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  • Coming home: Chief returns after serving in CJTF-Horn of Africa

    Chief Master Sgt. John R. Harris Jr., command senior enlisted leader for Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, returned to Oklahoma City Wednesday after spending 13 months in Djibouti, Africa.    As the principal enlisted advisor to the commander, Chief Harris worked to integrate, utilize and

  • Deploying at home: Are you ready?

    This month, Airmen from the 552nd Air Control Wing will be deploying in their own backyard during training exercises that prepare them for what's to come in a real-world deployment.    Glenwood, an exercise area outside of Tinker, and "South Ramp," located on the Navy side of base, will be full of

  • Breaking the law: 70 drivers are caught during Safety Spot Check

    The results were astounding.    Senior Tinker leaders conducted a second safety spot check Sept. 26, eight months after the operation debuted. Senior leaders, plus more than 20 72nd Security Forces Squadron members, cited drivers who spoke on their cellular telephones without a hands-free device or

  • Safety Hero

    Robert Hopwood, 76th Maintenance Wing, is the September Safety Hero Award winner.    While walking through an area, Mr. Hopwood noticed a worker on a mobile manlift approximately 20 feet in the air. The worker was wearing fall protection, but the area around the manlift was not properly barricaded

  • Education, prevention keys to healthy workplace

    Tinker's Military Equal Opportunity team stresses prevention as the key to promoting a healthy workplace environment.    With only six to eight informal and formal complaints a year, compared to more than 600 civilian complaints, Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge Tech. Sgt. Nena Fennell said the

  • Tinker Airmen remember POW/MIAs through exercise, sweat

    The "Jody calls" float through the cool morning air as a long thin line of Airmen in black T-shirts jog in formation around Tinker as the sun slowly rises in the east.    Running two-by-two, Airmen from units across Tinker used sweat and exercise to honor those who were held as prisoners of war

  • 72nd Air Base Wing hosts training class

    Precision, Precision, Precision.    Memorandums, meeting requests and staff summary sheets may seem like mundane everyday activities to the rest of the world, but for anyone seeking correspondence, it's nearly an exact science.    Bob Sandlin, 72nd Air Base Wing executive officer, hosted an hour

  • IT drops 170 pounds

    "My skirts are falling off and I look like a Low Rider!" exclaimed Miss Kitty, Information Technology Directorate's Resources Management Branch.    Some people think weight loss happens to those young and active, but it also happens to many who are older and determined. For instance, Miss Kitty lost

  • Family Support Center to hold Heartlink Program Oct. 23

    The Family Support Center is accepting registrations for the upcoming Heartlink Program set for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 23 in Bldg. 6001.    "We are encouraging all spouses who are new to the military lifestyle to register for this quarter's orientation program," said Master Sgt. Gary Smith, FSC