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  • Ice or heat: What to use on sports injuries

    "Should I apply ice or heat to my injury?" This is a question asked in my clinic almost daily. Essentially, there are two classes of injuries: acute and chronic. An acute injury denotes a recent and intense trauma, while a chronic injury relates to a previous and frequently reoccurring less extreme

  • Air Force safety officials launch Critical Days of Summer website

    May 25th marks the first day of the Critical Days of Summer safety campaign. The summer is a welcome time of year marked by warmer weather and increased participation in outdoor activities. Unfortunately, it's historically the time of year when the Air Force experiences disproportionately more

  • Panetta urges nation to remember fallen troops on Memorial Day

    In his Memorial Day message, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta urged Americans to remember and honor the sacrifice of U.S. service members who died in the nation's wars."For many Americans, Memorial Day is a welcome break from work, a time for outdoor barbeques or a day at the beach," Panetta said.

  • Obama: Memorial Day honors the memory of the fallen

    Memorial Day is a time for Americans to honor the memory of the service members who died in the nation's wars and an opportunity to pray for the day when such wars no longer occur, President Barack Obama said in his Memorial Day proclamation issued today."Our nation endures and thrives because of

  • Special Tactics Group career opportunity briefing planned for May 30

    The 724th Special Tactics Group is hosting a "career opportunity" briefing May 30, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. in the base theater. The 724th Special Tactics Group is the U.S. Air Force's special operations unit. It is organized for the conduct of missions requiring rapid response with surgical applications

  • Five ways you can prevent deadly skin cancer

    Yes, it's true--skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S.That means more people get skin cancer than breast cancer, lung cancer and colon cancer. And while not all forms of skin cancer are deadly, they can disfigure your skin and cause much discomfort.Melanoma: Watch out for it!Melanoma is

  • 319th Safety Office hosts Motorcycle Rally

    The roar of the Harley Davidsons and blaring rock music here May 23, 2012, couldn't drown out an important message to the community: Safety, safety and more safety!Lt. Col. Brian Mahoney, 319th Air Base Wing chief of safety, said the Motorcycle Rally and Safety Fair held in the parking lot of Fast

  • 319th Security Forces Squadron hosts successful National Police Week

    The 319th Security Forces Squadron brought the community together to help honor National Police Week from May 14 to May 18.In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed Public Law 87-726 designating May 15 as Peace Officers' Memorial Day, and the week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week.Base

  • Obama to cadets: 'Your spirit is essence of America'

    During his commencement address here May 23, President Barack Obama called the Air Force Academy's Class of 2012 "exceptional" for the spirit embodied in their class motto, "Never Falter, Never Fail." This was Obama's second visit to the Academy since the summer of 2008, when the cadets were headed