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  • 'For you, dad': chaplain honors father at Police Week run

    Carrying a weighted camouflage backpack and sporting a knee-brace over top of his uniform, Chaplain (Maj.) Jack Stanley, ran along the perimeter road around RAF Croughton, England, May 11.Still recovering from a recent surgery, the 422nd Air Base Group chaplain pushed himself onward - uttering a

  • Legacy Project: ride of your life

    He fumbled with the blue, index cards as he leaned into the microphone and spoke to a crowded room.After 23 years, this was the last time he would wear the U.S. Air Force uniform. He was retiring, and May 8, 2015, was the last day anyone would call him Master Sgt. Shawn Leach."Life happens," he

  • COMMENTARY | Religious Diversity: Stew or Ambrosia?

    The metaphor of the 'Great Melting Pot' has been used to describe U.S. culture since the early twentieth century. The idea is that people from diverse countries, languages, and religious traditions all blend together to form a new identity - Americans. Sort of like a well-cooked stew where

  • Finding Bela

    A tension hung in the air like a thick, dampening fog as a man in worn clothes nervously pushed an old broom through the streets of Berlin, Feb. 27, 1943. No one spoke to him, or even seemed to notice anything beyond his cloth badge, marked with a single word, written in German and set into the

  • 423rd CES civilian bowls his way to world championship

    A cool, spring wind swept over the athletic field at RAF Alconbury, England, March 23, as the reigning Bowls world champion reached down to pick up a weighted, scarlet ball from the grassy turf.Balancing the weight in his right hand, Nick Brett, 423rd Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuels shop

  • Preventing online exploitation of children

    Child sex crimes and the online exploitation of children are a perpetual problem throughout society and the military is no exception.Because of this, these crimes are routinely investigated by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations., in cooperation with Internet Crimes Against Children Task

  • 5 excuses for not quitting

    5. I don't even know where to begin.Seeking help for quitting tobacco is just a click away. Smokefree.gov is an interactive website designed to help people kick the habit and begin their journey toward a healthier lifestyles. For resources closer to home, contact the 501st Combat Support Wing Health