Dec. 3, 2014 Take precautions during winter weather PT Safety during physical fitness is always important. With the onset of winter weather, concerns such as dehydration, becoming too hot or too cold, and when and how to test physical fitness arise.Winter weather often means colder than normal temperatures. It is important to dress dry, not just
Dec. 3, 2014 Scott family hosts exchange student’s family for Thanksgiving On average, families travel about 550 miles to be with family during the holiday season in America. But, Francesca Barbieri's family traveled over half the world to visit her for Thanksgiving.The Barbieris are Italian and Francesca is a foreign exchange student at Southern Illinois University
Dec. 2, 2014 Scott members mentor students in robotics competition For many years Scott Air Force Base has been supporting local programs that encourage innovation, enabling young people to be science and technology leaders.One of those programs, the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Lego League, held its first qualifying competition
Dec. 2, 2014 Scott teen trying to make it in the music industry She began singing at a young age, but it was at age 12 when her mother and sister decided to enter Bryana Salaz into her first singing competition at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. She realized then how much she enjoyed performing and that she wanted to make a career out of it.Being a military kid,
Nov. 26, 2014 Hearts Apart Thanksgiving Dinner Servicemembers' families sat down at the Nightingale Inn dining facility to enjoy a meal sponsored by the Airman and Family Readiness Center's Hearts Apart program Nov. 14 at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Hearts Apart is a program developed for deploying servicemembers' families.The Thanksgiving
Nov. 25, 2014 Team Scott members volunteer in the classroom Recently 24 Team Scott volunteers served as role models to 379 students at Gordon D. Bush Elementary School in East St. Louis as part of the Junior Achievement Program.The purpose of Junior Achievement is to educate and inspire young students by teaching lessons about work readiness,
Nov. 25, 2014 Don’t fly the coop—stop turkey-day fires before they start Many families will be sharing Thanksgiving Day meals together today, but one thing that could stand in the way of an enjoyable holiday is carelessness in the kitchen.According to the National Fire Prevention Association, for each year between 2009 and 2011, an estimated 1,900 residential building
Nov. 25, 2014 Preparedness crucial for winter weather Last winter made for the worst weather conditions in Illinois in nearly 40 years. Before that, in 2011, Chicago experienced the "Snowpocalypse." This event left more than 1,500 cars stranded on Lake Shore Drive for more than six hours. People were separated from loved ones and unsure of what was
Nov. 19, 2014 Scott prepares for winter When the 375th Air Mobility Wing responds to a winter weather event the base focuses first on a couple key areas: the airfield, base emergency routes and 24-hour work center parking lots and sidewalks. Then the additional parking lots and secondary streets are tackled.According to the 375th Mission
Nov. 19, 2014 Instructors visit Scott to host course on aerial port operations For more than eight hours a day, three instructors from the 423rd Mobility Training Squadron based at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, taught the Management of Aerial Port Operations Course here, Nov. 3-14.An aerial port is the area where cargo or passengers are loaded or unloaded from