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  • Airman gives nudge toward classics modeling while helping charity

    Military members often help their local communities with volunteer work, but one Nellis Airman is aiding her favorite charities as an old-fashioned pin-up model.Staff Sgt. Destini English, 99th Medical Operation Squadron mental health flight technician, is using her off-duty time to take place in

  • What We See But Don’t Understand

    Being a first term Airmen and an air traffic control apprentice at Nellis AFB is no easy task. Even with over a hundred hours of training, it's very easy to forget that the tiny aircraft targets seen on the radar screen are actually massive aircraft, each with more components and intricate parts

  • Water hazards: summer’s silent killer

    With temperatures in the triple digits and the risk of heat related incidents rising, nothing could be better than a little water, right?Wrong. As summer temperature rise, so do water-related mishaps. Each year, Las Vegas statistics for accidental drowning rise during the pool season. In fact,

  • Seminar teaches Airmen to develop bulletproof minds

    Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. David Grossman presented his Bulletproof Mind lecture to approximately 150 Nellis Airmen Aug. 18, 2011, in the base theater at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.Grossman, a former Airborne Ranger infantry officer and paratrooper and author of "On Killing," "On Combat," and a

  • A History of Excellence

    History is what helps us as a people learn from mistakes and shape our future in a way that improves society. The gatekeepers of this vast amount of knowledge are knows as historians. In the military, historians act as the record-keepers and the authorities on major event, involving units or

  • JROTC cadets get taste of active-duty life

    The first day of their military career is also the most remembered for a majority of service members. A heightened sense of fear and nervousness due to not knowing what to expect is what most new recruits feel when they begin their military journey. Then it gets worse when the Military Training

  • Change your summer

    President Barack Obama put out a call to service for all Americans to serve their community and country. On April 21, President Obama signed the Edward M. Kennedy Service America Act, which is about "connecting deeds to needs," he said. The act triples the size of AmeriCorps volunteers over the next

  • ACC recognizes Nellis scientist

    Over the years many scientists and engineers have been able to create or improve technology for the sole purpose of making everyday tasks that must be completed easier. Science and technology advancements have been hallmarks of the United States since its creation. Every year Air Combat Command

  • Idea saves time and money for training pods

    Chad Russ, Nellis pod shop manager and Joint Test, Tactics and Training (JT3) contractor, submitted a maintenance process improvement through the Air Force's Innovative Development Through Employee Awareness (IDEA) Program last year, and now his $230,000 cost-saving idea was approved and was

  • Threatening our network

    (Editors Note: This is part of a series about Network security and preventative measures at Nellis and Creech Air Force Base). Most military service members unconsciously have the same routine within the first 10 minutes of walking into their office each morning; check their e-mail, check their