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  • Airman of the Week: Airman 1st Class Thomas J. Sax Jr.

    Name/rank: Airman 1st Class Thomas J. Sax Jr.Squadron: 436th Maintenance Squadron Job description: Aerospace ground equipmentDream assignment and why: Aviano Air Base, Italy. I want to go overseas, and it seems like it would be an awesome first overseas assignment.Family: My wife, Katy.Favorite

  • Airman of the Week: Senior Airman Delyn Jacobs

    Name/rank: Senior Airman Delyn JacobsSquadron: 436th Security Forces SquadronJob: Base securityPrevious assignments: 48th Security Forces Squadron at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England.Dream assignment and why? Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, so I can be a military training instructor.Favorite

  • HAWC 90-in-90 fitness class offers no-fail approach to test

    It's 12:55 p.m. on a Wednesday and Staff Sgt. William A. Goede is sweating profusely.He has just completed 55 minutes of intense training, which included six sets of push-ups, sit-ups, burpees, flutter kicks and squats, each exercise done while running from station to station with no resting in

  • Japanese delegation thanks Team Dover for tsunami relief efforts

    Approximately one year ago, inside the homes, schools and businesses of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, the walls and furniture began to shake. A few hours later, more than 15,000 residents were left dead, more than 250,000 buildings lay in ruin, and three nuclear reactors spewed forth radiation into the

  • 436th LRS B team wins intramural basketball

    After losing in the second round of the base intramural basketball playoffs, the 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron B team had to fight their way through the loser's bracket if they wanted a chance at winning the title.They clawed through game after game until they ended up pitted against the

  • Caring for People Forum delivers real change

    For residents of Dover Air Force Base, Del., promoting quality of life on base is a shared endeavor. For three years, the annual Caring for People Forum has presented the service members, spouses, dependents and retirees who share this responsibility a chance to take charge of base issues affecting

  • Undercover organization's achievements spotlighted

    Identify, neutralize, eliminate; this is the function of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, the Air Force's plain-clothed warriors. Every day, AFOSI agents put their lives on the line by eliminating threats outside and inside the ranks of the Air Force. It can be a thankless duty, with

  • Airman of the Week: Staff Sgt. Lauren B. Karas

    Name/rank: Staff Sgt. Lauren B. KarasSquadron: 436th Civil Engineer Squadron: "best in the Air Force" Job description: Electrical power production, where I troubleshoot, repair, and replace generators, automatic transfer panels and switchgears.Dream assignment and why? I do not really have a dream