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  • Sheppard honors 9/11 victims

    It's come to be known simply as 9/11. There's no mistaking what it means when someone asks, "Where were you on 9/11?" That one day changed a multitude of lives forever. For retired Air Force Col. Kathleen Roberts, it took her in a direction she hadn't imagined - especially as someone who was used to

  • Summer safety campaign successful at Sheppard

    Sheppard completed another successful 101 Critical Days of Summer Sept. 4, meeting its goal of zero fatalities. Although Sheppard finished a successful campaign, the Air Force overall had 19 fatalities during the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day. James Zillweger, 82nd Training Wing chief of

  • Portraits honor former Dental Corps chiefs

    "Does anybody have an airbrush?" Not exactly the response one would hope for or expect when presenting a subject with the work of art they inspired. Yet it fitted the man who stood in his tweed jacket, his white, flyaway hair curling around his ears, staring at the oil painting that represented his

  • Military, civil service to receive added benefit with FRV

    Military members and Department of Defense civilians will be eligible for Full Replacement Value protection on personal property shipments effective this fall. According to the U.S. Army's Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command based at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., FRV coverage for

  • CFC provides opportunity to give back

    The 2007 Sheppard Air Force Base Combined Federal Campaign began Sept. 4 and runs until Oct. 16. The theme for this year's campaign - "Helping Our World Forward" - was revealed at the annual kick-off breakfast Aug. 27. Through the CFC, federal employees are able to contribute to over 1,700 local,

  • General Gould visits Sheppard

    All over the Air Force, generals visit the bases under their command. They may spend those days in back-to-back meetings and briefings, and being driven around base grounds they've trod before. Not many get the option to wrap up such a visit by hopping on a bicycle and pushing themselves 100 miles

  • ESOH friendly: Sheppard impresses assessors during external review

    A team of ESOH sleuths proved what many already knew - Sheppard's environmental, safety and occupational health programs are simply the best. The team, comprised of Air Education and Training Command environmentalists and a civilian environmental consulting agency, URS, reviewed documents,

  • Sheppard winning war against adenovirus

    Team Sheppard's effort to limit the spread of adenovirus among the base's airmen is achieving excellent results, according to medical staff, with less than two dozen cases originating at Sheppard since May. Capt. Kari Ensz of the 82nd Medical Group Public Health Office said that while 136 cases of