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  • Tropical trouble

    While at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Chaplain (Capt.) Richard Rojas and a group of 25 SCAB members boarded a helicopter and set off for a spiritual retreat on Roatan Island, off the Honduran coast, coordinated by Chaplain Rojas.Then the storm rolled in. The clouds and rain reduced the helicopter

  • Team Dover C-5 Airmen return from vital mission

    At 4:30 p.m. on any given Friday one can hear the sounds of tires screeching as the majority of servicemembers and their families head out to enjoy the weekend.At 4:30 p.m. on March 3, 2011, servicemembers and their families weren't headed off for the weekend, they were headed to the flight-line to

  • Ruckin' to Remember

    More than 170 Airmen, soldiers and Marines strapped on 30-pound rucksacks and ran a 6.2-mile course for the 12th Annual Ruck March, organized by the 436th Security Forces Squadron, beginning at the Air Mobility Command museum here Feb. 26, 2011.The march commemorates the "Chosin Few", or the troops

  • Combat truckers

    When entertainer Jerry Reed sang "East Bound and Down," he probably didn't expect the truckers' "long way to go" would be a forward operating base in Iraq.It's a catchy tune for a movie, but the "Bandits" in "Smokey and the Bandit" weren't exactly hauling ammunition from place-to-place in hostile

  • Dover program enhances leadership

    The Air Force places a premium on developing people. With educated, motivated and healthy individuals, the Air Force will become a better team. However, any team's mission can be hindered by stressed individuals. Many people have problems that lead to stress. To solve these problems they often seek

  • The Moore family: lifetimes of service

    They've fought terrorism in the Middle East and flown missions into Kosovo. They've served in Desert Storm, Vietnam, Korea and both World Wars. They fought on both sides of the Civil War and struggled to win our nation its independence from Britain. This example of dedicated American military

  • Honor: The integrity, service, excellence of the Dover AFB Honor Guard

    Integrity, service, excellence; these three words are the basis of what it means to be an Airman in the United States Air Force. The honor guard here is no exception. The honor guard members are chosen for their singular dedication to the integrity, service and excellence it takes to bring honor to

  • Uncovering the ‘ghosts’ of Halloween’s past

    The hands of the old clock stand vertical as tiny ghoulish creatures pass to and fro', their heads measuring eye to eye with the ghostly fog, snaking around the buildings, houses and yards. The streets of Eagle Heights, which were once the pride of the command for their beautiful houses and

  • Conquering willpower and crossing the finish line - one marathoner's story

    It was once said, "the will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success."Most participants of a marathon prove this verse to be true, they do not run the race to win it - they run the race to finish. The battle a marathoner struggles with is the will from within. It is a

  • Haiti: A rewarding experience

    Haiti, the small island beset by terrible earthquakes in January 2010, was the target of aid from many countries around the globe, not the least of which the United States, it's neighbor to the north.Haiti is the poorest country in the Americas, and the massive earthquake, which shook it down to its