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  • DM participates in the United Way Days of Caring

    Airmen from DM participated in the 11th annual United Way Days of Caring event held at various locations in Tucson, Ariz., Sept. 11 and Sept. 15.DM provided the United Way with more than 600 volunteers to work with 27 local non-profit organizations as part of the UWDC.Fifty volunteers built a foot

  • Airman battles PTSD with the aid of a service dog

    Arriving home after deploying to a war zone can bring new challenges to military members. Many discover that their fight isn't over and they end up facing an unseen enemy, with sometimes serious consequences. That enemy is post-traumatic stress disorder.According to the United States Department of

  • D-M hosts RADS instructor course

    Security forces Airmen, along with civilian law enforcement, participated in the three-day Rape Aggression Defense Systems instructor certification class, which was held here from 13 Sept. 2010 through 15 Sept. 2010.Instruction time was split between the Kennedy Professional Development Center,

  • D-M Airman wins DOD Firefighter of the Year-Heroism Award

    Tech. Sgt. Jayme L. Scammahorn, a fire station chief with the 355th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire and Emergency Services flight here, was awarded the Department of Defense Firefighter of the Year-Heroism Award Aug. 27, 2010, at the DOD FES Awards ceremony in Chicago. Nominees for the DOD-level awards

  • Compass Call squadron departs 386th AEW as a result of drawdown in Iraq

    The last EC-130H assigned to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing departed here this morning for deployment to another U.S. Central Command base, capping a 6 ½-year tour of duty in which Compass Call crews flew an astonishing 23,300 combat hours in direct support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.The move is

  • Behind the Scenes: The Making of an A-10C Pilot "Graduation"

    (Editor's note: Curious about what it takes to become an A-10 pilot? Follow along as this series showcases 1st Lt. Daniel Griffin's journey to becoming a fully qualified A-10C attack pilot.)It was a celebration here Aug. 20 as 1st Lt. Dan "Pabst" Griffin and his 11 classmates became the Air Force's

  • AFSOUTH teams with World Food Program, 17 nations for PANAMAX Exercise

    The base was again the scene of a massive relief effort in Latin America this week as Airmen worked with sister services, non-governmental organizations, 17 partner nations and local governments to speed aid to a hurricane-ravaged island. The only difference between this operation and previous

  • Air Force surgeon general: Treat ‘e-cigs’ like real cigarettes

    In an official memorandum dated Aug. 17, 2010, Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Charles B. Green warned Airmen of the potentially misleading perceptions surrounding electronic cigarettes. The "e-cigs" are commonly marketed as harmless alternatives to tobacco. However, as the memo points out, tests

  • Get ‘combative’ on base with hand-to-hand courses

    While assigned as the Army Special Operations Action Officer at Joint Special Operations Command in 2001, then-Maj. Gen. Stanley McChrystal recognized deficiencies in the Army's close-quarters combat training. He tasked an enlisted Army Ranger martial arts expert to revamp the program.Beginning in