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  • Cancer survivor also survives grad school

    Graduating is just the icing on the cake of any school experience. The journey is sometimes marred by challenges and failures, which are almost just residues of memories once that diploma is received. Sometimes, people go back to remember, learn, and even laugh at those memories. On June 6, Natasha

  • Newest military dog stands out at Eglin

    Staff Sgt. Leonard Anderson can hardly hold a straight face when he talks Kanjer, one of the newest military working dogs. "He's a spaz," said Sergeant Anderson, dog handler for the 96th Security Forces Squadron.  "He's real energetic."The two-year-old German Wire-haired Pointer may look a little

  • To honor with dignity: A different kind of Guard duty

    The 34 sharpest Airmen from Edwards, March Air Reserve Base and Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. are responsible for rendering Honor Guard services for the surrounding 82,000 square miles. No matter the circumstance when the Honor Guard is called on, they must perform, giving a professional

  • Military moms balance family, service

    Each year, the second Sunday of May is reserved for showering moms with gifts, flowers, chocolates and taking her out to a dinner to make her feel appreciated. For the Brennan household, this year's Mother's Day celebration is going to be postponed to the weekend after. That special person, for whom

  • Training, deployment strengthen dog-handler team

    The sound of rustling leaves weaved through the voice of a master giving commands to his dog. Though the voice was nearly overcome by the sound, the dog's ears were still attuned to his master's every word. "Sit," said Senior Airman Jacob Allen, 95th Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog

  • Fit to fight vs. fit to test, which one are you?

    Meet "fit to test," fit to fight's evil twin. "'Fit to test' is basically a mindset that a lot of military members have fallen into, whether directly or indirectly," said Pete Smith, Rosburg Fitness Center director. "Instead of making fitness a permanent lifestyle, they just need to know when they

  • CCAF degree creates opportunity for career progression

    An apple sitting on a stool crushed his hopes. What seemed to be an object smaller than a man's fist eventually became larger than life, like the fictional giant gorilla "King Kong," scaring a 25-year-old senior airman away. It was English 101. Then Senior Airman Anthony Accurso's first assignment

  • 'Shirts' wear many hats, maintain pulse of enlisted force

    If five Airmen were asked what the role of a first sergeant is, they would probably give five different answers. A young Airman in trouble might see the first sergeant as a hard-core disciplinarian, while the Airman's supervisor sees him as a mentor. "The common perception many Airmen have is their

  • Airman endures tours as convoy commander

    Although he served three consecutive tours of duty in Iraq, with most of that time spent as a convoy commander, one mission will remain a vivid memory for the rest of Master Sgt. William Geiger Jr.'s life. Sergeant Geiger, who serves in the 78th Logistics Readiness Squadron here, had departed for