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  • 23rd SFS starts DUI awareness checkpoints

    Starting in October, the 23rd Security Forces Squadron will conduct multiple anti-drunk driving awareness checkpoints in cooperation with key leaders from local units. The goal of these checkpoints is to further the Air Force campaign to decrease incidents of driving under the influence and to end

  • Healthy recipes: Blue cheese apple salad

    (Editor's note: The Health and Wellness center dietician will provide a series of seasonal recipes for each month. October's recipes are based on apples.)Ingredients: 3 unpeeled red apples, cubed2 teaspoons lemon juice3 cups cubed cantaloupe2 cups sliced celery1/2 cup light or fat-free sour cream1/2

  • Healthy vegetarianism: Getting the most from a meat-free diet

    Whether it is because you are concerned about your health or animal welfare, being a vegetarian can be a healthy lifestyle for individuals of any age, according to the American Dietetic Association. However, before you jump into a vegetarian diet, you need to understand how to get all of the

  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month

    October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. If you're age 40 or older, you should be one of millions of women who get mammograms on a regular basis. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States other than skin cancer. It is the second-leading cause of cancer death

  • Little wins equal bigger successes

    The question that I am most often asked when I am speaking at professional military education courses, holding enlisted calls or just out walking about is, "How do I become a command chief?" Now, to be quite honest with you,  I was stumped and had absolutely no answer the first time I was asked this

  • Absentee Voters Week: Sept. 27 to Oct. 4

    As part of "Absentee Voters Week" held Sept. 27 to Oct. 4, the installation voting assistance officer and unit voting assistance officers are working to encourage absentee voters to register and request absentee ballots.We encourage those who already have registered, and received their ballots, to

  • Healthy recipes: Apple granola dessert

    (Editor's note: The Health and Wellness center dietician will provide a series of seasonal recipes for each month. October's recipes are based on apples.)Ingredients: 4 medium tart apples, peeled and sliced2 cups granola cereal with fruit and nuts1/4 cup honey2 tablespoons butter, melted1 teaspoon

  • Back to school: Family nutrition 101

    So it is back to the hustle and bustle with a new school year that came too quickly. Many parents work full-time and struggle to plan healthy meals and snacks for themselves and their children. As the years have gone by, the world has changed and so has what we eat. With parents working, is the

  • A look at supplements

    Many Airman are looking for ways to stay fit and reach their max on the physical training test. Some Airmen look towards food to help get the proteins and vitamins to work out and increase their strength.Some have taken a different approach to this method. They supplement food with pills and powder

  • Healthy recipes: Roasted beets with honey-glazed pecans

    (Editor's note: The Health and Wellness center dietician will provide a series of seasonal recipes for each month. September's recipes are based on pecans.)Ingredients: 2 pounds beets (about 10 small), washed and trimmed with 1-inch stems intact2/3 cup pecan halves3 tablespoons honey 1/4 cup olive