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  • From trainer to communicator

    "When I was at Basic Military Training, I told my instructor 'I'll be back down here someday,'" recalled Tech. Sgt. Matthew Orlando, 6th Communications Squadron client systems supervisor.Orlando was a military training instructor for Air Force BMT at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas from 2009 to

  • Training for the elite

    "It is a great honor to earn the title of a Phoenix Raven," said Senior Airman Jeffery Beilman, 6th Security Forces phoenix raven. "Upon graduation candidates receive a designation number from Air Mobility Command Headquarters, only the elite are awarded a number."Phoenix Ravens are specially

  • Maintenance Quality Assurance: Ensuring safe flying missions

    "Everyone's role is important; no one person or career field can make the "big Air Force" meet its goal on its own," expressed Staff Sgt. Clifford Coleman, 6th Maintenance Group aircraft fuels systems technician. "But, my role is to strive to be the best Airman, wingman, supervisor, and family

  • Flying above the rest

    "As I have come along in my career I've always set my standards higher than the norm," said Master Sgt. Timothy Sewell, 6th Operations Group C-37A flight engineer senior flight examiner.Sewell began his Air Force career in 1995 as a crew chief at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Near the end of his

  • MacDill, TSA joint explosives training goes off with a bang

    They sometimes take on the consistency of oatmeal, while other times they're pliable like putty. Some-times they are like toothpaste, hidden in hygiene containers, or tucked into an individual's underwear or the sole of their shoe.Because of these adaptive and inconspicuous traits, Mac-Dill Air

  • Summer car Safety: GPS can do harm as well as good

    Many readers would probably doubt that having a global positioning system mounted in their vehicles could be harmful in any way. Unfortunately, the potential damage to your car is a danger that does exist; especially during the summer season.A GPS is powered by what is called a lithium battery. When

  • MacDill base chapel receives donation from President Bush

    It is not an everyday occurrence to receive a letter from a former president of the United States and his family requesting that something be donated on their behalf. Steve Angelozzi, a retired federal Department of Defense employee with 33 years of experience with the U.S. Navy, received one such

  • 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

  • MacDill Airman takes advantage of special duty

    Over the past three and a half years Tech. Sgt. Veronica Gatta, direct support communications team chief at the Joint Communication Support Element, has gained a plethora of job knowledge, met unwavering leaders, and most distinctively, has taken advantage of one of the many things that makes JCSE

  • MacDill Airman prepares for fitness competition

    The sun isn't even up when Senior Airman Charisse Starr, 6th Force Support Squadron force management technician, steps foot into the gym to begin her daily training workout routine."I've always been into fitness," said Starr. "However, it wasn't until I saw Ms. Nathalia Melo grace the cover of a