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  • Deactivation ends two decades of service on Cape Canaveral

    The Air Force men and women of Detachment 1, 2nd Space Operations Squadron officially handed over responsibility of the Global Positioning System (GPS) Ground Station May 1 at Cape Canaveral to Artic Slope World Services.The transition, part of the Network and Space Operations and Maintenance (NSOM)

  • Security forces school local students

    With all of the reality shows on television, it can be hard to narrow down any one favorite to watch. The channels are lined up with singing, dancing and survival shows.Among these popular shows are the crime scene investigation series such as CSI Miami, Las Vegas and New York. In these shows, the

  • Shark in the desert: Airman augments Army in Afghanistan

    Nearly one year ago Staff Sgt. Trisha Scheu, a senior controller in the 45th Space Wing Command Post, heard there was a tasking for a deployment coming down to her office. "It was not specifically tasked to me but I went willingly," she said. "At the time, it wasn't something that came along for our

  • Airmen help local school during move

    Sometimes Sharks can help the smallest fish.Recently members of the 5th and 1st Space Launch Squadrons helped the Space Coast Early Intervention Center (SCEIC) move to a new facility in Melbourne.SCEIC is non-profit preschool designed specifically to support young children challenged with

  • Doing good deeds while deployed

    When Senior Airman Denise Gutierrez found out that she would be deploying, she was excited. "When I first found out, I was very excited," said Airman Gutierrez. "I've been wanting to deploy for the four years since I've been in the Air Force."Airman Gutierrez returned to Patrick last year from a

  • The best thing that could have happened

    (Editor's note: Tech. Sgt. Renee Parry faced a tough challenge when she learned her fitness test results in August. This is her personal account of facing that challenge and the knowledge she gained as a result).Failing my Air Force Fitness Test - the first time in 16 years - was the best thing that

  • Patrick Airman to be featured on AF recruiting calendar

     Senior Airman William Crisp has newfound respect for Tyra Banks and Heidi Klum. He gained it during a recent photo shoot for an Air Force Recruiting Service calendar he'll be featured in that comes out in August. "Straining to maintain poses while the photographer took pictures kind of hurt," he

  • AF spouse dances into hearts via Space Coast Ballet

    Melanie Davis could've moped around feeling sorry for herself last January when almost immediately after moving to Patrick AFB, her husband Staff Sgt. Will Davis was sent to Kunsan AB, Korea for a one-year tour of duty. But instead, she got busy with the Space Coast Ballet. Their family had just

  • Fore! Patrick youth makes national golf team

    The 14-year old son of an NCO stationed at Patrick AFB could be the country's next great golf star.Trey Valentine, son of Tech. Sgt. Fletcher Valentine, NCOIC of medical material for the 45th Medical Group, made the Tiger Woods Foundation National Junior Golf Team for the fifth time in a row this

  • The meaning of being an "Air Force family"

    Pepper Barrera readily admits both she and her husband, Tech. Sgt. Enrique Barrera of the 45th Security Forces Squadron, knew there was a pretty good chance he would be deployed when their first baby was born.It turns out they were right. But it doesn't make it any easier.Not that either one of them

 

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