• Ceremony marks command's recent change in leadership

    DAYTON, Ohio – Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton (NAMRU-Dayton) held a change of command ceremony where Captain Rees L. Lee relinquished command to Captain Matthew W. Hebert at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Friday, August 6. Rear Admiral Paul Pearigen, commander, Navy Medicine West addressed

  • Base mental health clinician: Respond to stress in healthy ways

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- During the course of life, everyone experiences challenges and stress, and it is important to respond and process resulting emotions in healthy, constructive ways. Capt. Crystal Ditto, licensed clinical social worker, manages the Alcohol and Drug Abuse

  • Base Thrift Shop reopens Aug. 17 following summer break

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Special sales and refreshments marked the Aug. 17 reopening of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s thrift shop following its normal summer break. The shop, located at 5265 Miller St., Bldg. 95, near the intersection of Wright Avenue and Allbrook Drive, Area A,

  • Wright-Patt bowling center reopens following extensive renovations

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 13 marked the grand re-opening of the Kittyhawk Lanes Bowling Center in Area A.Following the ceremony, the bowling center offered an afternoon of free bowling and food. To mark the occasion, anyone who stopped by was eligible to

  • Students complete another successful summer intern program in AFRL

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio  – High school and college students apply for jobs at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base each summer with hopes of working in a world-class research laboratory. Ashley Wissel, an undergraduate student from Purdue University, worked this summer in AFRL’s Materials

  • AFLCMC kicks off leadership development program

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center headquartered here, recently kicked off a new leadership development program for high performing mid-level employees from across the center.The Strategic Acquisition Leadership Team or SALT, was developed based on

  • AFRL viewing aircraft inspections through the lens of technology

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- AFRL researchers are hard at work finding unique ways to make aircraft maintainers’ lives a little easier through a technology many associate most closely with video gaming.Using augmented reality, the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate is exploring ways

  • Senior leadership congratulates newest enlisted promotees

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Col. Thomas Sherman, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Stephen Arbona, 88th ABW command chief, co-hosted a ceremony at the Wright-Patt Club, July 31, to recognize Team Wright-Patt’s newest enlisted promotion recipients. Also

  • Wing holds event to celebrate 2nd quarter award winners

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A ceremony celebrating the 88th Air Base Wing’s 2nd quarter award winners for 2018 was held August 10 at the Base Theater.Janet Wirth, 88th Air Base Wing vice director and 88th Mission Support Group superintendent Chief Master Sergeant Rhonda Walls, co-hosted