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  • The risks are real, even after the smoke clears

    We don’t question the fact that tobacco is harmful, but we don’t always think about how far that harm can reach. Second-hand and third-hand smoke is a real threat to children and pets. Second-hand smoke is the smoke that is exhaled from the smoker, as well as the smoke that comes off the end of a

  • Home Away from Home’s ‘Meet the Heroes Night’ March 22

    A panel of U.S. veterans from different eras of military service, including Tinker’s former 72nd Air Base Wing Commander retired Col. Stephanie Wilson, will share their collective wisdom during Home Away from Home’s “Meet the Heroes Night” starting at 6 p.m. March 22 at the American Red Cross

  • AFSC leaders visit Veterans Center

    Air Force Sustainment Center Commander Lt. Gen. Lee K. Levy II poses a question to the Norman Veterans Center military panel during a Feb. 28, 2018, visit to the center in Norman, Oklahoma. The 15-member panel frequently visits area schools to share their military experiences and life lessons with

  • AF Fire Emergency Services looking to the future with ‘strategic plan’

    Fire service professionals throughout the Air Force recently met and ensured the creation of the Air Force's Fire Emergency Services 5-year strategic plan.  Center for Public Safety Excellence personnel facilitated and led a week-long stakeholder meeting and workshop in mid-February at Tyndall Air

  • Unseen threads run through historic career

    A background which includes threads of both typical and atypical events, led to the appointment of Col. Robert Marks, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command Surgeon, as the first male Nurse Corps general officer, as well as the first male chief nurse of the Air Force Nurse Corps.

  • Tinker AFB opens; delayed reporting for 2nd shift

    Tinker Air Force Base is open for normal business operations. Due to inclement weather, the 72nd Air Base Wing Commander has authorized a two-hour delayed reporting for 2nd (Swing) shift employees on Feb. 22. 3rd (Grave) shift employees will report for duty as normally scheduled on Feb. 22.