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  • Hearts Apart counsels spouses of deployed Airmen

    Hearts Apart, an Airmen and Family Readiness program for Department of Defense members and families, provides help with questions or concerns while a spouse is deployed, leaving for a remote assignment, or if their loved one will be on a temporary assignment.  Hearts Apart provides many programs

  • FLEP allows lieutenant to chase her dream

    One of Sheppard's best and brightest lieutenants was in shock March 23 when she learned that out of about 50 applicants, she was one of two in the Air Force accepted into the Funded Legal Education Program. FLEP is a program in which the Judge Advocate General's Corps allows active duty officers to

  • Sheppard member worked with celebrities

    Prior to serving at Sheppard and joining the Air Force, one Sheppard member worked behind the scenes with celebrities on a national television show. Lieutenant Heather Silvio, a U.S. Public Health Service clinical psychologist assigned to the 82nd Medical Operations Squadron, worked for David

  • PIPS makes in-processing secure, paperless

    The Permanent Change of Station In-Processing System has recently started deploying to the Air Force, ending the days of waiting weeks to complete a PCS in-processing voucher. For members arriving at their new duty station, PIPS will automate and standardize the documentation portion of the

  • Services pampers women with Girls Night Out

    The 82nd Services Squadron held a Girl's Night Out on March 19, providing all females with four full hours of relaxation and pampering. Women living at Sheppard and their friends sampled products and services from businesses in the Wichita Falls area as well as some of the services that are provided

  • AFPC Spread the Word teams to brief Sheppard

    An Air Force Personnel Center "Spread the Word" briefing team arrives at Sheppard Air Force Base on March 30. Two all call briefings are scheduled at 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. at the base theater. All Airmen and civilians are encouraged to attend. "One of the Air Force's top priorities is to develop

  • 360th TRS and 362nd TRS merge

    As part of an ongoing effort to achieve manpower savings under Program Budget Decision 720, three squadrons in the 82nd Training Group began their reorganization and realignment journey March 13. The 360th Training Squadron and the 362nd TRS will merge together and retain the 362nd TRS designation,

  • Challenging curriculum trains aerospace propulsion apprentices

    The 361st Training Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base trains Airmen to be aerospace propulsion apprentices. The Airmen start their journey when they arrive at Sheppard as basic military training graduates. These new Airmen have proved themselves to be warriors but do not have the experience or

  • Osteoporosis: Prevention is key

    Osteoporosis is characterized by bones becoming thin and fragile and more likely to break. According to the National Institute of Health, osteoporosis is responsible for more than 1.5 million fractures each year, with about 700,000 occurring in the spine and 300,000 in the hips, at an estimated cost