ORI: Getting you ready!

Last week, Team Dover participated in a deployment exercise to practice and test units' and individual Airmen's ability to prepare and deploy for combat. According to the 436th Airlift Wing Plans and Programs office, the Nov. 1 through 4 DEPEX was the first of many coming exercise and training

What does the ORI mean to Dover?

The Operation Readiness Inspection is coming ... what does this mean to you? Outside real-world taskings, the ORI will potentially be the single-most significant event that Airmen will experience at Dover. For that reason, Airmen need to understand the importance of this inspection and how they

History of Veteran’s Day

World War I ended with the implementation of an armistice between the Allies and Germany at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of November, 1918. The following year, on the anniversary to the end of WWI, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the first Armistice Day. "To us in America, the

Dover hosts 1st AFSO 21 leadership course

Dover Air Force Base hosted the first-ever Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st century senior leader's course Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. The two-day course, designed to give leadership the tools to meet AFSO 21 objectives, trained 32 officers and four civilians and, according to some of the officers in

Dover named best in AMC

The stage was set for a tough competition as forces from the Mid-Atlantic battled forces from the South and West. The stakes were high - with money and pride on the table. Who would rise to the top of the command and bolster their pride? Who would take home the winnings? Dover Air Force Base soared

Tricks or Treats

Annual craft show comes to Dover

If you haven't started your Christmas shopping this year, then the Dover Officer's Spouse's Club Craft Show has got a great deal for you! The 22nd Annual Dover OSC Craft Show will feature more than 200 vendors selling their handmade gift ideas. One of the largest single-day craft shows on the

Team Dover falls 2-1 at title game, Beracruz wins soccer championship

The Team Dover soccer team played against the Derbotibo Beracruz with a resulting score of 2 - 1 in the Liga de futbol de clubs asociados de Delaware (LIFUCAD) soccer championship game at Dover High School Sunday afternoon. "Our coaches feel this was a great win because we worked really hard for

Standing up a squadron, 736th/712th AMXS share difficulties, rewards of starting from scratch

It is the job of many Dover Air Force Base squadrons to keep its newest airlift asset mission ready. But few people are as intimately involved as Team Dover's 736th and 712th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron members. These two symbiotic units perform all the flightline maintenance for Dover's five C-17

In the Spotlight

Congratulations to the following 436th Airlift Wing's third quarter award winners: Airman Senior Airman Blake Flora 436th Medical Group NCO Tech. Sgt. Donna Dickson 436th Maintenance Group Senior NCO Senior Master Sgt. Nicole Sheleva 436th Mission Support Group Junior Company Grade Officer 2nd Lt.