Woodworking team wins DOD achievement award for 2008

The Defense Distribution Depot Oklahoma City, Preservation, Packaging, Packing and Marking, woodworking team was awarded the 2008 Department of Defense Packaging Achievement Award. The team was invited to the 2008 DOD Packaging Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C., for the formal presentation of the

72nd ABW announces Wildcatter Awards

Col. Allen Jamerson, 72nd Air Base Wing commander, recently presented several wing members with Wildcatter Awards. Winners were: 1st Lt. Scott M. Boyd Element leader, Bioenvironmental Flight Lieutenant Boyd is a bioenvironmental engineer who provides technical oversight to industrial hygiene

76th MXW Quarterly Awards

The 76th Maintenance Wing recently announced its quarterly award winners. Those chosen to recieve awards are: Category 1 (GS-4 and below, WL-4 and below, WG-8 and below and NSPS equivalents): Abelardo Varela, PMXG Category 2 (GS-5/7, WG-9/11, WL-5/7, WS-7 and below and NSPS equivalents): Gregg

Contest offers ‘sweet’ housing allowance to young BX shoppers

Army and Air Force Exchange Service locations, in conjunction with Hershey's Chocolate, are giving away more than $40,000 worth of children's playhouses through June 25. One "Step 2" Playhouse is set to be given away at the Tinker Base Exchange as part of the giveaway. "Nothing says summer fun quite

Exchange offers learning experience for students making the grade

According to the Department of Defense, children of active-duty military personnel attend, on average, six to nine different school systems from kindergarten to 12th grade. As a military command with a motto of "we go where you go," the Army and Air Force Exchange Service is, understandably, attuned

Summer Bash 09

Beef wins again

Swingers take two from Geckos

Swingers, a perennial kingpin of the Tinker Intramural Softball League, reasserted their dominance on the diamond with a convincing 18-10 and 16-8 doubleheader sweep of the Geckos June 8 at the Tinker Sports Complex Field One. Robert Mahan, Swingers manager said his team won't be in full force until

Jets fly past Nordiques, 7-2

In a rematch of teams from the Oklahoma City Adult Hockey League Division II title game, the Jets came out on top of a 7-2 victory over the Tinker Nordiques. The Jets, capitalizing on offensive opportunities en route to their second win in the Summer League, scored the first two goals of the game

Taking it to the street

You would think riding a bicycle is easy. Not the way law enforcement does it. Oklahoma County Sheriff Department's deputies and the 72nd Security Forces Squadron Operations Flight put Tinker's Security Forces through their paces last week in an intense, two-day training session to teach them the