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  • Teens learn confidence, more at Youth Center

    Over the past several months the Dover Air Force Base Youth Center's Teen Programs have been expanding in new directions to enhance knowledge and experience for teens. "One of the new initiatives that became available to us was a set of training sessions brought to us by a representative of the Dale Carnegie Training group," said Kristy Grove,
  • Dominic O’Donnell and Brianna Kinnari, Drug Education for Youth participants at Dover Air Force Base, Del., burn some extra energy Tuesday morning as they race through the cargo area of a C-5, while dragging chains used to tie down cargo during a tour on the flightline here recently. DEFY is a leadership and mentorship program created by the Department of Defense in 1993 to combat high rates of substance abuse. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class James Bolinger)

    DEFY Camp empowers Team Dover children

    From lessons on drug prevention and healthy living to C-5 and Humvee tours, the 21 children from the Dover Air Force Base community, who participated in this year's Drug Education for Youth camp, were treated to a wide variety of activities this week. Open to all DoD dependents, the summer leadership camp, which began Monday, and runs through this
  • Senior Airman Emanuel Rodrigues, 436th Medical Support Squadron biomedical equipment journeyman at Dover Air Force Base, Del., performs a functional check and verifies the calibration on a blood pressure machine. Airman Rodrigues is responsible to ensure medical equipment is serviceable and safe prior to customers receiving care. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Melissa Phillips)

    436th Medical Group prepares for inspection

    The 436th Medical Group is busy preparing for two simultaneous inspections. The Health Service Inspection and Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care are scheduled Aug. 2 - 4. Although both inspections test compliance and how well the Medical Group provides health care, the inspections are administered by two separate auditing
  • Patrick Keefe, Eagle Creek Golf Course assitant golf professional, shows a group of children how to properly hit an iron, emphazing grip on the club and aiming at the target. The children are participating in the Ladies Professional Golf Association Urban Youth Golf Program where they learn from LPGA instructors and Dover members. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class James Bolinger)

    LPGA, Dover teach youth golf

    The Ladies Professional Golf Association Urban Youth Golf League took Eagle Creek Golf Course by storm Wednesday during the third week of a six-week golf camp. Approximately 65 children attended the weekly event to learn about the sport from LPGA instructors and Dover Team members. Patrick Keefe, Eagle Creek Golf Course assistant golf professional,

  • MSG, MDG commanders pass the reigns

    Dover bid farewell to two group commanders during change of command ceremonies here recently. Col. Robert King, 436th Mission Support Group commander, relinquished command to Col. Vic Sowers at the Air Mobility Command Museum July 14. Colonel King and his wife, Ruth, are heading to Iowa State University. Colonel King will command the Air Force
  • Senior Airman Sasha Cummings, 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron, “holds down the fort” against an insurgent attack during the Expeditionary Combat Skills Training exercise "Base X" here July 13. ECST consists of a minimum of 19 hours of training divided between classroom instruction and “hands-on” field training and is required for all deploying Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James Wilkinson)

    ECST preps Airmen for deployments

    "Do not depend on the enemy not coming, but depend on our readiness against him." This principle, taken from Sun Tzu's The Art of War, written in the 2nd Century B.C., is being applied by the Air Force today to prepare Airmen for waging a new kind of war - the Global War on Terror. Expeditionary Combat Skills Training, an Air Force-mandated

  • Take steps towards a healthier life style

    "These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do." These lyrics shot Nancy Sinatra to the No. 1 Billboard musical slot in 1966 where she stayed for 14 weeks. In roughly the same amount of time, those lyrics can help us improve our Air Force fitness scores. As part of the "Fit to Fight" program, we all are required to pass our

  • SFS net AF award

    The 436th Security Forces Squadron recently garnered the Air Force’s award for Best Anti-terrorism Program for an Operational Unit. The squadron, which had won at the command level, is following an award-winning trend. Dover has garnered successive annual installation, unit or program manager antiterrorism awards since 1998. Captain Thomas
  • More than 60 members of the Dover Team march in Tuesday's Independence Day Parade in the city of Dover.

    Dover AFB helps city salute America's birthday

    More than 70 members of Team Dover helped our host city celebrate the birth of America Tuesday, with day-long activities, from a hometown parade to musical entertainment and a fireworks display. Hundreds of community members and visitors to the "First State," staked out spots on both sides of State Street, for the City of Dover's Independence Day

  • LSEP evaluates maintenance, logistics performance

    While most units sole focus was just the Unit Compliance Inspection during the second week of January, the 436th Maintenance and Mission Support Groups and their underlying units were challenged with two inspections simultaneously. The Logistics Standardization and Evaluation Program was conducted in conjunction with the UCI inspector general team
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