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  • Base Lodging gets re-accredited

    Pine Oaks Lodge has passed its 2010 accreditation inspection, which is basically military lodging's version of an operational readiness inspection. Eight major categories and 500 line items were inspected, and a score of 85 percent is required for accreditation. The lodge got 87 percent, said Rick

  • Lifeguard selected to Hawks dance team

    Fans of the Atlanta Hawks will see a Team Robins member at games in the upcoming season. Andrea "Andi" Phillips, a full-time lifeguard with Outdoor Recreation, was among over 200 women to try out recently for the A-Town Dancers, the Hawks dance team, and she made the squad. The dancers perform

  • Geese removal vital to aircraft safety

    Much is done to ensure the safety of aircraft flights at Robins, including rounding up a flock of Canada geese. Last week members of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's wildlife branch came to Robins to collect 17 geese residing at Scout Lake. The geese, along with other birds, are a danger to

  • Labor, management group connecting dots for better relationships

    The simple idea of labor and management at Robins sitting down on a regular basis to talk is yielding positive results. One of those results is a Connectors Group in the 402nd Maintenance Wing, comprised of both employees and supervisors. The group meets once per month to discuss how they can work

  • Marine unit beds down, changes command

    Team Robins members gathered in a new hangar July 1 to watch Lt. Col. Thomas J. Nemeth III relinquish command of Marine Aircraft Group 49, Detachment A to Lt. Col. Michael Johnson. The change of command of Robins' newest unit was followed by an official welcoming ceremony featuring remarks from Maj.

  • Bear sightings on Robins no cause for alarm

    In the past couple of weeks, numerous people have reported seeing a black bear in the area between the commissary and Marchbanks Drive.Bob Sargent, natural resources manager at Robins, said approximately 10 people reported seeing a black bear in that area, usually in the early morning. All of the

  • Bystander Intervention Training teaches people to assess situations and act

    Every now and then the same shocking story seems to show up in the news about someone who was ignored by many while in dire need of help. One of the latest was the case of a girl in California who was being sexually assaulted in an open area, and numerous witnesses failed to intervene or even so

  • First C-130 AMP kit arrives, work to begin in August

    A significant new workload will begin at Robins this fall after approval of low-rate initial production of the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program.The initial production calls for Boeing to supply kits for cockpit upgrades on 20 C-130H aircraft. The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center will install

  • Son of Robins master sergeant to compete in junior olympics

    The son of a Robins senior NCO will participate in the trap shooting competition in the upcoming National Junior Olympic Championships. Justin Brooks, son of Senior Master Sgt. Rodney Brooks, earned a spot by winning a regional qualifying event in double trap shooting and finishing second in single

  • Robins Airman pockets win at Las Vegas pool championship

    Two years ago, Senior Airman Davis Lastrapes and his wife went shopping for a dining room table, but instead they came home with a pool table. Lastrapes had played pool exactly once in his life, when he was a child, but they didn't find a dining table they liked. He came across what seemed like a

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