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  • New program to help save energy coming to Dover

    An Air Mobility Command Fuel, Energy, and Environment campaign is at Dover in July 1 - 31. The FEE campaign is an approach to find ways to improve fuel, energy and environmental conservation and to save resources. The approved IDEA can also generate a monetary award up to $10,000 for ideas producing

  • Team Dover Airman to represent US in world championship

    In ancient Japan, the samurai developed a special martial art that allowed them to fight their armed and armored opponents if they happened to become unarmed. This ancient art, known as Jujitsu, was passed down from generation to generation, until eventually it made its way around the world.This art

  • Comm pounds 3rd AS 14-4

    Mercy me.This is a thought that could have been running through the minds of the 3rd Airlift Squadron softball team after its game with the 436th Communications Squadron.Comm pounded out 19 hits including a three-run homer by Ryan Singer to mercy-rule 3rd AS 14-4 in five innings Tuesday in a

  • Getting hitched? Chaplain offers Marriage Prep 101

    From the words of Frank Sinatra, who sang the lyrics, "Love and marriage, it's an institute you can't disparage."Team Dover couples thinking of their own love that may lead to marriage have the opportunity to learn more about what it takes to have a successful matrimony through a pre-marriage

  • Mobility line teaches children about deployments

    For military families, there is a "D" word that rarely gets spoken around the house - Deployment. Many children don't understand at first what this word means for their mom and dad, and it often causes a lot of stress for families.The Airman and Family Readiness Center, along with several other

  • Budgeting: Saving money over the summer

    Summer is a time for many families to take vacations and spend more time together. For some, this means packing up the car and taking a week-long road trip to the grandparent's house. For others, it means loading everyone up in a plane and flying to the nearest theme park.But trips cost money, be it

  • Exercise role players help responders train for disaster

    Disasters are uncommon events, they happen rarely. But, when they do happen, they are terrible events that cause much damage and injury to any area affected by it. Training can help first responders in such events, by allowing them to experience the events without the risk of death or injury that

  • 436th APS Super Port lives up to name

    To passersby, the 436th Aerial Port Squadron looks like a normal warehouse found on nearly any Air Force base.In the past year however, the 436th APS moved 170,492 tons of cargo, downloaded 269,301 pieces from trucks, provided travel for 30,164 Space-A/Space-R passengers, and handled 7,652 aircraft,

  • Cops handcuff APS 11-7

    In his eight years as a member of the 436th Security Forces Squadron softball team, Rick Barker had never pitched a game.Barker has now found a new niche.Combined with Barker's pitching and his team's solid defense and timely hitting, the Cops defeated the 436th Aerial Port Squadron 11-7 in an