• Winter, holiday safety

    Winter, holiday safety The winter holidays are a time for celebration, and that means more cooking, home decorating, entertaining and an increased risk of fire due to heating equipment. By being aware of some simple facts and tips you can be assured of a fire safe winter and happy holidays. Facts

  • Winter Tips

    Military Family Housing Winter Tips With the arrival of cooler weather, please remember these very important tips. Water hoses should be removed from outside water faucets and crawl space vents closed when outside temperatures fall below 32 degrees. Failure to do so may cause pipes to freeze and

  • The best gifts

    On the day after Thanksgiving the Christmas shopping rush officially begins. The proverbial starter's pistol sounds and most of us sprint to the races...stores! As usual the malls are crowded with people, parking spots are at a premium, fender benders increase, etc. All who are veterans of the

  • Civilian retirees

    The following Department of Defense civilians retired at Whiteman during the period July through September. Aug. 1 - Galen Smith, 509th Civil Engineer Squadron, 36 years of service Sept. 1 - Vicki Dickerson, 509th Contracting Squadron, 30 years of service Sept. 2 - Danny Brinkley, 442nd Maintenance

  • SECDEF revisits past at Whiteman

    It was a homecoming of sorts as Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates visited here Nov. 20 to meet with local community leaders and members of Team Whiteman. Secretary Gates first came to the base as a second lieutenant in 1967 when he was assigned to the 351st Strategic Missile Wing, which controlled

  • Old Glory

    To many individuals the flag of the United States of America is a symbol -- one of liberty, freedom, strength and unity. It motivates and inspires the citizens of this country and serves as an enduring beacon of hope for those on the outside looking in. To others it's even more important than that.

  • Rules are made to be broken!! Or are they?

    I wrote an article a few months ago and in it, I described Whiteman as "like its own little community with a store, gas station and all the other things we have on base." Along with being our own little community, we also have the problems other communities have - crime being one of them. You might