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  • Team Dover gears up for snow season

    Commanders from around the base attended an annual briefing and demonstration, known as the Snow Parade, on the snow-removal process Nov. 2, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. With the first snow historically arriving at the beginning of December, and the Operational Readiness Inspection beginning on

  • Airman of the Week: Nathaniel Parker

    Name/rank: Nathaniel ParkerSquadron: 436th Force Support SquadronJob description: Chief of unit readiness Family: My wife, Claudia, my 16-year-old son, Nathaniel, my 14-year-old son, Trey, and my 12-year-old daughter, Halle.Favorite movie: "The Ten Commandments"Favorite food: Shrimp and

  • Service chiefs: Sequestration damage could be irreversible

    Damage to the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps could be irreversible if the Budget Control Act's "sequestration" provision takes another $600 billion from the defense budget, the military service chiefs said Nov. 2, 2011.Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, Chief of Naval Operations

  • Air Force announces civilian workforce restructuring

    Air Force officials announced several adjustments to the civilian workforce Nov 2. In response to direction from the Secretary of Defense for the Department of Defense to stop civilian growth above fiscal year 2010 levels and the need to add 5900 positions against the Air Force's top priorities, the

  • Operation Gratitude comforts children of deployed service members

    As many Team Dover members know, deployments not only take a toll on the service members who face peril abroad, but on their families who are left without a loved one. Too often, this group is unaddressed by the common saying "support the troops."Operation Gratitude aims to extend the same measure

  • 436th MDG edges out 436th LRS

    If your team has been sitting in first place all season, you can expect other teams to be gunning for you, regardless of their record.Such was the case Monday night in the flag-football game between the first place 436th Medical Group and the 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Dover Air Force

  • Local soccer star helps bring home gold

    The All-Air Force Men's Soccer Team, including a Team Dover member, took home the gold medal in the 2012 Armed Forces Soccer Championship Tournament Oct. 19 - Oct. 24 at Fort Eustis, Va. Senior Airman Alex Inman, a medical technician with the 436th Medical Operations Squadron, played outside