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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Dover hosts AF rider-coach trainer course

    Recently the Air Force Safety Center selected Dover Air Force Base as one of eight Air Force bases to host a Motorcycle Safety Foundation Rider-Coach Preparation Workshop. Dover reinstated the Basic Motorcycle Safety Course last August after a 10-year hiatus and is now looking to train instructors

  • New travel system changes way DoD members schedule, claim military travel

    Dover Air Force Base will soon join other Department of Defense organizations that already use the new Defense Travel System. "DTS is a state-of-the-art system that draws from the best features of commercial travel technology and links them to the DoD financial and accounting systems to provide the

  • Burning down the house

    More than 395,000 homes went up in flames in the U. S. in 2004. However, firefighters don't get to train daily on a burning house to practice extinguishing it. Instead, they must wait until a fire actually happens. That can change on the rare occasion a department gets to burn a building down on

  • Retired Airman receives award for bravery

    A retired master sergeant was awarded the Airman's Medal at the Air Mobility Command Museum February 22. Forty-eight years, eight months and 19 days after retired Master Sgt. Linwood A. Miller saved the lives of his fellow crew members after a deadly plane crash in 1957, he was rewarded for his

  • Help is here: Financial guidance for those in need

    Tax season can be an intense time each year when people's attention has an added focus on personal finances. For some, finances can be confusing, stressful or simply frightening. Airmen and their families have a lot to deal with between their duties at work, families at home and other daily