Feb. 16, 2011 Scott celebrates fifth year of Military Saves campaign Scott will participate in the fifth Military Saves Week campaign in as many years next week, Feb. 22 through 25. The campaign promotes and teaches healthy financial habits for Airmen and their families, and Scott has one of the best according to Lona Berndt, Airman and Family Readiness Center
Feb. 16, 2011 Finances 101: A&FRC helps Airmen plan As a young adult with a steady paycheck, it's easy to chalk retirement up to something that won't affect you for many years.But many young adults don't realize that the failure to save now could come back to haunt them when they're of retirement age, and realize they don't have enough money to
Feb. 16, 2011 Heart health and exercise Editor's Note: This is the third in a series of three articles about heart health in light of Heart Month.The first steps that need to be taken to prevent heart disease are quite literally taking steps. One of the top preventable risk factors is being a member of the "Sedentary Club." Many studies
Feb. 16, 2011 National Children’s Dental Health Month: tips for teeth Thousands of dental emergencies--from injuries to a painful, abscessed tooth--take place every day. Would you know what to do if your child broke a tooth or had a tooth knocked out while playing outdoors? What if you had a bad toothache in the middle of the night and couldn't get to the dentist
Feb. 16, 2011 Tax center now open at Scott AFB Tax season is upon us and the Team Scott Tax Center opened its doors Monday. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program begins with Form 1040EZ week, which runs through tomorrow. All other 1040 forms begin on Tuesday. The tax center is located on the second floor of Bldg. 1911, which is the
Feb. 16, 2011 Airman awarded Bronze Star for building Afghan Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Shannon Rix was presented a Bronze Star medal for meritorious achievement during a recent deployment to Afghanistan. Col. Michael Hornitschek, 375th Air Mobility Wing commander, presented the medal at a wing Commander's Call here Feb. 11.The actions which earned her the medal were
Feb. 9, 2011 Enterprise Service Desk will serve Air Force Network The migration of the Scott Air Force Base network to the Air Force Network will begin in less than two weeks and a team of communications experts are making the final preparations to move more than 12,000 organization and user accounts. While the 375th Communications Squadron promises the change
Feb. 9, 2011 Scott Airmen help transport clothes, shoes to Kyrgyzstan More than 6,500 pounds of humanitarian goods including three pallets of clothing and shoes donated from Red Bud, Ill., were loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III bound for Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan on Monday. The goods are being shipped overseas through the Denton Program, which allows private U.S.
Feb. 9, 2011 Food and lifestyle choices have big impact on heart health Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of three articles about heart health in light of Heart Month. One in three adults has some form of heart or cardiovascular disease. Many of the resulting deaths and risk factors are preventable, and food choices plus lifestyle changes have a big impact
Feb. 9, 2011 Salt deicer can impact the environment With snow often comes ice, and with ice comes slicks which turn into slips that often leave our tailbones and egos a little bruised. Many of us will turn to some sort of salt-based deicer to help get the ice off our sidewalks. Unfortunately though, some of these salt deicers end up washing into