• Airmen assist local authorities with reinforcing levee

    Barksdale Airmen, at the request of state and local officials, worked nonstop from the early morning hours Oct. 31 to the evening of Nov. 1 to reinforce a levee containing Red Chute Bayou in northern Bossier Parish. In the end, more than 600 Airmen assisted with filling and hauling sandbags in a

  • Oct. 28 Airman in the Spotlight

    NAME: Brian Dunn RANK: Airman 1st Class SQUADRON: 2d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron JOB TITLE: Weapons Loader HOMETOWN: Holliday, Texas WHY DID YOU JOIN THE MILITARY? To better myself and have a stable job HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE MILITARY? 1 ¾ years WHO IS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN THE

  • National Red Ribbon Week: Drug Free is the Key

    Barksdale officials will celebrate National Red Ribbon Week at 4 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Bbse Youth Center. Col. Steven Basham, 2d Bomb Wing commander, will lead a pledge to remain drug free with Barksdale's youth. Team Barksdale is encouraged to attend the program in an effort to join the base,

  • Shreveport, Bossier City chosen as site for official Veteran's Day parade

    Shreveport, Bossier City chosen as site for official Veteran's Day parade As part of the national Veteran's Day celebration, Barksdale will team up with the local community as one of only 41 approved regional sites in the United States for official festivities. A formal parade and massing of the

  • MAC hosts 13th annual Celebrate Barksdale

    The Shreveport-Bossier Military Affairs Council hosted the 13th Annual Celebrate Barksdale event for base personnel and their families Oct. 16. A 5K run kicked off the day at 7 a.m., followed by a base-wide picnic held from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the Chapel One grounds. A team of more than 70

  • Oct. 21 Airman in the Spotlight

    NAME: Chelsey N. Bain RANK: Airman First Class SQUADRON: 96th Bomb Squadron JOB TITLE: Aviation Resource Management HOMETOWN: MiamiHOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE MILITARY? A year and six months WHO IS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON IN THE MILITARY AND WHY? It's really hard for me to say because everyone

  • Breast Cancer: Vaughn Grace's Survival Story

    On Aug. 31, 2001, Vaughn Grace's life was changed forever when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Mrs. Grace, the wife of 2d Medical Group Commander Col. Thomas Grace, was at a medical clinic receiving a standard employment physical for a new job when her doctor noticed she hadn't had her annual

  • Breast Cancer Awareness: Mammograms key to early detection

    The 2d Medical Group is celebrating Breast Cancer Awareness Month. One-in-eight women either has, or will develop, breast cancer in their lifetime. The good news is that today, if detected early, the five-year survival rate for breast cancer is 90 percent. Mammograms are among the best early