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  • “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

  • From Services to Military Training Instructor

    Showing his true character, Senior Airman Christian Pagan, 43rd Force Support Squadron, joined the Air Force to give his family a better quality of life. "When I stepped foot into my recruiter's office, I didn't know anything about the military," Airman Pagan said. "So when I was asked what I wanted

  • Comm moves quickly to replace towers

    Take a look out on Pope's flightline on any given day, and you'll see a wide range of aircraft parked on every ramp. One day, there may be five or six C-17s and a few more C-5s waiting to kick off night operations as part of a Joint Forcible Entry Exercise. The next day, there may be two or three

  • Looking at the glass as half full

    (Note: This is part seven 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.) The old adage of looking at a glass as either half full or half empty is an analogy that can be used in almost any

  • First There

    (Note: This is part five 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.) The combat controller motto of "First There" reaffirms their commitment to undertaking the most dangerous missions

  • Things That Make You Go Boom

    (Note: This is part four of a 13-part series on the Combat Control School training program.) Grenades and blowing things up is what Class 09-003 learned about during week four of their 13-week combat control course. It was an intense week of classroom instruction with safety being at the forefront,

  • Team Pope spends day fishing with anglers

    "A bad day fishing is still better than a good day at work," is a popular saying quoted multiple times by fishermen attending the fourth annual Warriors on the Water event April 17 on Jordan Lake at New Hope Overlook Ramp near Raleigh, N.C. Hal Abshire, Greg Lahr and Bob Cunningham, the founders of

  • And Then There Were 19

    (Note: This is part three of a 13-part series on the Combat Control School training program.) Week three has started and the original 21 trainees have been reduced down to 19 as Class 09-003 continues on their 13-week block of instruction at the Combat Controller School at Pope. As the weeks

  • Pope Airman returns from Operation Arctic Care

    In the midst of freezing temperatures, sometimes sinking below a -50 degree wind chill, a committed team of military members diligently provided medical care to Alaskan villagers, some of whom arrived on snowmobiles from more than hour-long distances. Nearly 150 people from across the country and