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  • ADAPT vehicle display drives home consequences of drunk driving

    Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention & Treatment has decided to employ visual aids to encourage people to think twice about drinking and driving. Beginning June 28, a line of vehicles will sit on the median near the front gate as a warning to passersby of the consequences of drunk driving. The idea for

  • Airman's Roll Call focuses on stresses associated with duty

    This week's Airman's Roll Call focuses on relieving the stresses associated with deployments and an ever-increasing operations tempo in an environment of force shaping. Air Force officials said they are remaining keenly attentive of the impact of such stresses on Airmen and their relationships. They

  • First group of Ops Air Force cadets depart

    The first group of Air Force Academy cadets seeking operational experience finished their tour with Sheppard personnel June 22 after a three-week stay. The cadets arrived June 4 to serve with active duty personnel before returning to the academy. The cadets - rising sophomores, juniors and seniors -

  • Merriment, music, mystery drinks reign at 882nd TRG dining out

    It had the consistency of tar, the color of dirt, and a smell that even those who drank it didn't care to describe. Although it was a non-alcoholic concoction for the sake of the designated drivers, it may have left those subjected to it wishing it did at least offer a chance at inebriation. Even

  • Kell Conference Center upgrade marked with ribbon-cutting ceremony

    The Kell Conference Center, location of just about every base function hosted by the Sheppard Club, has undergone a renovation, and the ceremony that marked its reopening - and featured the unusual invocation - took place June 21. The once dark, grayish room now boasts a fresh coat of brighter

  • Squadron Adopter program inducts new honorary commanders

    More than 100 Sheppard commanders and representatives from downtown businesses attended the Squadron Adopter's Induction Ceremony June 20 at the Heritage Center. The program pairs a local organization with a squadron, group or wing on base to further develop and maintain good relations between

  • Sheppard set to 'pull' as reservists are 'pushed' from Lackland

    Sheppard will become host to around 20 individual ready reservists June 22 as it begins its part of the 2007 Push-Pull exercise. The IRR will be at Sheppard from June 22-29. According to the Sheppard Air Force Base Push-Pull 2007 plan, the exercise is designed "to evaluate the Air Force's capability