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  • Reports from Battle: clinical social worker returns to Pope

    Editor's note: This is part one of a four-week series, profiling Pope members who are currently deployed or have recently returned from deployment. It has oft been said that deployment changes a person, and one Pope member who recently returned from her first deployment in 22 years of service can

  • A tribute to Airman First Class Jeremy S. Melvin

    On Aug. 28, Airman 1st Class Jeremy Scott Melvin, an Airfield Management Operations Coordinator with the 43rd Operations Support Squadron, was killed in a vehicle accident on Cedar Creek Road outside Fayetteville, N.C. He was 21 years old If there was one thing everybody in the 43rd OSS knew about

  • Training man’s best friend for law enforcement careers

    They are known as man's best friend. Our four-legged canine pals can make the most faithful of pets. But with proper training, they can also become top law enforcement officers. Military working dogs are used for many purposes in both military and civilian environments, but their main job is

  • Polished runner gears up for another race

    It's not about the thrill of the competition, the shouts from the crowd or even the hoopla that comes afterward. It boils down to one moment -- one defining second that keeps him coming back year after year. It's the feeling of accomplishment that rushes over him when his feet finally cross that

  • The honor of the red beret

    Editors note: Some combat control instructors and all trainees are identified by their rank and first name only. This article closes out the past 13 weeks of a 13-week series. To some of us 13 weeks seems like a short amount of time, to others it can seem like an eternity. To the 16 remaining

  • Hit the Ground Running

    Editors note: Some combat control instructors and all trainees are identified by their rank and first name only. This article covers weeks 11 and 12 of a 13-week series. The flight has taken several hours but to the combat controller on board it seems like it has gone by in minutes. He is preparing

  • When the Going Tough the CCS Keeps Going

    Editors note: Some combat control instructors and all trainees are identified by their rank and first name only. This is part 10 of a 13-part series. As week 10 came to a close, the 16 trainees of Class 09-003 spent their time learning classroom skills and practical training - this time for landing

  • The Light at the end of the Tunnel

    Editor's note: Some combat control instructors and all students are identified by their rank and first name only. This is part nine of a 13-part series. With nine of 13 weeks of training completed, the trainees of Class 09-003 attending the combat controller course at Pope can see the light at the

  • Pope members join the fight against breast cancer

    It is an unemotional predator. It cares not whether its prey is rich or poor, tall or short, and in some cases, male or female. All it desires is claiming yet another victim to its menacing clutches. But some are standing up to this sinister force. Some are not taking it lying down. Pope and Fort

  • “Gas, gas gas”

    (Note: This is part eight of a 13-part series on the Combat Control School training program. Combat Control instructors and students are identified by their rank and first name only.) How many times throughout our career do we practice for chemical and biological attacks and how many times do we