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  • Safeguard personal data

    In today's world of technological advances and virtual everything - banking, bill paying, etc. - it's more important than ever to make sure we protect our personal data. Something as little as storing personal information on a laptop may put you or others at risk. A Pope Airman was a recent victim

  • Educating Team Pope

    Obtaining higher education can help your chances of winning a game of Trivial Pursuit, but more importantly, a college degree increases marketability and earning potential in the workforce. The United States Census Bureau reported that workers with a bachelor's degree earned about twice as much on

  • Sergeant responds to fatal accident

    It was evening when he drove past a woman walking across the street, and as he checked his rearview mirror seconds later, he knew something terrible had happened. Staff Sgt. Lyle Valentine watched a car swerve behind him and its headlights disappear. He knew the woman he had just seen had been

  • Personnel claims now handled online

    The Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps is consolidating the processing of certain claims -- commonly known as personnel claims -- at a single location in Dayton, Ohio. These claims involve loss or damage during shipment of household goods and privately owned vehicles as well as during storage

  • Deployments: Stressors for children

    Many of our local schools have identified parent deployment as a continuing area of concern for school-age children. Deployment, as most military members are well aware, often puts a great deal of stress upon remaining family members. This stress affects children much like it does adults. Children,

  • Ask the Doc

    Q:  After hours, or when the Pope Clinic is closed, what are my choices for emergency care? A:  If you have a medical emergency, dial 911 or report to the nearest emergency room or urgent care clinic. Locally, our emergency rooms are Womack Army Medical Center and Cape Fear Hospital. Please send

  • Pope promotions

    Congratulations to Team Pope's March promotees: Chief Master Sergeant Rodney Taylor, 43rd Maintenance Squadron Master Sergeant Eric Cornick, 23rd Fighter Group Steven Dickson, 373rd Training Squadron, Detachment 2 David Hammer, 18th Air Support Operations Group Brian Henry, OL-C 342nd Training

  • Wingman of the Week

    Airman 1st Class Edward Metcalf III, 23rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Job description:  A-10 assistant crew chief Date entered military:  May 4, 2004 Reason entered military:  I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life. Most influential in career:  Staff Sgt. Cordova, who already left Pope,

  • Surgeon general visits Airmen

    Air Mobility Command's top medical leader visited Pope Feb. 21. Brig. Gen. Byron Hepburn, the AMC surgeon general, toured the Pope medical clinic and met with medical personnel. He was on a circuit visiting clinics under his command. While here, he talked about some important changes taking place at

  • Donating to AFAS helps fellow Airmen

    One of the organizations servicemembers can donate to during the Air Force Assistance Fund campaign, running March 1 through April 11, is the Air Force Aid Society. According to Dawn Doan, AFAS officer, in 2006, 162 loans and grants were provided to members of Team Pope, totaling $112,820 for