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  • 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

  • Sheppard hosts fire prevention symposium

    Fire officials across the Defense Department converged on Sheppard Feb. 2-5 for the DoD Fire Prevention Symposium. More than 30 military, civil service and contractors from the Air Force, Army and DoD Fire Academy were in attendance for briefings on the latest fire prevention tools and techniques,

  • 82nd TRW tech. training award winners announced

    The 82nd Training Wing recognized its fourth quarter 2008 outstanding technical training team members at the Tech. Training Quarterly Awards ceremony. The winners were as follows: - Flight Chief of the Quarter, Master Sgt. Jeffrey Berndt, 782nd Training Group- Senior Military Training Leader of the

  • Fourth quarter award winners recognized

    The 82nd Training Wing recognized its fourth quarter 2008 outstanding team members Jan. 30 at the Quarterly Awards ceremony. The winners were as follows: - Company Grade Officer of the Quarter, Capt. Erika King, 82nd Medical Group - Senior NCO of the Quarter, Master Sgt. John Middough, 82nd Training

  • Wing seeks Best Practices

    The 82nd Training Wing is seeking submissions for the Air Force Best Practices Clearinghouse, a program that enables the share of information for mission improvement. Shirley Carrizo, a manpower analyst and Sheppard's point of contact for best practices, said it's typical to see a spike in AFBPC

  • Some peanut butter recalled

    The Food and Drug Administration and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention have reported a nationwide recall of King Nut, Keebler and Austin Peanut Butter products due to possible Salmonella contamination. So far, all recalled products trace back to peanut preparations originating from the

  • Flu shots available at clinic

    Influenza is a contagious disease that can lead to serious complications such as pneumonia, dehydration and bacterial infection. The flu is more serious than the cold symptoms. Symptoms of the flu can be severe and can last one to two weeks. Symptoms can include high fever, headache, cough, sore

  • Sheppard opens new permanent-party Airman's center

    Permanent-party Airmen finally got a place they can call their own as Colonel Richard Lipsey, 82nd Mission Support Group commander, cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the Permanent Party Airman's Center January 21 at the second floor of the Community Activity Center. Denice Tilley, CAC Director,

  • More than 77,300 Airmen graduate in FY08

    The 82nd Training Wing has released the number of graduates by squadron for fiscal year 2008. The 82nd Training Group had a total of 10,345 on-site graduates, 9,019 off-site graduates for a total of 19,364 graduates including the 360th, 361st, 362nd and 363rd Training Squadrons. The 360th Training

  • Sheppard, two other bases look to cut energy cost

    The good news is that electricity and natural gas consumption for Sheppard has decreased for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2009. The bad news is that, even though natural gas prices have decreased slightly, higher electricity prices increased Team Sheppard's overall utility costs. To help combat