• An invisible killer is on the loose

    According to the Department of Homeland Security, each year in America, unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning claims more than 400 lives and sends another 20,000 people to hospital emergency rooms for treatment.Carbon monoxide is produced whenever fuel such as gas, oil kerosene, wood or charcoal

  • Starting a selfless service habit

    "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."-Aristole Ever walk by a piece of trash on the floor? Did you pick it up? What if it was closer to someone else's desk? Would you pick it up then? All too often we walk by trash or other problems, thinking it was someone

  • Tips to keep airfield members safe

    This year, airfield management is determined to lower this Air Force Global Strike Command base's violation numbers and ensure airfield members are safe, by providing Airmen with information that will help prevent any further intrusions.In 2010, Whiteman had 10 Controlled Movement Area violations,

  • Housing wins excellence award

    The Whiteman Housing Management Office was selected as the Air Force winner of the Brigadier General Michael A. McAuliffe Housing Excellence Award Fiscal Year 2010. Members from this Air Force Global Strike Command housing office accepted the award during a ceremony Feb. 24, at Bolling Air Force

  • SOMO awards Team Whiteman excellence award trophy

    The Special Olympics Missouri Board of Directors presented Team Whiteman with the Award of Excellence at a ceremony Jan. 15, during the SOMO annual awards luncheon in Osage Beach, Mo. The Award of Excellence is the highest honor bestowed upon a company, business or group that has made a major impact

  • Family Care Plan

    You're deployed, you granted your mother custody of your child and she has a heart attack. Your first sergeant calls your alternate care giver listed on your family care plan only to discover they are on vacation. His only option left is to call social services to care for the child until temporary

  • Balfour Beatty wins Air Force housing privatization contract

    The U.S. Air Force selected Balfour Beatty Communities, LLC to privatize military family housing for the Western Group Bases, to include Whiteman, an Air Force Global Strike Command base. "BBC was selected after a competitive solicitation process led by the Air Force Center for Engineering and the

  • Mass Casualty Training Exercise solidifies Whiteman's readiness

    The 509th Medical Group's Home Station Medical Response teams took part in a Mass Casualty Functional Training Exercise Feb. 11, at the Community Activities Center and base clinic.More than 50 wing-volunteers gathered to be patients or victims in the exercise."The purpose of the training was to test

  • National Prayer Breakfast feeds mind, body and spirit

    Robert Wicks, professor at Loyola University Maryland, is the guest speaker for the National Prayer Breakfast scheduled 7:30 a.m., Feb. 22 at the Mission's End. All Team Whiteman members are invited.The purpose of the occasion is to bring the community together in recognition of the moral and

  • Fitness center annex brings new cardio room

    "With the weather being unfavorable at times, the 509th Force Support Squadron set out to find a way to alleviate overcrowding in the fitness center cardio room," said Michael Taylor, 509th FSS Fitness Center director, and Air Force Global Strike Command member.The 509th FSS Fitness Center is