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  • Pope medevac C-130 crew overcomes double engine failure in AOR

    A C-130 pilot could fly more than 5,000 hours in their career and more than 4,800 in the Hercules, yet still go an entire career without ever having to fly with something as catastrophic as double engine failure. Prior to March 19, 2008, that was the case for Lt. Col. Brian Jurkovac, 43rd Operations

  • Rape defense class a RAD experience

    April 4 and 5, I had the opportunity to take a rape aggression defense class conducted at Pope's Airman and Family Readiness Center's conference room. To be honest, at first the thought of being in a classroom for most of my precious weekend didn't exactly thrill me; however, Col. John McDonald, our

  • Air Force Assistance Fund: The Personal Side

    In February 2001, I was assigned to the 3rd Communications Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska right out of tech school. I was an Airman 1st Class with a wife and a new baby and was now 4,500 miles from home and everyone I'd ever known. On December 4th of that same year, my 84-year old father

  • April Pope History Includes Name Change

    Post World War I On April 5, 1919, the War Department changed the name of the Camp Bragg Flying Field to Pope Field. According to the Fayetteville Observer, Pope Field had 101 officers and 970 enlisted troops stationed there by the end of April 1919. On April 24, 1922, Maj. R. C. Goolrick took

  • Navigating the Carolinas: Fayetteville Dogwood Festival

    Many opportunities are available this spring to Pope members who are looking to get off base to enjoy some of the local advantages the community offers. North Carolina's city of Fayetteville hosts its annual Dogwood Festival downtown April 25 through April 27. The Dogwood Festival is a free and open

  • My goal to be Pope's "Biggest Loser," Week 7

    With the final weigh-in of the Biggest Loser happening today, I have officially reached the end of the competition. I didn't get the results I was looking for this past week. I was too busy to work out everyday like I planned and I also didn't have time to prepare my pre-rationed snack foods and

  • My goal to be Pope's "Biggest Loser," Week 6

    The final weigh in for the biggest loser competition is a week from today. As of Wednesday morning I was 206.5 pounds. I would like to be down to 198 pounds by the end of the competition. That would mean a total weight decrease of 25 pounds which, in my opinion, seems to be somewhat surprising but

  • Pope barber tells his story

    His demeanor is easy. He makes himself comfortable in one of his barber chairs and calmly crosses his legs. His southern drawl takes on a life of its own as he begins discussing his life history. At age 68, Lutrell Butler, one of Pope's long-standing barbers, doesn't like to think about slowing

  • My goal to become Pope's Biggest Loser, Week 5

    I weighed myself the instant I got home from my eight days of leave. After my gorge fest in Wisconsin, I knew that I had blown away three weeks of smart eating and frequent exercising. After all, I lost about eight pounds in my first week of the Biggest Loser competition by not eating fast food or

  • My goal to become Pope's "Biggest Loser," Week 4

    I am at the end of my fourth week in Pope's Biggest Loser competition and on leave in Wisconsin for a week. How does this affect my diet plan? I don't quite have the wide selection of aerobic equipment at home like I do at the fitness center. I actually don't have any aerobic equipment. The local