• Beat the heat with Red Cross safety tips

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Summer is wonderful time of year in the Miami Valley. Many of us will participate in outdoor activities we have looked forward to enjoying for some time.Unfortunately, summer in this area can expose us to heat-associated risks as the mercury rises. According

  • Medical Group welcomes new leader

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Col. Dale Harrell assumed command of the 88th Medical Group during an assumption of command ceremony July 6 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Harrell succeeds Col. Christian Lyons, who is headed to the Air Force Personnel Center in San Antonio. Col. Patrick

  • New leader takes charge of 88th Air Base Wing

          WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Col. Christopher Meeker relieved Col. Patrick Miller as 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander during a change of command ceremony July 7 at the National

  • Base moves HPCON level to Bravo

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR BASE WING, Ohio -- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base transitioned to Health Protection Condition level Bravo on July 3 in response to steadily rising cases of COVID-19 and hospitalizations in surrounding counties. The base will not enact a public health emergency at this time and

  • New command chief arriving at 88 ABW

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio--Effective July 7, Chief Master Sgt. Lloyd Morales will assume the role of 88th Air Base Wing command chief.Morales joins the team from the Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, where he served as 635th Supply Chain Operations Group’s senior enlisted leader.He

  • This Fourth of July, be cautious around fireworks

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Fireworks are nothing less than recreational explosive devices. As such, they represent a potentially hazardous exposure to anyone in proximity and should be treated with the utmost caution at all times.To help you celebrate safely this July Fourth weekend,

  • Spotlight: MSgt Brian Frutiger

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- What’s your job like every day? There is rarely a day that mirrors the next. There may be times that my “day” has started late in the evening with a call from someone in need. First sergeants are quite often the first to be notified of an event with one of

  • You should dare to be great

     WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- I am always inspired when I come across the words Teddy Roosevelt spoke more than a hundred years ago:“It’s not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit

  • Civilian employers are Hiring Our Heroes

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The key to success is often the ability to match one group’s needs with the talents of another. That is the goal of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes program — to connect companies that have jobs to fill with transitioning service

  • Best-selling author discusses warrior spirit

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- During a visit to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on June 24, speaker and best-selling author D.J. Vanas encouraged military personnel and civilians to apply the warrior spirit as they further develop their careers or leadership skills.Vanas, an enrolled