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  • U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Garrett Grove, 315th Training Squadron student, stands before the 17th Training Group emblem at Brandenburg Hall on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 8, 2017. Grove is the Goodfellow Student of the Month spotlight for August 2017, a series highlighting Goodfellow students. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Scott Jackson/Released)

    Goodfellow Student Spotlight for August

    2nd Lt. Garrett Grove, 315th Training Squadron student, is the Goodfellow Student of the Month Spotlight for August, a series highlighting exceptional Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.17th Training Wing Public Affairs: What led you to join the military?Grove: As a college freshman I was short on money, lacked experience and wasn't satisfied
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    Hispanic Heritage Month starts Sept. 15

    Starting on Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.Do you know why we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month during this time? Sept. 15 is the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Mexico and Chile also declared their independence during the month
  • Retired Lt. Col. Dick Cole, co-pilot of Aircraft No. 1 of the Doolittle Tokyo Raid, raises a glass to toast the 74th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid April 18 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. On the same day in 1942, Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle led a select team of 80 pilots, gunners, navigators and bombardiers to execute a surprise attack over the islands of Japan in retaliation after the sneak attack at Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941. Cole, at 100-years-old, is one of two remaining survivors of the Doolittle Raid. Staff Sgt. David Thatcher, who was unable to attend, is the second survivor.

    Last Doolittle Raider turns 103

    Retired Lt. Col. Dick Cole, the last surviving Doolittle raider, turns 103 years old on Sept. 7.The Doolittle Raiders were a part of the 17th Bombardment Group, which later became Goodfellow’s 17th Training Wing.During World War II, Cole was asked to volunteer for a top secret mission which entailed travelling to the Pacific to drop bombs on Tokyo
  • Chaplain Maj. Gen. Robert P Taylor, poses for a photo. (Courtesy photo)

    Chaplain Maj. Gen. Robert P Taylor serves his country men

    Chaplain Robert Taylor was born in Texas in 1909, and graduated from Baylor University.After completing seminary at Southwestern, Taylor served as pastor of the South Fort Worth Baptist Church. In Sept. 1940, Taylor entered the military and served as post chaplain at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. Then in May 1941, he transferred to 31st Infantry
  • U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matthew Watts, 17th Medical Support Squadron medical material technician, takes an opportunity to help train Airman Khrystian Anderson, 17th MDSS medical material apprentice, in the Ross Clinic at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 16, 2017. The member spotlight went to Watts for his outstanding work ethic and willingness to step up and take on more responsibilities due to a shrinking office.

    Pride of the Medical Group

    Necessity is the mother of all invention, and when push comes to shove, Tech. Sgt. Matthew Watts, 17th Medical Support Squadron medical material technician, continues to step up, which has earned him the Goodfellow member spotlight.Even after being recognized Watts was not interested in bragging about the accomplishment.“It’s always good to get
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    Focusing on your food

    Elizabeth Burmeister, 17th Medical Group health promotion coordinator, explains a few programs and services offered through the 17th MDG and monthly newsletters at the base commissary on August 3, 2017.With what seems to be a revolving door of nutritious information from coffee is bad, to coffee is good; carbohydrates are bad, to carbs are good;
  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Taylor DeMello, 315th Training Squadron student, stands for a portrait outside the base theater on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, July 7, 2017. DeMello is the Goodfellow Student of the Month spotlight for June 2017, a series highlighting Goodfellow students. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Edwards/Released)

    June 2017 Student of the Month

    Airman 1st Class Taylor DeMello, 315th Training Squadron student, is the Goodfellow Student of the Month Spotlight for June, a series highlighting exceptional Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.17th Training Wing Public Affairs: What led you to join the military?DeMello: At the time the military aligned in an uncanny way with my ideals and
  • Hiu Lai Chong, artist, paints a C-130 at the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 26, 2016. Chong was painting the C-130 as part of the EnPleinAirTEXAS competition in San Angelo, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Edwards/Released)

    In Plane Sight

    In the Norma Brown Building main conference room hangs an oil painting depicting a C-130 airplane on the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy training pad in an early morning training exercise.The piece is entitled "A Wing and a Prayer.” Several community members gifted the painting to Goodfellow in honor of Col. Michael Downs, 17th
  • 315th Training Squadron students sit in one of the old-style classrooms at the Di Tommaso Hall on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, June 21, 2017. The 315th TRS is currently in the process of updating its classrooms to foster a better learning environment for students. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Edwards/Released)

    315th Training Squadron recreates the military classroom

    The 315th Training Squadron reinvented the layout of their classrooms to try and reach the students in a more impactful way.The 315th TRS started the next generation classrooms in May and currently has two fully functional area already built.“A next gen classroom is a classroom designed to better suit millennial students that we have coming into
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    Goodfellow service members compete in Bataan Memorial Death March

    March 19, 2017, a team of six Goodfellow service members completed a Bataan Memorial Death March, a grueling competition, 26 miles in length at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, under extreme conditions of dry heat measuring at 91 degrees Fahrenheit.In full battle dress uniform the Goodfellow competitors completed the course with nothing
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