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  • National Guard ready for Hurricane Irene

    National Guard adjutants general along the East and Gulf Coasts are currently awaiting the potential landfall of Hurricane Irene, but are prepared to act if called upon by their governors, Guard officials said Aug. 23.As of 3:30 p.m., the Florida National Guard 125th Fighter Wing, has upgraded to

  • Airmen provide medical care in Nicaragua

    After months of preparation and coordination with the embassy and local authorities here, about 50 U.S. Airmen put boots on Nicaraguan soil Aug. 6 to take part in a medical readiness exercise.Known as a MEDRETE, the exercise was organized and staffed primarily by reservists from the 916th Aerospace

  • Local Reservists Participate in Yellow Ribbon Program

    America asks a lot of its men and women in uniform. For many servicemembers, deploying means missing holidays, anniversaries and milestones. Tech. Sgt. John Stramiello's most trying moment came when he missed the first birthday of his son, Matthew. Although nothing can take the place of something so

  • Helping them help: Local girl, patient turns interpreter

    The word for 'doctor' may be similar in both English and Spanish but many words are not, and that difference in language can make it difficult for the English-speaking medical team here to effectively treat the thousand or so patients they see every day during their Medical Readiness Exercise

  • Team MacDill returns from Rodeo; gets warm welcome

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Cheers rang and a colossal applause was heard as members from MacDill Air Force Base returned from a week-long trip to the 2011 Air Mobility Command Rodeo July 30. The team was greeted by Col. David Almand, 6th Air Mobility Wing vice

  • When Left Becomes Right: 927th ARW fly in reverse at 2011 Rodeo

    It was just another flying competition until Maj. Nathan Diaz and Maj. Zach Davidson were asked to fly their airplane in reverse.The two pilots are part of the 927th Air Refueling Wing, a reserve unit stationed at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Their skills were put to the test recently at the 2011

  • Balancing Reserve force discussed at Commander and Spouse Forum

    Air Force Reserve wing commanders and their spouses attended the annual Air Force Reserve Commander and Spouse forum here July 6 to 8 to gain increased awareness of the needs of Citizen Airmen and their families.Attendees engaged with Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., the chief of Air Force Reserve

  • Defense Logistics Agency will put you on the map

    Napoleon Bonaparte said, "An army travels on its stomach," but even the well fed can't get to where they are going without a good map. Good, current maps are the stock and trade of the Defense Logistics Agency at MacDill Air Force Base, and too few realize the service exists, said Army Staff Sgt.

  • A Sweet Homecoming

    Running a gas station thousands of feet above the ground is harder than it looks. Just ask the nearly 90 local reservists who recently returned home from war.The 927th Air Refueling Wing, a reserve unit based at MacDill AFB, recently welcomed home Airmen who are not active-duty servicemembers