19 Oct 2005

Systems group adds technology to mix of Hurricane Katrina relief support

While millions of tons of relief supplies are flowing into the Gulf Coast daily, the Operations and Sustainment Systems Group here is shoring up the vital flow of communications to the hurricane-stricken region. Hours after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the group's team of communications, logistics, contracting and acquisition experts were

19 Oct 2005

Robins Air Force Base lends helping hand to Katrina evacuees

While hundreds of Robins Air Force Base Airmen headed into the Gulf Coast region devastated by Hurricane Katrina, some of the personnel who remained reached out to those who were seeking a place of refuge in Middle Georgia. Christine Parker, Robins Family Support Center director, said they are working to help Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph

19 Oct 2005

Hill Air Force Base deploys Airmen to aid Katrina victims

A total of 17 active-duty members from Hill Air Force Base have deployed to various locations to aid Hurricane Katrina victims. One active duty member from the 75th Contracting Squadron left Saturday for the Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans to provide contracting support to Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of

19 Oct 2005

Big bird in the house

19 Oct 2005

Controllers get surprise visit from evacuee

Just days before Hurricane Katrina made landfall devastating the Gulf Coast region, Latifa Johnson gathered her children, packed a few belongings and trekked from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., to the safety of Robins Air Force Base, Ga.What the wife and mother of three - ages 12, 6 and 4 - thought would be at most a weekend stay has since turned

19 Oct 2005

Tinker Air Force Base shows its purple suit

The Family Support Center at Tinker Air Force Base is doing its part to help in the wake of Hurricane Katrina by providing temporary housing and support for displaced families from Mississippi. As of Sept. 7, the center helped three families settle into the community by providing medical services, food, clothing and other needed items. According to

19 Oct 2005

Captain Mangione wants to be a millionaire

When this story is published, Capt. Gregory Mangione, a physician assistant in the 88th Medical Group's orthopedic unit, will be a millionaire -- or not.He will have been a contestant on an episode of the popular television show, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" the first weekend in October. However, don't ask him how he fared. He won't tell you.

19 Oct 2005

Robins Airman found guilty on all charges

A military jury has unanimously found Senior Airman Andrew Paul Witt guilty of two specifications of premeditated murder in the July 5, 2004, stabbing deaths of Senior Airman Andrew Schliepsiek and his wife, Jamie. Airman Witt was also found guilty Oct. 5 of one specification of attempted premeditated murder in the stabbing attack of then Senior

19 Oct 2005

Airman sentenced to death

Senior Airman Andrew Paul Witt, the Robins Airman found guilty last week of two specifications of premeditated murder and one specification of attempted premeditated murder, has been sentenced to death by a military panel.The 23-year-old Airman is now the only Air Force member to sit on death row.Airman Witt’s death sentence is the first Air Force

19 Oct 2005

Security Forces from Hanscom deploy to stricken Gulf Coast

The Hanscom community, like the rest of the nation, is banding together to do its part to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Over the Labor Day holiday weekend, yard sales and lemonade stands manned by Hanscom children popped up around base housing areas to benefit hurricane victims. In addition, five members of the 66th Security Forces