• New school paves runway for educational excellence

    An excited crowd of distinguished guests, proud parents, faculty and staff all stood outside to celebrate the Aug. 15 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Jacksonville Lighthouse Charter School Flightline Upper Academy, the base's new middle school. The on-base charter school, only a dream of local

  • ABC's of back to school safety

    August marks the start of the end of summer for school-aged children. Parents and those who drive past Arnold Drive Elementary and the newly opening Jacksonville Lighthouse Charter School Flightline Upper Academy, are to be mindful that Monday, school begins and road rules for child safety will be

  • Precautions, safety measures to help beat heat wave

    As dawn breaks and signals the start of a new morning, Team Little Rock service members don their uniforms and prepare to take on the challenges of another day at work. As the sun steadily rises, so does the temperature, increasing from pleasant warmth to irritable heat. When the sun reaches its

  • MyPlate guidelines replace food pyramid

    Airmen now have a new guideline for healthy eating. The United States Department of Agriculture introduced the MyPlate approach to balanced eating in June 2011. The guidelines suggest making half of your plate fruits and vegetables, half of your grains whole grains, varying protein choices and

  • The results are in: 2011 staff sergeant promotions

    Air Force officials selected 11,337 of 26,549 eligible senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant for a selection rate of 42.70 percent.The average score for those selected was 275.56, with an average time in grade of 1.88 years and an average time in service of 4.44 years. The average score was

  • Little Rock NCO, a man of honor

    An honor guardsman approaches a waiting family, sharp as a saber. With his face solid and stern, he utters words that's been said many times before. Though nervous and anxious to be perfect, he doesn't let it show, knowing this may be his only chance of a lasting impression of the United States Air