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  • 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

  • Comm unplugs MXS 20-18 in season opener

    The 436th Communications Squadron and the 436th Maintenance Squadron started off the 2010 Dover Air Force Base intramural softball season in dramatic fashion in a National League game at the base softball field on June 15.Providing the drama was Comm catcher Beau Brouillette.Brouillette belted a

  • Air Force awarded top honors for excellence in public relations

    The U.S. Air Force received top honors June 3 at the Public Relations Society of America's annual Silver Anvil Awards Ceremony at the Equitable Tower in New York City. This is the first time the Air Force has received the PRSA's most esteemed, "Best of Silver Anvil" Award, recognized as the civilian