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  • The message is unchanging: Don’t drink and drive

    Drink and drive and ... pay the consequences.    The message is simple, clear and unchanging. Yet, despite the warnings and startling statistics, military members and civilians practice unsafe habits by driving under the influence of alcohol or while intoxicated.    "Safety is no accident," said

  • Running for Recovery: Simple exercise can help relieve stress, improve mood

    Following the emphasis on the importance of health awareness for military and civilians, an interesting article was found titled 4 Steps. The steps are: Claim Ownership, Ask for Help, Run for Recovery, and Enjoy your Freedom.    You alone have to claim ownership of your ailment, affliction or

  • Base commander orders flags flown at half-staff

    The death of a retired Air Force member's son last week lead to all U.S. and Oklahoma flags on Tinker being flown at half-staff on Wednesday.    Col. Mark Correll, 72nd Air Base Wing and installation commander, followed the direction of Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry and ordered the flags to be flown at

  • Tinker earns award for partnership with union

    Tinker Air Force Base recently won an annual Air Force Materiel Command award.    Tinker officials were awarded the 2007 AFMC Local Partnership Council Practice Award Sept. 12. The award recognizes the positive relationship between the installation and American Federation of Government Employees

  • Senior NCOs inducted

    Sergeant is an ancient term that denotes a person possessing special skills, trust and integrity.    Eighty-three Air Force members mastered the designation of a sergeant and joined the top two percent of the enlisted force as Senior Non-Commissioned Officers last Friday night at the Tinker Club.   

  • Unit Spotlight: 552nd Computer Systems Squadron

    The mission of the 552nd Computer Systems Squadron is to develop/maintain the software that forms the heart and soul of the Airborne Warning and Control System E-3 aircraft.    The 552nd CSS provides 24 hour a day software support to improve the overall effectiveness of the E-3 Sentry aircraft and

  • IDEAS save money, award Air Force employees

    They said, "Show us a better way" and Team Tinker did.    "They" are Innovative Development through Employee Awareness, or IDEA, program analysts and points of contact. Since 1995, Air Force employees -- civilians and military -- have submitted process improvement and resource savings ideas through

  • Are you a loser? Lean Challenge campaign ends with mass weigh-ins

    In years past, nobody wanted to be a loser. That was a name someone called you in elementary school if they thought you weren't cool.    How times change? Since the airing of NBC's "The Biggest Loser," folks across America have been shedding pounds to be called "The Biggest Loser."    Here at Tinker

  • Wingman saves co-worker’s life

    On Sept. 19, Kenneth Grimshaw was stopped right in his tracks.    The 76th Maintenance Wing aircraft mechanic's breath was taken away, literally, by a seemingly harmless object no bigger than a fingertip, a peanut M&M.    The husband and father of three felt his consciousness slipping away with each

  • ‘Taking Care of our own’: Air Force Aid Society assists military members

    Taking care of "Our Own" is a phase that is heard and used frequently.    That phrase originated with the Army Air Corps and World War II Army Air Forces whose members wanted to "take care of their own." Through their desire to assist military members and their families, the Air Force Aid Society