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  • Garney positioned as staff judge advocate

    The 82nd Training Wing's new staff judge advocate said his priority is to help smooth the road to success for Sheppard Airmen and leaders. "Since I'm a problem solver, my goal is to help Airmen, dependents, commanders and other leaders to have a smooth road ahead of them for accomplishing our

  • Sheppard graduates its last Voice Network Systems course

    The Air Force's last class for the Voice Network Systems course graduated July 30 at Sheppard. The VNS course trains Airmen to be future apprentices in one of 16 Air Force specialty codes that will be merging into a new career field known as the cyber AFSCs. The VNS course trains personnel on the

  • Sheppard, AF retires workhorse of pilot training

    More than 50 years of dependable service is a lot to ask, especially from a tool used to train thousands of people in a critical and sometimes dangerous business. But as the U.S. Air Force said farewell to the T-37 Tweet July 31, it did so knowing it got all it asked for and more from the venerable

  • 366th Training Squadron commander earns Bronze Star

    Lt. Col. Mark Sloan didn't deploy with hopes of winning awards or earning medals. But his actions as 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron commander from May 2008 to May 2009 did just that. Colonel Sloan, 366th Training Squadron Commander, was awarded the Bronze Star May 12. "As a commander,

  • Assignment policies change for MTLs, instructors, recruiters

    Assignment policies governing military training leaders, instructors and recruiters have recently reverted back to assignment availability code 50. AAC 50 provides a definite four-year maximum time on station. Linda Howard, chief of personnel relocations, said base of preferences were not approved

  • 'Dirt boys' help keep Air Force planes flying

    Without the "dirt boys" in the United States Air Force, the mission to fly aircraft would be a lot harder. "Without us, that mission is not going to happen," said Air Force Master Sgt. Matt Perkins, Pavement and Equipments Apprentice course instructor supervisor. Airmen in the course spend 69 days

  • PHA "no shows" costs Sheppard, results in action

    More than 1,000 patients have declined to attend their preventative health assessment at the 82nd Medical group in the past six months, resulting in actions to ensure Sheppard is preparing and approving the deployment of personnel. That might not seem like much given the active duty military

  • DS2 to take over civil engineering

    Defense Support Services, LLC, or DS2, the contracting service that was selected February to take control of Sheppard's civil engineering functions finally begin work Aug. 1. "We are in professional engineering and maintenance to Sheppard. Our priorities this year are to get established and

  • Sheppard inducts newest senior NCOs

    They had come a long way but all the waiting finally paid off July 24. Eighty-one technical sergeants joined the ranks of the upper tier of enlisted leadership at the Senior NCO Induction Ceremony at the Multi-Purpose Events Center in Wichita Falls. "We want to recognize them first for making it to

  • Chief Tappana speaks to Sheppard's enlisted

    Chief Master Sgt. Robert Tappana, command chief master sergeant of Air Education and Training Command, spoke to Sheppard's enlisted members July 24 during two Enlisted Calls. Enlisted members of all three tiers listened to Chief Tappana's discussion about different issues in the Air Force from team