News Search

  • Sheppard and Altus team up to visit veterans

    Sheppard's Top-3 teamed up with their colleagues from Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Aug. 20 to show veterans their service has not been forgotten when they visited the Veteran's Center, a long-term nursing center in Lawton, Okla. "We have 22 Air Force veterans at the center that don't get to see Air

  • Airmen observe Ramadan

    The Muslims of Sheppard will join more than one billion Muslims in the world Aug. 22 in welcoming Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month on the Islamic calendar and requires many sacrifices. Sheppard chaplains currently accommodate 52 Muslims out of approximately 18,000 Sheppard community

  • Leaders to encourage enlisted to compete for Air Force Academy slots

    The Leaders Encouraging Airman Development program provides the opportunity for unit and wing commanders to nominate their best enlisted Airmen to compete for admission into the U.S. Air Force Academy. Former Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ronald Fogleman initiated LEAD in 1995 to allow 85 slots for

  • Sheppard Airmen promoted to staff sergeant

    About 80 Sheppard senior Airmen were selected for promotion to staff sergeant during the most recent testing cycle. The names were released Aug 20. Air Force officials at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas selected 15,223 of 30,574 eligible senior Airmen for promotion to staff sergeant for a selection

  • Military couples improve marriages with help from 10 Great Dates

    Sheppard couples are getting help in dealing with the inevitable speed bumps of marriage in the military through 10 Great Dates, a 10 week class that began Aug. 6 at the Airmen and Family Readiness Center. "This course is not marriage counseling as much as it is education. We don't want to tell

  • Auto Skills Center offers basic auto maintenance course

    Sheppard's auto skills center started a class Aug. 14 to teach basic car care to new car owners and drivers just starting to wander into the world of self maintenance. Car Care 101 focuses on the basics of routine maintenance and proper preventative care. "We want to teach the simple tasks to

  • Sheppard receives SARC training

    Sexual assault is a crime that affects everyone long after the attack occurs. Victims are impacted in various ways and often need assistance overcoming the tragedy. The Sheppard Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office sets out to lend a hand to these victims in raising awareness Aug. 12 by

  • Sheppard welcomes Hartwell as new wing chaplain

    Chap. (Col.) Richard Hartwell said Aug. 13 that he hopes to offer Airmen in Training, permanent party members and the families of Sheppard the best spiritual support and encouragement possible during his time as wing chaplain. Chaplain Hartwell, 82nd Training Wing's new chaplain, was last assigned

  • OJT records in inspection order

    With the Unit Compliance Inspection coming up in January, it is important that Sheppard is 100 percent ready for it. On-the-job-training records are a part of the UCI and must be updated and current. "Think of OJT records as your 'professional licensure,'" said Tech. Sgt. Gregory Butcher, 882nd