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  • Quiet, please

    Sheppard's new librarian has big plans for the depository of novels and reference books, the first of which is performing well during this month's Operational Readiness Inspection. Kathleen Roseboom began work at the library July 24. She said they have rearranged some book shelves and made other

  • Pond: Goodwill triumphs over evil

    "I will never forget going back into the Pentagon two days later, while it was still burning, and smelling that awful smell of smoke and I think burned bodies," Col. Gary Pond recalled five years after he almost became a victim of a terrorist act. "It was a sickening smell." The smells, sights and

  • Lofton: It was a deliberate act

    His thoughts were the same as everyone else's the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. It was an accident; nothing more. Col. Samuel Lofton III, the 82nd Training Group commander, began preparing relief efforts for the first crash when the unthinkable happened. A second airliner was intentionally flown into

  • Just like mom and dad

    "Alright Red Chalk. Let's go," yelled a slender staff sergeant as he tried to get troops lined up, ready to board a bus. "Move it," he urged the sleepy-eyed mission-ready "Airmen" as they stammered around here at Bldg. 2113 following an early morning wake-up call. Operation Kids 2006 was underway to

  • 82nd TRG becomes next stop on general's orientation schedule

    Brig. Gen. Richard Devereaux methodically went through some of the courses Monday afternoon at the 82nd Training Group. Always the student, the general listened intently as if he were the one being taught the fundamentals of avionics, how to manage an airfield or the intricate details in tearing

  • IMAs hone readiness skills

    Members of Team Sheppard deploy on a regular basis to forward locations across the globe, leaving squadrons short on manning and lacking options. That's where the individual mobilization augmentees step in to lend a hand. IMA's are a reserve component, with a singularly unique mission. "IMA's are a

  • Sheppard government vehicle fleet to begin using alternative fuels

    Sheppard will become the 10th location to offer biodiesel and the sixth ethanol pump in Texas in early May as alternative fuel sources for government vehicles. The move is part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and Executive Order 13149, "Greening the Government Through Federal Fleet and