Military families unite downrange

Deployments are never easy - spending months at a time miles away from friends and family. But for a select few military members, the stars sometimes align and their time downrange is spent with a loved one. Some of these lucky Airmen are deployed here to "The Rock" and include mother and daughter,

Team Pope Won't Stop Running

It's back with a vengeance. The annual Team Pope Endurance Relay is set to challenge participants in several competitions ranging from running, walking and even flipping tires. Pope Airmen, Soldiers, families and friends are invited to sign up and participate in the 2010 Endurance Run April 29

Joint training exercise success

Despite threatening weather conditions, the Air Force and Army once again worked together to pull off a successful Joint Forcible Entry Exercise. JFEX, usually held six times each year at Pope, is a joint contingency operation to airdrop troops and equipment as quickly as possible in a realistic

Pope National Prayer Breakfast

Pope Briefs, March 26 - April 2

Pope Shirts Available"Property of Pope AFB" T-shirts are now available at the Bowling Center, Frame and Design and the Pope Club. Shirts are $10 each and hats are $12. Visit www.43fss.com to see the design.Carowinds/Kings Dominion TicketsTickets for Carowinds and Kings Dominion are now available for

Possible four-time Intramural Basketball Champs

Pope Airmen and their families are gearing up for another rousing intramural basketball championship tournament this week.With a three-year winning record, team A from the 43rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, is the team to beat. If they win this championship, the team will be the first in history to

USTRANSCOM, AMC leadership visit

U.S. Transportation Command Commander, Gen. Duncan McNabb traveled to Pope late Jan. 28 to see firsthand the hard work servicemembers here have put into Operation Unified Response. The visit was followed by a visit by Gen. Raymond Johns Jr., Air Mobility Command Commander.While here, the generals

AMC commander: 'Air Mobility Airmen continue to answer the call'

When the President announced 30,000 more U.S. troops were needed in Afghanistan, it was no surprise that mobility Airmen would play a major role in helping make this a reality. In fact, many of you at home and abroad have already worked overtime to ensure the first wave of troops reached Afghanistan

Spouses Receive State Residency Protection

Under changes to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act military dependent spouses receive state residency protection. In a nutshell, a spouse will not lose his or her legal residency because he or she relocates with the service member. On Nov. 11, 2009, Public law 111-97, Military Spouses Residency

Pope welcomes home 3rd APS

Fifteen Airmen from the 3rd Aerial Port Squadron at Pope returned from a six-month deployment to Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, March 16. Camp Bastion is the main British military base in Afghanistan and is located in a remote desert area close to the capital in the Helmand province. While deployed, the