• Wing Safety offers countermeasures against fatigue and sleep deprivation

    Fatigue Fatigue can be the most dangerous foe to contend with during sustained operations. It is dismissed as necessary risk all too often with deadly consequences. It is not a sign of stamina or endurance to forgo sleep, nor is it a sign of "age" to need sleep. Maximize your sleep/rest cycle

  • We Remember: Derby Middle School celebrates Veterans Day

    A moment of silence signified the beginning the Derby Middle School's Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 13. Then, Tom Sholts, an eighth grader, played "Taps", calling to mind friends lost and battles won. The celebration was the brainchild of Sue Wilson, eighth grade principal, and Tracy Anderson, teacher

  • McConnell chief master sergeant promotions announced

    Congratulations to the following Team McConnell members who were selected for promotion to chief master sergeant Nov. 14. 22nd Medical Operations Squadron John Balmer 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron Fermin Gomez

  • New Tricare beneficiary Web site available

    Tricare Prime and Prime Remote beneficiaries in the United States, including Hawaii and Alaska, can enroll online with the new beneficiary Web enrollment, known as BWE. "The new online system may be one of Tricare's most convenient tools to date," said Army Maj. Gen. Elder Granger, deputy director

  • DOD continues efforts to enroll marrow donors

    Every 15 minutes someone in the United States is diagnosed with a medical condition that requires treatment with bone marrow or a blood stem cell transplant. Every day more than 6,000 men, women and children around the world search the National Donor Program Registry for a life-saving donor.

  • Airmen, 'Great Patriots' celebrate Veterans Day

    It isn't very often Mark Pavlovich Polushenko, an 83-year-old retired infantry lieutenant colonel with the former Soviet Union Army, has occasion to put on his military service dress uniform. The opportunity came again Nov. 12 during a special Veterans Day event here. Colonel Polushenko was among a

  • Manas members help local orphans

    Candy and chocolates are quickly eaten; toys and games eventually lose pieces or break, and clothes and shoes are outgrown over time. But, one gift these material things bring that lasts a lot longer, perhaps even a lifetime, is the knowledge somebody genuinely cares enough to help make a