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  • 80th FTW names annual award winners

    80th Flying Training Wing annual awards for 2008 were announced Feb. 21. Senior Airman Stephanie Garcia, 80th TRW staff, received the Airman of the Year award. She is a personnel specialist assigned to the commander's support staff who managed the unit intro program which ensured that 134 inbound

  • New fire extinguisher maintenance rules begin March 1

    During the October 2008 Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Council meeting, the council accepted a proposal from Sheppard Fire Chief Dave Mounsey to redefine the base procedures for acquiring fire extinguisher maintenance and serving. Facility managers are scheduled to begin requesting

  • 4 Air Force Medical Award winners at Sheppard

    Four members of Team Sheppard were recently recognized as the best of the best when they were announced winners of the annual Air Force Medical Service Awards. Tech. Sgt. Margaret Cooper, an instructor supervisor for the 382nd Training Squadron, was awarded the Outstanding Biomedical Equipment

  • 2nd Air Force Annual Award nominees for 82nd TRW

    82nd Training Wing nominees for the 2nd Air Force annual awards were announced Feb. 13. The 82nd TRW winners for 2008 are as follows: -Capt. Thomas Eckel (782nd Training Group)-Company Grade Officer of the Year- Supervised more than 130 outside-the-wire combat missions -Master Sgt. Thomas Blount

  • Early beginning to tornado season, Sheppard ready for bad weather

    Last Tuesday, Sheppard got an early taste of what we can expect this season for severe weather. A line of severe thunderstorms passed through the area, causing high winds and large hail. In fact, this same system produced a fatal tornado outside of Oklahoma City. In the United States, an average of

  • Sheppard Airmen win AETC Chaplain Corps award

    Capt. Darren Duncan, an 82nd Training Wing chaplain, and Senior Airman Norma Johnson, of the 82nd TRW Chaplain's office, were named Air Education and Training Command 2008 Chaplain Corps award winners Feb. 13. Captain Duncan was awarded Outstanding Company Grade Officer Chaplain of the year and

  • Contractor to meet with military, civil service personnel

    The contractor selected to steer Sheppard's civil engineering endeavors into the future has been selected and was on base Feb. 12-13 to talk to leadership, military and civil service personnel. Defense Support Services, LLC, or DS2, based out of Mount Laurel, N.J., is a multi-faceted company that

  • Students learn about careers with Groundhog Job Shadow

    Throughout 11 counties in North Texas, students spent a day shadowing firefighters, veterinarians, mechanics, doctors, architects, teachers and government employees as part of the 13th Annual Groundhog Job Shadowing Day on Feb 5. The annual career day event matched 725 students from 29 high schools