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  • Free tobacco cessation programs, medications for DOD civilians

    Are you thinking about quitting tobacco? Perhaps you are one of the 70 percent of smokers or smokeless-tobacco users who would like to quit. The Health and Wellness Center wants to help by providing tobacco cessation orientation classes. These classes will provide information on how to quit, the two

  • Military Saves Week coming up soon

    In today's economic crisis the personal savings rate is near zero and most Americans are not saving for retirement. Most lower-income households do not have adequate emergency savings for unexpected expenditures such as car repairs or medical expenses. Currently, Americans are encouraged to build

  • 552nd TRS hits buzzer beater to defeat 72nd Med Group

    The basketball game of the year thus far pitted the 72nd Medical Group against the 552nd Training Squadron on Jan. 21 at the Gerrity Fitness and Sports Center. The game did not disappoint with the 552nd TRS nailing a three-point field goal at the buzzer to claim the 37-34 victory. The 552nd TRS took

  • Sharing lessons learned

    The Army's top Soldier in the Arkansas National Guard made a visit to Tinker to interface with officials at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, to learn about the Voluntary Protection Program and how it was implemented here. Maj. Gen. William D. Wofford, Arkansas National Guard Adjutant General,

  • Big win: transformation team scores F100 savings

    Michelle Waggoner and her team had their work cut out for themselves. Last summer Brian deFonteny of the Black Belt Center Transformation Office challenged the 547th Propulsion Maintenance Squadron industrial engineering technician to an Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century project. Not

  • 72nd SFS sergeant wins Air Force-level award

    Ask him how he feels about winning the 2008 Col. Billy Jack Carter award. Master Sgt. Pete Way will squirm in an office chair, cough, fidget with his hands and say he doesn't know what to say or how to describe it. He may say he didn't want to be nominated. But, by many accounts, the Security

  • Tinker crew commander spends year in skies

     Maj. Jon Williams, 963rd Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron mission crew commander, reached a year's worth of flying hours as an air battle manager on an E-3 Sentry, Jan. 15. Throughout Major Williams' 28-year career he has flown 1,102 sorties supporting the Airborne Warning and Control

  • Choosing the right day to retire can be a science

    Choosing to retire and determining the last official day of work from the federal service sector is a personal decision. Oftentimes, it can be difficult with several factors -- loyalty to the organization, an unstable economy and floating rumors -- to consider. But, the Office of Personnel