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  • Driving fatigue - don't fall asleep at the wheel

    The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration conservatively estimates that 100,000 police-reported crashes each year are the direct result of driver fatigue. These crashes resulted in an estimated 1,500 deaths, 71,000 injuries and $12.5 billion in monetary losses. Driving while fatigued

  • Team Sheppard takes on marathon

    The 14th annual race of the Air Force marathon made a lot of dreams come true for more than 12,000 participants, including several Team Sheppard runners. Capt. Jerry Fausch, 82nd Training Wing Executive Officer, placed 340th with a time of four hours and thirty five minutes. He ran his first Air

  • ESOHCAMP - ASSESSING SUCCESS

    Sheppard's environmental, safety and occupational health programs were found to be healthy overall after a week-long assessment by experts from all across the Air Force.The 24-member Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Compliance Assessment Management Program team evaluated the base Sept.

  • Sheppard Airman earned top honors at ALS, NCOA and SNCOA

    Master Sgt. William Catts, 364th Training Squadron flight chief of telecommunications flight, accomplished a rare feat as he was presented his third John Levitow Award during an Air Force Senior NCO Academy graduation Sept. 14 at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Ala. Sergeant Catts had also won the

  • Airman earns Army Distinguished Instructor Award

    An Air Force instructor from the 364th Training Squadron Operating Location B at Fort Lee, Va., was recently awarded the Army Quartermaster School's Distinguished Instructor Award.Tech. Sgt. Kara Opperman, Joint Service Petroleum Laboratory Course instructor, teaches students about quality

  • AETC welcomes new vice commander

    Air Education and Training Command recently welcomed its new vice commander into its fold. Lt. Gen. Douglas H. Owens arrived in San Antonio Sept. 8, received his third star the next day, and immediately began the task of learning everything he could about AETC's mission and its people. "It's

  • Sheppard honors POW/MIA Day

    Team Sheppard dedicated most of its day to pay tribute to prisoners of war and missing in action servicemembers during the POW/MIA events at Sheppard Sept. 17."Our country has approximately 84,000 servicemembers missing (from our past wars)," Col. Michael Hake, 82nd Training Wing vice wing

  • POW/MIA shadow box captures significant event in Sheppard's history

    Sheppard Air Force Base has long been known as a training installation. But training took a back seat to 38 military members and civilians in February 1973 when they were repatriated to the United States following their stay as prisoners of war in Vietnam.In time for this year's POW/MIA day Sept.