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  • Managing hazardous materials

    Chemicals affect our everyday lives. They are used to produce almost everything we use, from paper and plastics to medicines and food to gasoline. More than 70,000 chemicals are used regularly around the world. Some occur naturally within the atmosphere, others are synthetic. When people use and

  • Motorcycle safety critical for Airmen

    Before operation of any motorcycle, all riders must successfully complete an approved rider or operator's safety course. This training requirement excludes those operating motorcycle with attached sidecars and three-wheel motorcycles. The safety course must include the following: the appropriate

  • Wingman of the Week

    Airman 1st Class Kyle Ware 3rd Aerial Port Squadron Job description: Passenger Service/Fleet Service Representative. I assist passengers with everything from the time they check-in until it's time to bus them and load them onto the plane. Date entered the military: Sept. 7, 2004 Reason you entered

  • Force protection escorts critical to mission

    BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Some of the most junior Airmen deployed to Bagram are conducting a mission that, in most cases, is a world away from what they do at their home bases - they are also serving as America's front-line ambassadors to local Afghans. Known as force-protection escorts, these

  • Ernesto strikes: Pope prepared

    Though Tropical Depression Ernesto skimmed by Pope Sept. 1, the base was prepared for the possibility of several inches of rain and high wind gusts. Base members took precautions by putting sandbags around their buildings, covering their computers with plastic and breaking down pallets. "The base

  • Airman overcomes cancer

    Most Airmen remember taking leave en route to their first duty station. You've just left technical training, and you head home one last time to see the parents. That trip may have saved the life of one of Team Pope's Airmen. Senior Airman Warren Spearman Jr. joined the Air Force March 15, 2004, and

  • Preparing Pope's newest masters

    Pope's newest master sergeant selects got some help in their move to Senior NCO status. More than 100 local technical sergeants recently learned they would be promoted to Senior NCO status. These newest SNCOs will be recognized at the SNCO Induction and Banquet Sept. 29 at the Pope Club. Social hour

  • Airmen saves teen's life

    The security officer position was a part-time job Tech. Sgt. William Hutchison had taken while stationed at Tyndall AFB, Fla. He was there on a temporary assignment, and since his wife and children were still living in North Carolina, he took a job to fill his spare time. Little did he know the

  • Wingman of the Week

    Staff Sgt. Steven James 43rd Airlift Wing Job description: I am the non-commissioned officer in charge of Pope Chapel resources. Date entered the military: July 21, 1999 Reason you entered the military: I wanted to work with aircraft. Who has been the most influential in your career and why: Master

  • Base excels during EOHCAMP

    Team Pope took a thorough look at its environmental and occupational health programs last week, and found they were looking pretty good. A team of 43 people from around the base undertook an internal Environment and Occupational Health Assessment and Management Program evaluation from Aug. 21