My road to becoming Pope's "Biggest Loser"

I was announced March 14 as Pope's first ever "Biggest Loser." That's right, after eight weeks of nutrition trials and tribulations and fitness accomplishments and shortcomings, I have managed to win the competition.I lost 28.5 pounds with a final weigh-in of 194.5 pounds. Winning the competition

43rd, 440th conduct joint training exercise

Air Force Assistance Fund - The Personal Side

My 6-year-old daughter, Chloe, is autistic. Autistic is such a general term now. Last year my daughter didn't say things you didn't understand, and without reason and didn't do any form of communication other than screaming from anger or snuggling for being tired, she wasn't potty trained which is

Tax center accepting all filers

Senior Master Sgt. selects announced March 13

Congratulations to Pope's newest Senior Master Sergeant selects: Thomas Clater Michael Crawley John Flynn Michael Gardner Thomas Gillard Christopher Guttenburg Alexandra Hoellein David Lawrence Michael Little Kim Madison Matthew Morris Dennis Ramsdell John Reed Marcus Thomas Dwight Thompson

Social networks present security issues

Being a member of the Armed Forces creates relationships many want to last a lifetime, and with the advancements made in social networking that task has become easier than ever. Just a quick registration on any of the popular social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook or the military-specific

Pope flight engineer solves rare landing gear problem in AOR

The prospect of getting up to work at 3 a.m. isn't normal for most Airmen, even those in deployed environments where anything less than a 10-hour day is an exception. So imagine being pulled out of bed at that time after a long day of work that included a flight mission just hours earlier. To

Three-peat in the work for 43rd LRS?

Expectations are tough to live up to as a champion. Win a title, and automatically you become the one everyone is gunning for. It's a truism in all walks of life, but especially in team sports, where the repeat champion is as rare a feat as any athletic accomplishment. So to appreciate with the 43rd

Back-to-back titles caps perfect season for 43rd LRS

The 43rd Logistics Readiness Squadron capped off a perfect season Monday with a 55-43 win over the 43rd Mission Support Squadron in the Pope Intramural Basketball championship game at the Pope Fitness Center. This game, despite the double-digit final margin, wasn't as easy as 43rd LRS had it in the

CROME 46 crew averts crisis with Congressmen on board

C-130s flown by both U.S. and Iraqi pilots come in and out of Baghdad International Airport numerous times a day. According to Capt. Kay Sipe, the threat to air operations at the airport is one of the highest in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and as an intelligence officer in support of the mission she