• Little Rock Snapshot: Senior Master Sgt. Melissa Spurling

    Airman 1st Class Kaylee Clark: Q: Could you please state your rank, full name and duty title?Senior Master Sgt. Melissa Spurling: A: Senior Master Sgt. Melissa J. Spurling military personnel section superintendent Q: Where are you from?A: Sioux Falls, Texas.Q: How long have you been at the rock? And

  • Spurling Animal Shelter

    Fifteen years ago Samson, a Yorkie, found a home in San Antonio, Texas. The home was that of Senior Master Sgt. Melissa Spurling. Seeing Samson, she fell in love. Samson was the first animal adopted by Spurling, driving her devotion and love for animals. Living in San Antonio, she could not go

  • CAF Social Pillar: TLR Rocks Special Olympics

    "Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt." The Harding University football stadium echoed with the above words as thousands of athletes and their supporters flocked to Searcy, Ark., to compete in the Arkansas Summer Special Olympics May 23 - 25. Among the competitors was a

  • Team Little Rock Honors Peace Officers During Police Week

    On May 4, 1963 President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation designating May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week of May 15 each year occurs as Police Week. Little Rock did its part in honoring peace officers by holding events around the base throughout the week to raise

  • Off-Duty: Paranormal Airman

    When the sun sets and a full moon rises on a eerie spring night, and all you can hear is the hiss of the wind blowing on the leaves and the muffled sounds of passing cars echoing off the grave stones in an old Confederate cemetery, most people would be afraid. For Staff Sgt. Justin Rangel, a 345th

  • Commentary: Talent and Hustle

    Each of us not only have our own goals and dreams but we also have the desire to live life to the fullest. In order to get there, we need the drive and fortitude to make the necessary changes and decisions to get to our desired end state. We are all wired to want more, to make improvements in our

  • Travel Feature: Branson, Mo.

    Visiting Branson, Mo., was not on my list of things to do for my off-duty time, a stroke of good luck at this year's Family Fun Fest Easter Egg hunt helped change my mind.My one-year old daughter found the "golden ticket" -- a weekend get-away at this small city nestled in the Ozark Mountains. The