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  • AFMC Sport Bike Course to teach bike safety at Robins

    Robins is among several Air Force Materiel Command bases to host a Sport Bike Course to teach riders how to be safer. Robins began training instructors for the sport bike course March 3 and will continue preparing people to teach the course through March 15. The Sport Bike Course, an Air Mobility

  • Waste water treatment plant embraces VPP challenge

    The supervisor and operators of the Robins waste water treatment plant had no reservations about accepting the Bronze Star challenge of the Voluntary Protection Program last October. As far as the plant's staff is concerned, they have been on the VPP journey for the last seven years. "I've always

  • Deployment readiness a vital skill

    Being ready to deploy is a key factor for the Operational Readiness Inspection in April. It's a skill Robins Airmen are on top of. Col. Patrick Higby, 78th Mission Support Group commander, who is the daytime Warrior Air Base commander and Emergency Operations Center director for the ORI, said Airmen

  • Robins to get regional contracting center

    As early as fiscal 2010, Robins will be the home to a regional contracting center. The new center will handle Air Force contracting for bases in five southeastern states and will bring several hundred new jobs to Robins. The new center is one of several changes taking place as part of the

  • Team Robins Shines at LSET re-look

    The Air Force Materiel Command Logistics Standardization and Evaluation Team returned last week for a second look at areas around Robins which were a concern during the September 2007 original LSET inspection, and noted many improvements. Thirty-five inspectors from HQ AFMC and other AFMC bases

  • Couple offers advice on making finances work

    Justin and Kim Ritchie had different financial styles from the start. But Mr. Ritchie, a sales manager for Cox Communications, and Mrs. Ritchie, a production management specialist trainee in the 569th Combat Sustainment Squadron, knew they could work through them. Justin is more reserved with money.

  • 5th CCG scores Excellent during ORI

    The 5th Combat Communications Group is taking a long weekend after receiving an overall excellent rating during their recent operational readiness inspection. "This is the best 5th CCG inspection in 11 years," said Col. Carl Block the group's commander. "This cements us winning best large

  • Team Lean Challenge to promote weight loss, camaraderie

    You have the desire to lose weight and change your eating and exercising behaviors, but find you just can't go it alone. Air Force Materiel Command's Team Lean Challenge, or TLC, may be the motivator you've been hoping for. TLC is a command-wide initiative to promote and support weight loss for

  • AFMC mandates BMI changes for its Airmen

    An Air Force Materiel Command initiative is calling for its military Airmen to lower their body mass index. In early December 2007, AFMC's Vice Commander Lt. Gen. Terry Gabreski directed all AFMC commanders to cut their units' obesity rates by 10 percent in the first half of 2008 and reduce the rate

  • Robins captain selected for coveted pilot training program

    Capt. Jack Rhodes's dream of becoming a pilot started in the fourth grade when he first visited the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. He knew then his passion would take him to the sky. "I visited the Academy and fell in love with it," he said. "I set my goal back then and said, 'I want

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