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  • "All your base are belong to us"

    Over the years, the culture of video games has evolved from games such as "Zero Wing" with poorly translated phrases like "all your base are belong to us," into massive multi-player online worlds that serve as a recreational outlet for military servicemembers all over the world.A study done in 2008

  • This month in history: Pearl Harbor attacked; World War II vets remember

    "At 20 minutes to eight, the first bomb dropped and it was the loudest sound I've heard in my life," said Stan Lieberman, Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II aerial photographer. "Their target was the barracks at Wheeler Field, (Hawaii). That first one landed behind the barracks and hit a dirt

  • Profiles of the B-1: Weapons Systems Officer

    As the B-1B Lancer flies toward its target, the pilot is guided by the navigational information provided by the in-flight weapons systems officer.WSOs undergo extensive training to prepare them for the responsibility of ensuring the bombs dropped by the B-1 are put on target, as well as monitoring

  • Liberty returns to Ellsworth

    While certain elements of military life may cause families to readjust their lives to deal with time apart from one another, these elements can also serve to bring families closer together.The Liberty family was reunited after Airman 1st Class Rachael Liberty, 28th Operations Support Squadron

  • Aircraft maintainers keep mission flying high

    "It never ends" are three words I have learned from a quarter century of service. Three words I have lived by in aircraft maintenance through 25 years, four commands and nine mission design series aircraft from fighters to heavies. "It never ends" is Airmen working hard every day, getting out there

  • Staying fit during the holidays

    With the holidays around the corner, Airmen can enjoy family feasts without worrying about expanding their waistline and jeopardizing their physical training test score.According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans eat an average of 32 pounds of poultry per year, with the majority of

  • Fit to fight: how to find motivation

    As the new Air Force physical training test centers on creating a fitness lifestyle, Airmen are finding different sources of motivation sustain their desired fitness level.Whether Airmen prefer to achieve their goals by using a personal trainer, attending a fitness class, working with a wingman or

  • The invisible wound

    In a scene from the movie "Patton," U.S. Army General George S. Patton, played by George C. Scott, encounters a soldier at a field hospital who is suffering from the emotional stress of the battlefield.Instead of trying to understand the soldier's problem, Patton physically assaults the young man,

  • Fit to fight: engage your abs

    As the new physical training test challenges Air Force members to better develop and maintain a fitness lifestyle, the Bellamy Fitness Center staff encourage Airmen to develop their core muscles to help earn maximum points on the sit-up portion of the test. "A lot of people don't have the right form