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  • Go Cold Turkey with The Great American Smokeout

    The Great American Smokeout is an annual day set aside to encourage tobacco smokers to go 24 hours without smoking a cigarette. This year, The Great America Smokout is Nov. 18. The American Cancer Society sponsors the event and provides assistance and resources to help smokers quit for good. The

  • Civil engineers honor veteran

    Veteran's Day is a day to honor those who served their country; it is a day of honoring those who came before and those who serve now.One veteran, Fred Martin, United States Postal Service, served as a combat engineer in the United States Marine Corps, was wounded twice and received two Purple

  • Program brings spouses closer together

    The Heart Link program, an orientation program for spouses married for less than five years in the military, was conducted Saturday to introduce 17 spouses to military life.The Heart Link program is held twice a year, once in the spring and again in the fall. Each spouse is provided with an Air

  • Program saves Airmen’s lives

    An Airman goes out on the town and sometime during the night of drinking and socializing, he loses his wingman. He has been drinking, but still has enough sense not to get in his car and drive.This hypothetical situation could happen any given weekend. However, the Airmen above has a Plan B. He

  • Free tutoring service offered to active duty Airmen, families

    State and federal officials joined with leadership from the 436th Airlift Wing at the base library here to kick start awareness of a free online tutoring service available to active duty military members and their dependents.Col. Manson Morris, 436th AW commander, Delaware Governor Jack Markell,

  • Air Force Reinstates Captain Central Selection Board

    Promotion opportunities for active duty line of the Air Force first lieutenants competing for promotion to captain is being adjusted to 95 percent, Air Force officials announced here Oct. 13. Since the promotion opportunity to captain will now be less than 100 percent, the Air Force will reinstate a

  • Law to change coverage for federal employees

    The Affordable Care Act is changing certain aspects of the Federal Employee Health Benefit. Some provisions of the ACA will affect eligibility and benefits beginning Jan. 2. Open season for making changes to a member's insurance enrollment is Nov. 8 through Dec. 13. All changes become final Jan.

  • Dover AFB Family Gathering Park

    There's a saying, "it takes a village to raise a child." At Dover Air Force Base, the saying is being adapted to "it takes a community to raise a playground for the children." According to Colonel Manson Morris, 436th Airlift Wing Commander, Team Dover is again coming together to do good things for