• Avoiding packing on the pounds during the holiday season

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – During the holidays, do you find yourself overindulging in the pies, cakes, and cookies? Civilian Health Promotions Services can help keep you on track to avoid gaining those extra pounds while we celebrate the holiday season. From Thanksgiving until New

  • Civilian Health Promotion Services can help you avoid holiday blues

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – During the holidays, do you find yourself stressing over running around trying to figure out what gifts to buy, entertaining family and friends or baking holiday goodies yet still going about your daily routine? Civilian Health Promotions Services office can

  • Wright-Patterson Medical Group joins health information exchange

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Wright-Patterson 88th Medical Group is the first military medical center in Ohio to participate in a civilian Health Information Exchange program. This program provides real time patient information and improves communication with civilian

  • Organization works to honor promises to veterans

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is used to receiving hundreds of thousands of visitors every year, but none more special than groups of veterans.The museum is where 18 veterans from World War II, Korea, the Cold

  • Wright-Patt Honor Guard among heaviest tasked in Air Force

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Honor Guard is one of the most tasked Honor Guards in the Air Force and the Department of Defense.The Honor Guard's primary mission is to provide military funeral honors for active-duty members, retirees and veterans who

  • Airmen’s Holiday Cookie Drive: Festive Wright-Patt tradition continues

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Unaccompanied and single Airmen at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are once again munching on holiday cookies, thanks to behind-the-scenes work to put together hundreds of boxes of baked goods.For 17 years, the annual Airmen’s Holiday Cookie Drive has been

  • AFRL researcher climbs Mt. Aconcagua for science

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - A research engineering psychologist in the Air Force Research Laboratory here began his ascent of Mount Aconcagua, the highest mountain in South America, Dec. 8 in efforts to gather data on the potential military use of altitude tents as well as the effects of

  • Have a security clearance? Know the rules on Unauthorized Disclosure

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Many jobs in the Air Force require a security clearance, whether military or civilian, and it’s critical that clearance holders understand the rules pertaining to unauthorized disclosure of classified and controlled unclassified information to protect

  • Fly high with drones without getting your wings clipped

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – What has four blades, a remote control and is possibly on a gift wish list of one of your family members or friends? If you said drones, otherwise known as small Unmanned Aerial Systems, you’re in good company.To say consumer drones are a popular option for