• Be Aware for Safe Care

    The 2nd Medical Group celebrated Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 4 to 10, a campaign for education and raising consciousness to improve patient safety at a local level. According to the National Patient Safety Foundation, the theme this year, "Be Aware for Safe Care," calls for all health care

  • RAPCON keeps eye on the sky

    Hidden away in a building near the runway here, a group of Federal Aviation Administration employees work to keep the skies above the base and local region safe for air traffic of all kinds.The Shreveport Radar Approach Control is unique because, while it's housed on the base itself, it serves a

  • Barksdale Joins in on National Nutrition Month

    March is National Nutrition Month and this year's theme is "Get Your Plate in Shape." Every year the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics runs a campaign promoting a vital nutrition and health message. To help with this mission, health educators at the Health and Wellness Center here offer several

  • Barksdale Tower reaching high

    Airmen here won top honors in the 2011 Air Force Global Strike Command Airfield Operations Flight Awards.Barksdale won the Air Traffic Control Facility of the Year award, and two ATC Airmen were named best of the best in individual categories."I believe winning ATC Facility of the Year is truly

  • Kiosk gives new way to work out

    Need motivation, excitement or change? The Barksdale Fitness Center may be the answer. Soon Team Barksdale will be able to step into the aerobics room to find a new hi-tech state-of-the-art Fitness On Request kiosk."The kiosk will be a high-quality fitness projection system," said Col. Scott Hoover,