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  • Cadet corps helps youth learn about military

    Young people can now learn about military life without ever joining. The Naval Sea Cadet Corps was established as a youth group designed to teach patriotism, leadership, and basic naval skills to Americans age 10 to high school seniors. Ron Baker, a retired Navy captain and headquarters

  • Units to merge into 78th Force Support Squadron

    This summer, the 78th Mission Support Squadron and the 78th Services Division will merge to become the 78th Force Support Squadron. The standing up of the 78th FSS is part of a Program Action Decision. All Air Force bases are projected to be in this structure by 2010, with most merging in summer

  • Program allows wounded Soldier to recover at Robins

    Sergeant Joe Krummert, a paratrooper assigned to the 1230th Transportation Company in the Georgia Army National Guard at Bainbridge, Ga., was riding in an armored vehicle in Iraq when an accident caused by a roadside improvised explosive device turned his world upside down. Sergeant Krummert

  • Random tests help deter drug use

    The Air Force has zero tolerance for drug use. The Drug Demand Reduction Program, an Air Force-wide random drug testing program established in the late 1970s, is a force the military branch uses to deter illegal drug use. All active-duty military members can be tested at random. However, only

  • Members of 19th MXS restore a Shooting Star

    For one Black Knight, the decay of a T-33 Shooting Star Trainer in front of the Warner Robins Recreation Department was more than he could bear. Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Hamilton felt The Shooting Star, which stands on Watson Boulevard as a symbol of the close ties between the Air Force and the city,

  • Members from Marine helicopter squadron visits Robins, its eventual home

    The sky above Robins took an unusual beating March 25 when a pair of rotary aircraft landed at the alert pad. Two helicopters, an AH-1 Super Cobra and an UH-1N Huey, made the short spin to Robins to give members of the media a glimpse into the mission of the Marine Light Attack Helicopter

  • What time is it? It’s ‘Happy Hour’!

    Everyday, the 22,000-plus members on Robins Air Force Base get a helping hand from a group called the Houston County Association for Exceptional Citizens, or Happy Hour Service Center, as it's commonly known. From picking up recyclables such as paper, cardboard, plastic and newspaper in every work

  • AF recruit drops 128 pounds to enlist

    Will Sims will enter basic training Monday as one of the Air Force's newest recruits. It is a significant milestone in a wild journey that began more than a year ago, when this young man set forth to overcome an obstacle that could keep others with less determination and resolve out of the military.

  • Robins workers moonlight as volunteer firefighters

    When Staff Sgt. Michael Steele and Senior Airman Tyrone Moreland aren't defending their country, they're defending people's property and lives. Sergeant Steele and Senior Airman Tyrone Moreland, who are both maintenance operations controllers in the 5th Combat Communications Support Squadron at

  • Panel discusses efforts to renew Robins work force

    When it comes to developing a workforce capable of supporting the warfighter for generations to come, the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center is breaking the mold. In October members of the WR-ALC joined the Aero-space Industry Committee, Defense Acquisition Univer-sity and Macon State College to

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