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  • Fitness: avoid the holiday weight gain

    During the Christmas holiday and Exodus many of the Sheppard Airmen and families will be celebrating, often with larger meals and delicious home cooked meals. It is key to remember a bulging waist line could be a result.Eating home cooked meals, consuming more food than usual and working out less

  • Leave expiration extended

    Leave is a valuable asset to servicemembers that is hard- earned and used sparingly. Airmen are able to earn up to 75 days of leave without losing any, until Dec. 31, 2010, when the limit for accumulated leave time would decrease. However, an announcement on Nov. 30 delayed this policy.Col. Bruce

  • 882 TRG, 82 MDG earn AETC Service Awards

    Air Education and Training Command announced the following winners from Sheppard for 2009 AETC Medical Service Awards. These members of Team Sheppard have earned these awards for their exceptional performance and superb support of the Air Force and AETC missions.Dental Awards· Junior Clinical

  • Sheppard's H1N1 vaccines safe from recall

    Despite national media reports that 800,000 doses of pediatric H1N1 doses have been recalled, officials at the 82nd Medical Group said the shipment they received is not included.Maj. Brian Young, the Medical Services flight commander, said the 82nd MDG has researched the shipment it recently

  • Sheppard brings Christmas to local children

    Sheppard hosted about 200 children from three Wichita Falls elementary schools Dec. 11 during its Annual Give a Child a Christmas event at the Community Center.About 250 volunteers made a priceless memory for the children providing arts and crafts, such as making greeting cards, drawing on the

  • Air Force officials reinforce tattoo, body alteration policy

    Air Force senior leaders here have taken steps to ensure Air Force dress and personal appearance standards are applied consistently across the service."It's about enforcing and maintaining Air Force standards," said Lt. Gen. Richard Y. Newton III, the deputy chief of staff for manpower and