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  • Deployed chaplain finds strength in exercise

    About halfway through his deployment at Joint Base Balad, a 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing chaplain found himself in need of a more aggressive workout to provide him stamina and strength for the long days of deployment and experiences related to pastoral care. After speaking with other participants,

  • EOD amputee returned to duty

    After months of surgeries and rehabilitation, continuous physical therapy sessions and a full medical evaluation board an explosive ordnance technician gets to remain an Airman."It's exactly what I've been working so hard for," said Staff Sgt. David Flowers, a seven-year veteran who lost his right

  • Eglin Airman honored at Destin celebration

    Local servicemembers are recognized with a summer flare, and it's colored red, white and blue. First Lt. Nathaniel Meier, a flight test engineer with the Operational Flight Program Combined Test Force, was the first Eglin Airman to be recognized at the Red, White and Blue Celebration at the Destin

  • June Tots in Blue

    Congratulations to the following parents who welcomed their new arrivals while stationed here:It's a boyHumza S., born June 1 to Warrant Officer Sufyan and Neelofer ShaikhHudson Ryan, born June 11 to Tech. Sgt. Ryan and Holly LandisMaddox Andrew, born June 13 to Master Sgt. Brian and Johana

  • Airman donates kidney to mother, saves life

    Twenty-six years ago, Airman 1st Class Chris Simmons' mother gave her son the gift of life. On May 17, he returned the favor.Felita Simmons, who'd been on dialysis due to kidney disease, finally found a donor match in her youngest son, Chris. After a two-year process, he literally saved his mother's

  • Eglin EOD Airman killed in action

    Tech. Sgt. Daniel L. Douville, 96th Civil Engineer Squadron, died June 26 as a result of injuries suffered from an improvised explosive device on the border of the Nad 'Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan. Sergeant Douville, an explosive ordnance disposal technician stationed here, was