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  • Stay safe for the holidays

    Many are already decking their halls in anticipation for a merry Christmas. Here are a few things to keep in mind to keep your holiday safe.   Water your natural Christmas tree daily. A dry tree is an unsafe one.   Keep your Christmas tree away from heat sources.   Be careful with holiday

  • It's that time of year again

    Staff Sgt. Tam Nguyen, 78th Medical Group Immunization Clinic noncommissioned officer in charge, administers a flu shot to Col. Lyle Drew, 78th Air Base Wing commander. The Influenza vaccine is here and available for all TRICARE beneficiaries. The goal is to have 90 percent of the active duty and

  • Robins’ Mental Health Office offers suicide prevention tips

    Friends and family often wrestle with feelings of regret when losing a loved one to suicide. Most are left wondering what they could’ve done to prevent the situation. Robins’ Clinical Psychologist and Installation Suicide Prevention Program Manager, Capt. John Terry, said while suicide has a low

  • Navigating Disasters

    This year’s natural disasters have been brutal for many in the United States. Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Texas, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico have all been directly affected by hurricanes in 2017.And by the way, California was on fire. A team from the Federal

  • Robins, Georgia Tech partner for the future

    Robins Air Force Base and the Georgia Institute of Technology mutually entered into an Educational Partnership Agreement on Sept 29, 2017. Georgia Tech also took the opportunity to welcome Team Robins as members into their Manufacturing Institute Industrial Partners program. Those two trailblazing

  • Exercise! Exercise! Exercise!

     The 78th Medical Group recently conducted a Disease Containment Point of Distribution, or PoD, exercise from its warehouse facility. The event tested the group’s ability to respond to the needs of Robins’ mission-essential personnel in the event of a major public health emergency within the

  • Commentary: 'Dear Alcohol ...'

    Dear Alcohol,  I’m sure you’ve been wondering where I’ve been the last few years. And although I know you feel you deserve an explanation, it’s none of your business. Even so, here you go.There’s no denying that you’ve always been there for me. In fact, you’ve been a part of my life for as long as I

  • AFMC commander: Agility, innovation to fuel future of AF logistics

    The future of Air Force logistics will find Airmen tapping into a secure digital network of archived additive manufacturing specifications, allowing for the 3D-printed creation of a weapons system component whenever and wherever needed.This agile manufacturing approach is just one way Air Force

  • Prepping for hurricane relief at Robins

    Robins Air Force Base was teeming with activity as Hurricane Irma approached Florida last week. At the FEMA Fuel Staging Area on base, Lee Mahan, from Chatham, Virginia, conducts preventive maintenance service prior to leave for a mission in support of FEMA’s Hurricane relief effort. (U.S. Air

  • Remembering 9/11 - A Fearless Nation

    Most of us can recall where we were on September 11, 2001. I was a brand new chaplain in the Air Force at Scott Air Force Base.  When the news came of the New York City Twin Towers being attacked, I sat glued to the television and a terrible gut wrenching feeling came over me as if the end of the

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