• Military Clothing Sales reopens inside base exchange

    The Barksdale Military Clothing Sales is open for business at their new location located inside the base exchange. For the past year, Barksdale's Military Clothing Sales was in a temporary trailer located behind the Base Exchange. It has now moved where the old dry cleaners was located at the south

  • A day in the life of a pharmacy technician

     Pharmacy technicians are known as the right-hand man to licensed pharmacists. They are responsible for receiving written and electronic prescription requests, counting tablets, labeling bottles, answering phones, replenishing medications and filling prescriptions."My day starts out by making sure

  • Barksdale set to host annual blood drive

    The annual Mash Bash Blood Drive will take place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 19 at Hoban Hall. According to Gwendolyn Herndon, a Lifeshare Blood Center donor recruiter, the Mash Bash is the largest blood drive in the Ark-La-Tex, and has become a summer tradition in the area."Our donors look forward

  • Airmen Celebrate Independence Day

    Barksdale Airmen were able to enjoy a day off from work July 4. Many chose to celebrate the day with barbecues, picnics, fireworks and family gatherings. Although many were able to relax and spend time with their families, it is important to remember the meaning of Independence Day and why it's

  • First to bomb back on Guam

    Once again, the Devil's Own 96th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron has deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam in support of Pacific Command's Continuous Bomber Presence. The CBP, initiated in 2003, is an ongoing effort between Pacific Command, Pacific Air Forces and now Air Force Global Strike Command

  • New IDs put personal information at the exchange on a need-to-know basis

    Social security numbers are enjoying the top-secret clearance they have always deserved as the Department of Defense has removed the nine digit number from identification cards issued after June 1, 2011.Authorized Army and Air Force Exchange Service shoppers who receive the new ID card will notice