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  • Aguirre wins Air Force-level personnel award

    The tables were turned on Staff Sgt. Ana Aguirre Dec. 3 when she found out she was the Air Force Personnel Technician of the Year. The assistant NCO in charge of the commander's support staff at the 80th Flying Training Wing said she isn't used to being on this side of the process. A portion of her

  • 882nd TRG honors former Surgeon General with portrait

    Retired Lt. Gen. George "Peach" Taylor Jr., former Surgeon General of the Air Force, became the latest to have his face adorn the halls of Bldg. 1900 in a portrait unveiling ceremony Dec. 5. Beyond the usual thanks, the general recalled a story about his first duty assignment at Kadena Air Base,

  • ADAPT to use Wingman Day to warn Sheppard about "That Guy"

    The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment program is working with Air Force Portal administrators to provide a link to www.thatguy.com, an alcohol awareness campaign that is quickly spreading through the Armed Forces. "The site has proven very effective, mainly because it's humor based and

  • AFFSC to handle some financial service

    Sheppard's 82nd Comptroller Squadron is about two months away from its transformation from a traditional financial service center to the Air Force's Financial Services Center. The cutover will take place Feb. 11. The initiative is designed to provide more effective and efficient finance operations

  • Fantastic four: Panel discusses deployments in joint environments

    Guests at the Nov. 16 Lunch 'N Learn heard what serving in a joint environment is like when a four-person panel discussed their experience while deployed during the Global War on Terrorism. Representatives of the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines answered questions and discussed how cooperation in

  • Ground safety program best in AETC

    The 82nd Training Wing Safety Office once again proved it's the best in the command after it was awarded the Air Education and Training Command Ground Safety Excellence Award, the fourth such honor in the past five years. The award recognizes the wing with the most effective ground mishap prevention

  • Services give Airmen feeling of home on Thanksgiving

    A juicy turkey, dressing, football and family are what most think of when Thanksgiving rolls around. The 82nd Services Division and its contractors had one thing in mind the days leading up to and the day of Thanksgiving - the meal they would provide for more than 1,700 Airmen in Training and

  • Airmen, Sailors compete in Student Lineman's Rodeo

    Students in the 366th Training Squadron put their training to the test Nov. 17, in the Military Apprentice Lineman's Rodeo. About 30 Air Force and Navy students competed in five events designed to showcase their skills in the electrical systems career field. The rodeo was set up to see how each