Trick or Treat: Halloween Safety

A parade of costumed children hopped up on candy will be prowling the streets of base housing in search of Halloween treats from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31.Halloween is a fun tradition, but the nights excitement can cause children to forget to be careful. Surprisingly, the major dangers of the holiday

Family care plan change addresses custody questions

A recent change in Defense Department policy highlights why servicemembers and deployable civilians, who also are custodial parents, may want to seek legal help in arranging their children's care during deployment.DOD Instruction 1342.19, "Family Care Plans," was revised in May to require such plans

A shot for good health

33rd LRAFB Military Retiree Appreciation Day to feature more than 80 vendors and C-130 static visit

Team Little Rock is comprised of approximately 49,000 Airmen, government civilians, family members and retirees. More than half of those who make up that team are the nearly 34,000 local military retirees the base proudly services. The base will take the opportunity to say, "thank you for making a

Grab a bag, help a Little Rock family in need

Commissary shoppers will see special brown paper bags of food near the front entrance at least once a month, but these aren't grab bags to take home.The bags of food are part of a new program to help Team Little Rock families in need."The program is Airmen Helping Airmen and the purpose is to help

Combat Airlifter of the Week – Staff Sgt. Jesse Morey

15 Airmen graduate NCO Academy

Fifteen technical sergeants from Little Rock Air Force Base graduated Oct. 19 from the NCO Academy at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The graduates were:Julius Brown, 61st Airlift SquadronWilisa Hayes, 61st ASDavid Hendrickson, 61st ASDavid Churchill, 19th Maintenance GroupPeter Dimaggio, 19th

Airmen gain new 'home away from home'

The Crossroads Café Airmen's Ministry Center reopened the doors of its new location during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 15 at the old dining facility, Bldg. 864.The café offers Airmen a place to go to spend time with friends during their down time."The Crossroads Café offers a relaxing positive

21 Little Rock C-130s take part in joint exercise

A large-scale formation of 26 C-130 Hercules aircraft, including 21 from Little Rock Air Force Base, took off from the base Oct. 18 to take part in a Joint Readiness Training Center exercise. As part of the Army exercise, the 26 C-130s flew to Alexandria International Airport in Alexandria, La., to

Combat Airlifter of the Week - Staff Sgt. Jason Carlton