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  • Robins Elementary to share principals with Maxwell Air Force Base Elementary

    Melissa Hayes and Brian Perry have elementary education covered for the Air Force. Ms. Hayes, principal at Robins Elementary School and Maxwell Air Force Base Elementary School near Montgomery, Ala., and Mr. Perry, vice principal at the schools, are pulling double duty for the bases that serve the

  • Changes to military leave policies give Airmen more leeway

    The Department of Defense has recently implemented new policies that may allow military members to carry more leave from fiscal year to fiscal year. The policies, which took effect on June 24 and are retroactive to Jan. 28, will remain in effect until Dec. 31, 2010. While initial guidance on changes

  • Pine Oaks hosts AF training camp

    The top active-duty golfers in the Air Force will converge on Robins' Pine Oaks Golf Course beginning Sunday for a four-day tournament as part of Air Force golf training camp. Nearly 40 golfers will compete for a chance to be invited to participate on the Air Force golf team. Tech. Sgt. Ty Reyes,

  • Youth finds success on local softball team

    Although as a military dependent, Julia Bell is used to being the new kid on the block and a bit different from her classmates, the 11-year-old sixth grader said dividing lines fade away when she's on the softball field. The Dayton, Ohio, native is in her second year of playing for the Krushers, a

  • Robins HAWC offers tool kit for health and wellness

    Robins is working overtime to help its members live healthy lives. Joining in the effort is a trio at the Health and Wellness Center, who have the task of educating and motivating the base population on such topics as health, nutrition, diet and exercise. The HAWC sponsors numerous classes, many

  • Base energy campaign making great strides, but journey incomplete

    As the summer heat continues to rise, members of the Robins Energy team are urging Team Robins to answer Commander Kill A Watt's call to battle. "August is traditionally the hottest month so we really have to focus on waste control as the temperatures rise," said Judah Bradley, a Robins energy

  • Construction to begin on new Marine hangar

    Under a tent on the base's outback, members of the Robins community joined with members of the Marine Light/Attack Helicopter Squadron 773 to celebrate the groundbreaking of a hangar symbolizing the units impending arrival to Robins. The flightline stood in the foreground of the celebration, adorned

  • Owen: sad to leave, optimistic about future

    Maj. Gen. Tom Owen and his wife, Mary Beth, will say goodbye to Robins for the third time in his active-duty career after the change of command Aug. 7. After two years as commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, the general said it would be hard to bid Robins farewell. General Owen said