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  • Chikungunya: It has nothing to do with chickens

    It's that time of year again. The sun's shining, the grass is growing, summer vacations are in sight, and the bugs are coming out. Understanding the risks associated with international travel could make all the difference in your post-vacation recovery.  Many associate the warm, humid months with an increase in mosquitoes; however, mosquitoes are
  • From left, Senior Airman Brenton Taylor, Airman 1st lass Maria Valencia-Ruiz and Senior Airman Derrick Thomas are three of the 22 security forces Airmen serving in the Elite Gate Guard section at Robins. Members must apply for their positions and are chosen based on overall professional customer service and courtesy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tommie Horton)

    Welcome to Robins: Security Forces Elite Guard puts its best foot forward

    In the heat, rain, snow or sleet, the guards stand watch. Sitting in a temperature-controlled vehicle, one might not stop to think about the protectors who control traffic coming onto Robins Air Force Base every day, but they're the first faces 20,000-plus workers see coming into the base each day.Twenty-two members of the 78th Security Forces

  • Huntington Middle School honors children during ‘Month of the Military Child’

    Huntington Middle School has the second highest middle school military population in Houston County. To honor that, the school held a pep rally to recognize those children.It was an emotional day April 10 for both Tammy Love, business and computer science teacher at HMS, as well as Col. Dawn Lancaster, 78th Air Base Wing vice commander.During the
  • Golfers practice their shots at the Pine Oaks Golf Course driving range, April 13, 2015.(U.S. Air Force photo by Misuzu Allen)

    Pine Oaks Golf Course has something for everyone

    There's golf going on at the Pine Oaks Golf Course, but there's a little more to whet your appetite as well. Tons of programs are offered, including a beginners' Nine-Hole Golf League, an April special promotion on Sunday afternoons, and Month of the Military Child specials. Be on the lookout this summer for Link Up to Golf and Learn to Play, a
  • Senior Airman Skyler Miller, 78th Aerospace Medicine Squadron Bioenvironmental engineer journeyman, tests her gas mask at the start of a chlorine response field training exercise at Warrior Air Base March 27. The goal of the exercise was to test teamwork skills and processes during a simulated emergency. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ed Aspera)

    Totally toxic training: Joint exercise tests mission capability

    Donning oxygen masks and tanks and brightly colored blue and green hazardous material suits, three Airmen made their way from the command center to the back of a building to find a chemical agent.As part of a joint training exercise between the fire department, civil engineering, bioenvironmental engineering and emergency management, the Chemical,

  • Holocaust memorial week starts Sunday

    At the end of World War II, the Jewish community founded a week dedicated to remembering the holocaust.The Week of Remembrance starts April 12 on Holocaust Remembrance Day, called Yom Hashoah. A service at Temple Beth Israel in Macon will start at 7 p.m. and is open to the public.There will be a presentation and well as a memorial service.At Robins

  • Strong spiritual fitness helps in challenging times

    On a bright day, a 5-year-old boy and his mother were driving home after spending time with his grandparents. After stopping at a four-way stop, the mother checked traffic and proceeded on her way. Out of sight behind a hill, a woman approached the same intersection driving more than 90 mph. The woman was heavily intoxicated. She missed the stop

  • Volunteers needed to keep base green and clean

    The Robins Pride program needs your help to assist in keeping our base community clean and green all year long. Organizations can adopt a specific public area for such duties as picking up fallen limbs, raking leaves, picking up trash and emptying receptacles along roadways and trails; weed-eating and pruning bushes; cleaning signs, memorial
  • Bob Zwitch, Robins Wood Crafts club president, demonstrates how to use a band saw. The club started a few months ago after the craft shop closed. Members can use the various tools located in the crafts room to create furniture, shadow boxes, shelves and more. (U.S. Air Force photo by Misuzu Allen)

    Whittling Away: Wood Craft Club gives Robins creative outlet

    For some people, certain types of work just come naturally.For people interested in woodworking, there's now a place to perfect their skill, the Robins Wood Crafts Club, which officially opened in its new home in February, in Bldg. 981 on 10th Street next to the Outdoor Recreation and Arts and Crafts building.Bill Gurr, director, Outdoor

  • Air Force Aid Society, AFAF helping those in need

    When Airmen need a little financial assistance, the Air Force Aid Society is there to help.Walter Anderson, Airman and Family Readiness Center community readiness consultant, oversees several programs housed under the AFAS.The programs provide child care vouchers, grants for secondary education, emergency loans and classes for expecting
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