• Sheppard AFB unveils Airmanship 200 curriculum at conference

    The 82d Training Wing Chaplain Corps recently hosted a conference to introduce Airmanship 200, a groundbreaking curriculum set to launch across Air Education and Training Command bases. The initiative aims to enhance technical training by incorporating critical life skills that will shape Airmen

  • Mother of fallen Defender ‘marches on’ honoring son

    In the sweltering summer heat, 31 Defenders trekked up the rigorous route for their graduation ruck. Sixty-five-year-old Jiffy Helton-Sarver marches near the front, carrying a guidon commemorating her fallen son, Security Forces Officer 1st Lt. Joseph Helton.

  • Miss America congratulates Air Force’s newest naturalized citizens

    As family and friends found their seats in the bleachers, 36 soon-to-be-Airmen marched inside, signed their names and officially became naturalized U.S. citizens on Oct. 9 at the 37th Training Wing. Before the trainees headed back outside to prepare for the Coining Ceremony, a milestone in Basic

  • Miss America gets bit by military working dog

    Air Force 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh, Miss America 2024, donned the famous bite sleeve Oct. 8, at the 37th Training Wing to experience first-hand what it takes to train the elite K-9 teams that play a vital role in national security.

  • The world is not as big as it seems when paths cross through DLIELC

    A visit to the Lackland shoppette led to a chance meeting for Filipino Army Air Traffic Controller First Lieutenant Febe Calina Acenas. It’s during this shopping trip that she crossed paths with her cousin, now an Air Force squadron commander at the 737th Training Group.

  • Small dogs, big mission

    Sniffing out the source of danger comes naturally to Military Working Dogs. The MWDs that come to mind are fierce Belgian Malinois that leap over barriers to uncover perpetrators and gritty German Shepards who chase down the enemy. However, the U.S. Navy’s secret four-legged weapon weighs less than