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  • Staying healthy during the holidays

    It’s that time of the year again. Squadron potlucks, family dinners, and eating out while shopping or traveling. According to a recent study by Cornell University, some Americans will consume 4500 calories and 250 grams of fat during holiday celebration dinners leading to an average weight gain of

  • Seven Tips to Having a Successful Friendsgiving

    The Thanksgiving season is upon us and for many Airmen here at Dover, it will be spent away from their families. That’s the bad news. The good news is that many of those Airmen will be celebrating Friendsgiving!

  • ECARS: Keeping Dover’s Air Clean

    Here at Dover AFB, we have a requirement for all employees who drive their privately owned vehicles on base for work 60 days or more a year to complete their vehicle registration in the Employee-vehicle Certification and Reporting System, or ECARS. This is an Air Force program that will ensure the

  • Dover Airman volunteers with SERE specialists

    Over the past two months, I’ve had a somewhat unorthodox volunteer experience with the Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists. I’ve been hoisted up into a helicopter from the ocean, pulled around on the back of a jet ski, and I’ve even driven around on an all-terrain vehicle dressed

  • Good things happen when MVPs align

    Have you ever wondered, “Why are we doing this?” “What does this have to do with the big picture or overall goal?” “Why is this important?”

  • OPSEC and you

    The desired effect of OPSEC is to influence the adversary’s behavior and actions by protecting friendly operations and activities. You have probably been practicing Operations Security (OPSEC) in your personal life without even knowing it.

  • The Quest for Innovation Continues

    In the quest for innovation and the ability to meet increasing requirements with decreasing resources, game-changing technologies and paradigm-shifting discoveries are relatively few and expensive to incorporate. However, constant marginal adjustments and increased mastery within our spheres of

  • AF history gives life to "Eve of Tomorrow"

    This month we will celebrate the Air Force’s 71st birthday. As we prepare for celebrating this milestone at Dover’s Air Force Ball, event organizers have themed the ball as “Eve of Tomorrow.” This idea spawns from a positive desire to get Airmen excited about looking forward, placing emphasis on

  • Routine eye exam, rare diagnosis

    I recently made an appointment with the optometrist on base. It was my first eye exam in more than 10 years, and it couldn’t have been better timing.

  • Exciting Times to be an Airman

    Reflecting back on the last decade of the Air Force, just like everything in life, there have been a few highs and lows. However, I believe this is a very exciting time to serve in the United States Air Force. We are focusing on re-growing the force, developing our Airmen, and transforming our