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  • Airmen celebrate National Nutrition Month

    March is National Nutrition Month, a time to focus and re-emphasize the importance of eating right and getting plenty of exercise--time well spent for Airmen wishing to reach an "Excellent" score on their physical fitness tests.This year's theme, "Eat Right with Color," emphasizes including a

  • McConnell to make CWC history

    More than donning the "general issue" gas mask, McConnell is taking a historic step by hosting a chemical weapons convention exercise March 28 to April 1, 2011.The CWC will be Air Mobility Commands first base-wide, CWC 301 Mock On-Site inspection. The CWC is a multi-national arms control treaty that

  • Invisible wounds

    As deployment rates continue to climb, and the jobs exceed the number of available workers, Airmen may forget to keep their guard up for one of their deadliest foes and greatest allies- their mental health ."We provide our Airmen the best equipment in the entire would, without a doubt, but it's the

  • McConnell reaches out through fitness

    "Ten seconds left. Five seconds, push, push!" said the fitness assessment cell member with a booming voice.Adrenaline pumping, Airmen regularly push a little harder to get those last few points of their Air Force fitness test as the time winds down. In this case, however, the FAC member wasn't

  • MARE challenges Airmen

    In 2010 1,543 tornados struck taking 45 lives in the U.S., in preparation for severe weather McConnell participated in a major accident response exercise, March 10, 2011. Tying into the base priority of Ready Base and Ready Airmen, the MARE tested the skills of McConnell's Airmen to respond to a