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  • 315 TRS commander offers perspective on white ropes

    The 17th Training Wing Chapel Crossroads Center has started a new leadership series, entitled "Friends of Crossroads." The series' purpose is for base leaders to address Crossroads visitors on models of leadership and values. Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines who visit the center have an

  • Legal office is here to help

    There's an old joke that goes "if a lawyer and an IRS agent were drowning and you could only save one, would you (a) go to lunch; or (b) read a book?" Joking aside, the legal office at Goodfellow is here to help you with many of your legal needs. Every month, dozens of servicemembers, family members

  • Shelter in place - what, why and how

    Hazardous materials emergencies can occur anywhere that hazardous materials are manufactured, stored, or transported. Chemical plants are obvious sources of potential accidents. Less obvious are highways, railways and storage areas at places such as swimming pools (chlorine). In the event of an

  • Army green, environmentally green

    A huge truck. Fifty-gallon drums of fuel for a diesel engine. Piles of unserviceable, wrecked office equipment scattered in a seemingly haphazard arrangement. These hardly seem like the props for an ecologically beneficial way of life, but they are - with the help of one Army NCO. Staff Sgt. Roger

  • 2009 Voting Slogan Contest begins

    The Federal Voting Assistance Program is pleased to announce the kick-off of the biennial contest to promote participation in the democratic process among citizens covered under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act -- members of the Uniformed Services, the Merchant Marine, their

  • RAGBRAI inspires instructor

    About this time last year, I became interested in cycling and bought my first road bike. I also learned about the Air Force Cycling Team, which participates in the Des Moines Register's (a newspaper) Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa®, a seven-day journey every July that is the oldest organized

  • Goodfellow vice commander heads south

    This coming April, Col. Merrily Madero, 17th Training Wing vice commander, will leave for her new assignment as Air Education and Training Command director of staff at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. In this new position, Col. Madero will work directly for Gen. Stephen Lorenz, AETC commander. When

  • Tax time is coming - are you ready?

    Active Duty Members Assigned to Goodfellow: All active duty members assigned to Goodfellow interested in free tax return and electronic filing should contact their Unit Tax Advisor. The UTAs will work with you from their desktop computer. Please contact your UTA for an appointment. The UTAs are

  • Eyes on fitness

    By now you have heard that your Physical Fitness Test results will determine how your EPR or OPR will be marked. You will be either marked as meeting the standard (with a score of 75 or above), not meeting the standard (with a score of 74.99 or less) and exempt (if you are on a waiver from all four

  • Stay calm, beat stress this holiday season

    The holidays are an interesting time of year. On one hand, advertisements urge us to flock to the stores and spend, spend, spend on a whole lot of stuff that the recipients of our gifts don't really need (and maybe don't even want). On the other hand, charitable organizations ramp up their requests