• 17th MDG monitors Zika virus

    The 17th Medical Group Public Health office actively monitors for the Zika virus in the local area. Specifically, mosquito traps are set on base three times a week, whereas traps are set off base once a week, from April to October. Any female mosquitoes caught are sent to the School of Aerospace

  • 312th TRS remembers fallen firefighter

    The 312th Training Squadron held a memorial service at the Department of Defense Fallen Firefighter Memorial for a deceased firefighter May 6.Capt. James Hicks, Charlotte Air National Guard Base, N.C., firefighter, lost his life July 26, 2015. “This is a very emotional ceremony every year,” said

  • Exchange partners with Defense Media Activity to deliver AFN programming

    The Army & Air Force Exchange Service and the Defense Department’s Defense Media Activity signed an agreement to strategically align their efforts to utilize new technologies to deliver American Forces Network content to service members May 5.“Both the DMA and the Exchange recognize the changing

  • Food safety at the grill is everyone’s responsibility

    As warmer temperatures push more commissary patrons from the kitchen stove to the backyard grill, the Defense Commissary Agency wants to remind individuals to “Be Food Safe.”Disregarding the tenets of Be Food Safe can turn the family gathering into a trip to the emergency room, said Col. Michael A.