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March 21, 2017
Combat Arms ensure mission readiness through partnership with JB MDL

Camouflaged figures move rapidly carefully keeping in shadows, their identities cloaked by darkness as they carry heavy weapons, equipment and enough ammunition to confront a small army.
Feb. 28, 2017
Comprehensive Airman Fitness: Mental stability

For a machine to function properly, the screws must be set, balance maintained and gaskets must be in good repair. Maybe that’s why mental instability is often characterized as having a loose screw, being out of balance or blowing a gasket.
Feb. 14, 2017
Sitterly visits Team Dover, annual awards nominees

Daniel Sitterly, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, traveled from his office in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., to meet Team Dover’s annual award nominees here on February 3rd.
Nov. 15, 2016
Dover ‘mother’ takes Airman under wing

The Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the 436th Airlift Wing, developed the Adopt an Airman Program in November 2015.
Oct. 26, 2016
ALS receives Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Service Award

The Staff Sgt. Julio Alonso Airman Leadership School received the 2016 Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Award during a reception and dinner at Dover Downs Hotel Oct. 19, 2016.
Oct. 18, 2016
Take time to explore, make time to restore

In front of him stood a nondescript dirt path overrun with trees and brush. Turning to his wife, he said, ‘let’s see where it leads.’
Oct. 18, 2016
Snapshot: Sparky reads to CDC members

Staff Sgt. Julio Madera, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department lead fire inspector, reads to children during Fire Prevention Week Oct. 14, 2016, at the Child Development Center on Dover Air Force Base, Del. The department led approximately 10 public events during the week to share fire
Oct. 11, 2016
Snapshot: DAFB First Responders set aside day for Exceptional Families

Senior Airmen James Marker and Jamie Perigny, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters, help Merric Hunt, son of Master Sgt. Adam Hunt, 436th Maintenance Squadron Isochronal Maintenance Dock chief, try on firefighting bunker gear during the Dover Air Force Base First Responders’ Special Needs Day
Oct. 11, 2016
Fire Prevention Week urges: ‘Don’t wait – Check the Date!’

Col. Ethan Griffin, 436th Airlift Wing commander, Chief Master Sgt. Andy Morris, 436th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department fire chief, and Sparky the Fire Dog signed the Fire Prevention Week proclamation Oct. 6, 2016, at Dover AFB.
Sept. 23, 2016
Runway reopens with ribbon cutting ceremony

More than 200 members of Team Dover and the local community attended a ribbon cutting ceremony Sept. 23, 2016, on the flightline behind the 436th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department on Dover AFB. Those in attendance included several U.S. senators, local government members and members of the