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  • National Veterans Pow Wow in Canton

    The National Veterans Pow Wow and Indian Festival is scheduled for Nov. 14-15 at Boling Park in Canton, Ga. There will be competition Pow Wow, military displays, educational programs, native arts, crafts and food. There will also be a military, warrior, patriot themed motorcycle show Nov. 14. This

  • Halloween smile on a rainy Dobbins day

    Jeweled up and ready for a Halloween weekend, Miss Lena Bell, 94th Operations Group administrative assistant, sports a mixture of Pocahontas and Bollywood-style fashion jewelry for her costume. Oct. 31 is traditionally a dress up day for office workers at Dobbins ARB and in the Atlanta metro area.

  • Seven Digit Dialing on its way

    Letting your fingers do the walking will be a longer trip when you are dialing numbers on Dobbins Air Reserve Base. Soon the days of simply dialing "5" and the last four numbers will be a thing of the past. According to Maj. Kayla Sailor, 94th Communications Flight commander, they have been directed

  • Time to fall back: Daylight Saving Time

    Daylight Saving Time officially ends at 2 a.m. Nov. 1 when clocks are set back by one hour. That means you end up with an extra hour of sleep that night ... or trick or treating.With the changing of household clocks Nov. 1, it's also a great time to change the batteries in home smoke alarms and

  • Dobbins welcomes Flying Club

    Senior Airman Andrew R. Alexandersen, loadmaster, 700th Airlift Squadron, demonstrates the use of a C-130H aircraft safety harness to a member of the Yellow Jacket Flying Club during a base tour Oct. 9. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. James Branch)

  • Thrift Savings Plan options available to Airmen

    The Thrift Savings Plan is a government-managed, 401k-type payroll-deduction program designed to provide tax-deferred retirement plan for servicemembers and federal civilian employees like those stationed at Dobbins Air Reserve Base. Military members can contribute any whole percentage of basic pay,

  • Pluggie promotes fire safety and prevention

    He's 3 feet 5 inches tall, battery-powered and has plenty of personality. With a name like Pluggie, he should have personality. It takes plenty of personality to inform and promote fire safety awareness as a fire hydrant. Pluggie is a remote-controlled robot that serves as an interactive education

  • Active directory and exchange migrations coming to Dobbins

    To the vast majority of us, a computer on the desk and the ability to log on to a network are things commonly taken for granted. While a lot goes on behind the scenes to ensure your e-mail gets delivered to the right place, the part we don't see is the daily battle against viruses and malicious

  • Act ends controversial personnel system

    With President Barack Obama's signature today on the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, a controversial pay-for-performance personnel system is abolished. About 220,000 Defense Department employees who had come under the National Security Personnel System, including those at Dobbins Air

  • PA Pigskin Picks: Week 8

    Congratulations to Steven McKinnis, 94th Finance IMA Travel, the Pigskin Expert of Week 7. This was a tricky week, but Steven was able to correctly guess games that tripped many people up such as Houston over San Francisco and Arizona over the New York Giants. By Monday night, he was the lone winner