Aug. 26, 2015 Col. Laura Lenderman: Navigating a life to commander Col. Laura Lenderman recently assumed command of the 375th Air Mobility Wing, a job she never thought she would take on decades ago when she lived here as a child. She just knew what she wanted for her life, and from a young age she decided the Air Force would be part of her future.She lived here
Aug. 26, 2015 Register for Night Hoops youth basketball program Registration for Operation Night Hoops is Sept. 1-30 at Scott's Youth Center.The program is open to all skill levels in two separate age groups, ages 9-12 and 13-18."Dividing them into different teams give each youth a better involvement in the entire program," said Karen Jalbert, Scott Air Force
Aug. 21, 2015 Cue the violins: Children learn fine arts at the youth center Katlyn Zunker, 23, teaches violin to a range of age groups from 4 years old to the teenage years at the Youth Center. She has been stationed at Scott with her husband for three years, and she said she really enjoys teaching kids of different age ranges who are self-motivated to learn an instrument
Aug. 21, 2015 New commander leading the 375th Operations Group Col. Perry Long assumed command from Col. Jeanette Voigt as commander of the 375th Operations Group Aug. 14 at Scott, after returning from a year-long deployment to Afghanistan.Long has been serving in the Air Force for 23 years after earning his commission from the Air Force Academy in 1992, with a
Aug. 21, 2015 SAPR hosts bowl-a-thon The Scott Air Force Base Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office hosted a "Back to School Bowl-a-thon" at the Stars and Strikes Bowling Center Aug. 13 at Scott.The SAPR office goal was to get the message out more often and through different methods such as this event.The purpose of the event
Aug. 21, 2015 Scott family members learn garden-to-table cooking The 5210 Healthy Military Children program hosted a cooking class called "EFMP Garden to Table Cooking Class" Aug. 6 at the Airman and Family Readiness Center, where Operation Food Search provided Scott members, to include Exceptional Family Member Program families, with fresh ideas for healthier
Aug. 12, 2015 Scott clinic helps reduce pain from running Members of the military spend a lot of their time running. Every branch has a running component to their physical fitness test and standards. Many people can experience pain while they run, and the Pain Free Running Clinic offers possible solutions to managing and fixing the pain that sometimes
Aug. 12, 2015 Event brings potential students, educators together for ‘The Way Ahead’ The Education Office hosted "The Way Ahead" education fair Aug. 5 at the Education and Training Center.The fair was held in the Education Center to help people interact in the classroom environment and make a connection between the site and their educational needs."Having it in our own environment
Aug. 12, 2015 Scott spends award money for fitness, park areas Earlier this year, leadership in the 375th Air Mobility Wing asked for suggestions on how to spend $100,000 from an award it received and the vote by overwhelming majority called for improving fitness and animal/park areas on base.When Scott AFB was selected as the Air Mobility Command runner-up for
Aug. 6, 2015 Airmen, families help at food bank Around 22 Team Scott members worked at the St. Louis Area Foodbank July 25 packing approximately 11,976 meals for local communities.The goal of the St. Louis Area Foodbank is to provide nutritious meals to a 26 county area in Missouri and Illinois, so individuals don't have to go without the ability