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  • 375th CES trains through Prime Beef Day

    When most people hear the words Prime BEEF, the first things that come to minds would typically be a juicy hamburger or a mouth-watering steak. But, the members of the 375th Civil Engineer Squadron Prime BEEF (Base Engineer Emergency Force) teams would probably think bed down, buildup, or sustainment. The 375th CES held their monthly Prime BEEF

  • Sailor donates kidney to save master chief’s wife

    For Petty Officer 2nd Class Elliot Riley, saving a life is as simple as surfing the Web. Less than a year ago, Navy Petty Officer Riley, a medic with the Global Patient Movement Requirements Center, was reading the newspaper when he came across an article about the high number of people awaiting organ transplants and how only a fraction of these

  • Sgt. Maj. William Gainey visits United States Transportation Command enlisted force.

    The senior enlisted advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Command Sgt. Maj. William Gainey visited the United States Transportation Command here July 10 to 12. “As we know, USTRANSCOM is from one of the functional COCOMS,” Gainey said, “but USTRANSCOM reaches out and touches everybody. I was telling a group of soldiers, sailors,

  • General receives Order of the Bayonet

    On July 7th members of the Air Mobility Command Security Forces stood in formation to present Maj. Gen. Del Eulberg a prestigious surprise, the Air Mobility Command Security Forces’ Order of the Bayonet. The Order of the Bayonet was established in 1981 to recognize the accomplishments of those who have made significant contributions to the security

  • Safety and Security

    When I arrived here, I wanted everyone to understand that my two top priorities were safety and security. Safety and security does not just apply to the men and women who work on Scott Air Force Base, but extends to the members of our families, as well as those of the feline or canine persuasion. I don’t know about you, but my Scottish terrier,

  • MATCH UP Picnic a success

    Sunny, breezy weather, and big crowds of Team Scott members and their families marked the MATCH UP Family Fun Day Picnic hosted by the 375th Services Squadron Friday. The picnic, which ran from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., is an annual event and provided free food, fun and entertainment to Team Scott members and their families. “We were absolutely thrilled

  • President meets with Scott Airmen

    Six recently deployed Team Scott Airmen were selected to meet with President George W. Bush while he visited Missouri June 28. “We got a call from the White House requesting that the President speak to some of our servicemembers who recently returned from Iraq or Afghanistan,” said Capt. Anthony Cooper, chief of U.S. Transportation Command Public

  • Team Scott Airman find home at international base

    When Staff Sgt. Sean Schuster found out he was deploying here from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., he was told he’d be working with three other Airmen in the petroleum, oil and lubrication shop. What he didn’t know was that he and the three other Airmen would be the only American military presence at this forward-operating base run by the Lithuanian

  • Veteran’s Literary Collection honors America’s best

    As America celebrates its 230th birthday this month, it is important to remember the millions of veterans, past and present, who have fought and sacrificed to keep this nation free. Honoring America’s veterans is, in fact, the driving force behind the Veteran’s Literary Collection, a program which began at Scott Air Force Base in the summer of

  • Job Fair presents opportunities to servicemembers

    The Family Support Center at Scott Air Force Base is hosting their first major Job Fair since 2001 at the Scott Club from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday. "The idea for the fair originally came when the Force Shaping policy was announced last year," said Rose Hill, the FSC's Job Fair coordinator. "We wantedo offer opportunities to not only young
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