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  • Med Group gears up for decon training

    You're shopping at the Base Exchange. All of a sudden patrons next to you begin passing out. Some sort of unseen chemical agent is floating in the air. You can't see or smell it, but you know something's up because you start to feel confused, dizzy, sick.Next thing you know you're laid out next to a

  • Base scrap yard a hidden jewel for recycling metal items

    Don't chunk your office's old junk. There's a place on base that's more than happy to take those old cast-offs. Just this year, the scrap yard at Robins has scrapped about 920 tons of scrap metal, electric motors and wire to generate nearly $90K in proceeds.These proceeds go directly back to the

  • Rest assured, it'll work

    The great behemoth of a plane, the C-5 with the Dover tail number, is given the once over by flight engineers after a recent unplanned depot-level maintenance stop here.The inspection isn't just a cursory glance; the engineers spend hours checking all the systems the maintenance team has

  • To Protect, Serve: Base, community to celebrate Police Week

    Police officers put their lives on the line every day. And beginning Sunday, National Peace Officer Memorial Day, and through next week, the base and surrounding communities will recognize all police officers' selfless service.A Reveille ceremony will be held at 7 a.m. at Bldg. 905 Monday, followed

  • Tight Squeeze: Base FES exercises confined spaces rescue skills

    Lie down, then slowly scoot on your side or belly while wearing a head-to-toe protective suit and respirator, and you've just begun a day in the life of an aircraft mechanic who works inside a C-130 fuel tank.It's hot, dark, smells faintly of jet fuel - and you've only got inches to spare as you go

  • C-17 Division move makes day-to-day mission stronger

    The C-17 Division is finally all under one roof following the move of one of its branch's 60 personnel from Bldg. 380 to one location at Bldg. 660."This is just a great opportunity for more teamwork and team building. It consolidates us in one location, and makes the work that we do day-to-day to

  • National Hurricane Preparedness Week slated May 15 through 21

    The official Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1 and runs through Nov. 30. An average year will consist of 12 named storms, six of which will become hurricanes, with three becoming major storms. Even as it may, the men and women of the 78th Operations Support Squadron's Weather Flight are busily

  • Air Force occupational safety sponsors Fall Protection focus weeks

    Air Force Occupational Safety will sponsor Fall Protection Focus weeks through May 13 to draw attention to avoidable mishaps due to falls.During calendars years 2011 to 2015, falls were responsible for 6,724 Air Force injuries that resulted in 42,539 lost work days at a cost of nearly $65

  • Med Group celebrates nurse, medical tech week

    Each year in May, nearly 3.4 million registered nurses, constituting our nation's largest health care profession in the United States, begin a weeklong celebration recognizing the contributions nurse's make to healthcare.The week begins today, marked as National Nurse's Day, and ends on Thursday,

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