• CBS course teaches Airmen life skills

    The 2nd Medical Group is offering a classroom-based approach to improving mental health and individual resilience.The Cognitive Behavioral Skills course is designed to enable Airmen to come together and learn new skills for taking personal control of daily demands and struggles."The overall idea of

  • Military spouses pave way for successful careers

    Each year the Air Force Aid Society gives back to military spouses through grants and scholarships. This year, the Airman and Family Readiness Center wrote a proposal to the AFAS requesting six funded slots for the Certified Nurse Assistant Program at Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier

  • 2nd CES water and fuel systems Airmen keep the mission flowing

    "Be shapeless, like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves."- Bruce Lee.The 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuel systems Airmen

  • Predicting the unpredictable: Weathering Mother Nature

    With 21st century technology in every pocket, it is easy to fall into the illusion that people have mastered the ability to control their world.  But a single glance out on an unexpected thunderstorm and the memory of a forgotten umbrella reminds one of just how many aspects in life remain out of

  • Adapt and overcome: the Desmond Awadzi story

    For Staff Sgt. Desmond K. Awadzi, adapt and overcome is not merely a token phrase; it's a way of life.As the eldest child in a working Ghanaian family, he was expected to help provide for the family and his three younger siblings."It wasn't easy for me growing up as the oldest child," said Awadzi,

  • “A Day in the Life of a Leader”

    The Barksdale Total Force Development Council hosted a theatrical play "A Day in the Life of a Leader" Nov. 13 to support Col. Kristin Goodwin's, 2nd Bomb Wing commander, 2015 initiative "The Year of the Leader." The theatrical play was designed to demonstrate healthy ways to cope with stressors

  • New face of customer service: Exchange gets upgraded

    The Barksdale Exchange is getting a facelift in the form of a six-month remodel which is scheduled to conclude February, 2016."The purpose of this project is to give back to the people of the base," said Michael Cross, Aarene Contracting project superintendent, who is overseeing the complete