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  • Spring flag football begins next week

    The 2012 Tinker AFB Spring Flag Football League begins its sixth season next week.The league is comprised of eight teams: Reserve Red, Reserve White, Reserve Gold, 72nd Medical Group, 552nd Air Control Networking Squadron, VQ-3 Iron Men, Strategic Communications Wing One, and the Gym Rats.Games will

  • Pre-Deployment Family Retreat set for April 13-15

    Registration for Tinker's next Pre-Deployment Family Retreat starts March 5. The three-day, two-night retreat will be held April 13-15.Research shows deployments have damaged military marriages. Divorce rates among active duty members have increased significantly due, in part, to multiple

  • 72nd ABW announces annual awards winners

    The 72nd Air Base Wing held its annual award banquet Feb. 18 in the Tinker Club Ballroom. Fifty-three military and civilian nominees competed for 15 separate awards.Civilian award winners were:Category 1 - Antony S. Davenport, 72nd Air Base Wing Civil Engineering Directorate; Category 2 - Andrea M.

  • Annual tornado exercise tests base response

    Emergency personnel at Tinker Air Force Base had their hands full coping with multiple crises -- personal injuries, structural damage, a hazmat spill and power outage -- during the annual tornado exercise Feb. 15.Traveling in a northeasterly direction, a simulated twister raked Del City, dealt a

  • Planners, the brains behind base exercises

    Military and civilian personnel alike at Tinker Air Force Base are trained every year in how to respond to emergencies of all types, from natural disasters to man-made mayhem.At the direction of the Air Force, a tornado preparedness exercise is conducted at Tinker every year. "We try to conduct it

  • Mistress of moulage: Injecting a dose of realism in base exercises

    Whenever Tinker officials need to inject realism in a training exercise by simulating injuries, they have no need to summon a special-effects artist from Hollywood. They just pick up a phone and call Asuncion "Sunny" Schones, a medical support assistant in the 72nd Medical Group pediatric unit.For

  • DCO available for teleconferencing

    In light of recent budget cuts, the 72nd Air Base Wing Communications Directorate officials want to remind users of an online collaboration tool, which offers an option to make teleconferences a bit more personal. Defense Connect Online allows people at various locations to log on to the same single

  • Keeping children hydrated while exercising is extremely important

    Adequate hydration and replacement of salt lost through sweating is extremely important during the warmer months. Equally important is avoiding the use of over-the-counter medications, stimulants and caffeine products that promote excessive heat buildup.People who are physically active in hot and

  • Tinker men participate in bowling tournament

    After bowling back-to-back perfect games, Chris Young narrowly held on in Game 3 to win the men's nine-pin no-tap tournament at the Tinker Bowling Center by just one pin.Young bowled a 263 in the third game, for a combined score of 863. David Vardaman, meanwhile, had a perfect 300 in Game 3 but also

  • Sleep habits can affect behavior

    As a provider in the 72nd Medical Group clinic, I am often asked about what to do about behavioral issues with children. Some are fairly straight forward such as the toddler who bites other children at daycare because they are unable to verbalize their wants or needs. However, many are related to