• New Year, new you: Fitness Center’s resolution

    2018 is here and it’s time for those New Year resolutions to kick in. Many people are vowing to do things like eat healthier, get organized or learn a new language. For those making a commitment to health and fitness in the New Year, the Fitness Center at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, is a good

  • Attention to detail: From BMT to AFE

    She recalls being full of nerves, holding her breath in order to stand still. Although it may sound unimportant, passing this wall locker inspection was the difference between graduating basic military training (BMT) or having to repeat the training. Everything had to be perfect, which meant no dust

  • Celebrate the holidays

    “I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again,” said William Penn.

  • In-flight kitchen: A peek behind the service line

    Their day begins long before the rise of the sun – The modest-sized staff, consisting of six active-duty Airmen and three civilian contractors, must prepare for the 200-plus guests who walk through the doors of the “Touch n’ Go” flight kitchen, also known as the in-flight kitchen (IFK), at Whiteman

  • SFS Airman receives CGOC award

    U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Kyle Brandt, the alpha flight commander assigned to the 509th Security Forces Sqaudron, right, receives a Whiteman Company Grade Officer Council (CGOC) Bars and Stars award for the month of August from Col. Mark Ely, the 509th Bomb Wing vice commander, at Whiteman Air Force

  • Team Whiteman first responders strengthen interoperability capabilities

    Medical personnel assigned to the 509th and 131st Medical Groups and 442d Medical Squadron rehearsed actions they would take in the event of a public health and active shooter emergency during a total force integration exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Dec. 2, 2017 .Twenty-one patients

  • There for you: AADD volunteers make roads safer

    It’s been a long, tiring week at work and it’s finally Friday night. You’ve been planning an outing with your friends all week, even convincing one of them to be the designated driver. A few hours and some drinks later, it’s time to go home. Suddenly, your designated driver is nowhere to be