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  • Giving blood

    Suzy DeBlanc, One Blood Drive bloodmobile team member, monitors the donation process as Brad Bien, a 96th Test Wing safety specialist, gives blood July 19 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. All donors received wellness checkups, which included iron count; blood pressure; temperature check and

  • Firefighters help deliver baby in base housing

    Base firefighters helped deliver a baby boy after dispatchers answered an early morning 911 call from base housing here June 13.When firefighters arrived, Leana Zimmerman, now mother of two, was in her living room hunched over on the floor in active labor."Things happened faster than we expected,"

  • TRICARE Prime members get new urgent care program

    To increase access to care, the Department of Defense is launching an Urgent Care Pilot Program for TRICARE Prime beneficiaries. This program allows Prime enrollees two visits to a network or TRICARE authorized provider without a referral or prior authorization.The Urgent Care Pilot Program,

  • Pathology lab finds answers

    On any given day, the pathology and histology lab professionals here handle approximately 125 patient specimens such as kidneys, livers, pieces of skin, ovaries, prostates, and tonsils.They evaluate, prepare and transform tissue onto microscope slides studied by pathologists. These doctors study

  • Spouses Club receives resilience training

    The Eglin Spouses Club received resilience training here March 30 to help them understand and cope with the stressors and changing demands associated with military life.Chief Master Sgt. Ronnie Tabor, one of Eglin's master resilience trainers, was the presenter."The Air Force Resilience Program is

  • Airman swims into Hall of Fame

    For one 96th Test Wing Airman, the wild blue yonder isn't up and overhead, but below and in front of his gaze as he stands on the starting block waiting for his signal.  Upon the alert, he blasts off and pierces his calm blue horizon to begin a competitive swim.Senior Airman Francisco Perez