amongst the changes

  • Using talent to represent the Air Force

    "It feels absolutely amazing to hit this milestone, like hitting the anthem lottery," said Tech. Sgt. Sonya Bryson, 6th Maintenance Group NCO in charge of maintenance plans, scheduling and documentation.Bryson, a Greenville, S.C. native, performed the National Anthem for the 1,000th time in her Air

  • Stand-Out Female: Phoenix Raven

    Sometimes the second job choice turns out to be a better career decision. For one Airman, enlisting in the Air Force as security forces instead of her first choice, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist, lead her to becoming part of an elite team of Airmen known as the Phoenix

  • Master Sgt. Scott Marshall: I was made for this

    "The job was a natural fit; I had that same feeling again that I had in Basic Military Training as an instructor, where I woke up excited and full of fire at what my day was going to bring," said Master Sgt. Scott Marshall, 6th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron first sergeant.Marshall joined the Air

  • Stand Out Female: MWD Handler

    "After two weeks of spending time with him, Alex finally recognized me," said Senior Airman Ashley Wendler, 6th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler. "I was no long just his trainer, but he now saw me as 'mom.'"Since being assigned as partners, 25-year-old Wendler from Baltimore,

  • Pharmacist—changing lives one medication at a time

    "As a child I had dreams that I would either be a veterinarian or a professional basketball player," commented Capt. Thomas Waters, 6th Medical Support Squadron pharmacist. "Needless to say, I grew older...and as far as being a professional athlete, let's just say I don't believe I came from the

  • Paying respect to the flag

    At 1700 hours every day retreat echoes  throughout MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., and service members around the base snap to attention and render a salute for the 122-second time honored tradition.In accordance with MacDill AFB Instruction 36-2203, every second Wednesday a different group leads a

  • Stand Out Female: Boom Operator

    During a late-night flight over Afghanistan, Airman 1st Class Crystal Cash steadied her hand and readied herself to carry out what she had been training to do for the last year. On top of it being her very first solo flight as a boom operator, Cash was preparing to refuel a B-1 Lancer in inclement