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Reaching for recovery: Eustis helping survivors
August 7, 2013
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Bradley May, Training and Doctrine Command Initial Military Training Center of Excellence deputy commander, greets Gold Star family members, Aug. 3, 2013, in Hampton, Va. Gold Star families were offered free admission to a baseball game with the help of the Fort Eustis, Va., Survivor Outreach Services. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Austin Harvill/Released)
Swim meets make splash at Eustis
August 7, 2013
Swimmers and families from across the Hampton Roads area visited Fort Eustis, Va., for the annual Virginia Peninsula Swimming Union and Greater Peninsula Swimming Association championships, Aug. 3, 2013. Approximately 1,000 swimmers and families attended the weekend-long events. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Austin Harvill/Released)
Surviving with skin cancer: A way of life
August 2, 2013
Nancy Carlson, a military spouse, shows some of the scars she has from cancerous lesions on her skin that have since been removed, July 16, 2013 at Fort Eustis, Va. In the last three decades, more people have had skin cancer than all other cancers combined and more than 90 percent of non-melanoma skin cancers are associated with ultraviolet radiation from the sun. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. April Wickes/Released)
Hidden in the hangar: elite chopper pilots
July 30, 2013
U.S. Army General Robert Cone (Center), Training and Doctrine Command commander, boards a TRADOC flight detachment UH-72A light utility helicopter at Fort Eustis, Va., July 19, 2013. The detachment helicopters shuttle the commander and other dignitaries to different locations across the nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Austin Harvill/Released)
Know Your Neighbor: Newport News
July 30, 2013
Newport News Park is located at the intersection of Jefferson Ave. and Fort Eustis Blvd., in the heart of Newport News, Va. The park, which is 8,138 acres, or eight times larger than Central Park in New York City, offers two 18-hole golf courses, hiking trails, a team-building high rope course, fishing areas and a disc golf course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Wesley Farnsworth/Released)
940 miles: Langley ospreys find new home
July 30, 2013
A fledgling osprey's eyes adjust to the light as the door to its hack site cage opens at Anderson Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area, Ill., July 29, 2013. Wildlife experts from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources hoped the raptor would take its first flight at the lake, thus imprinting on the area. (Courtesy photo by Shannon O'Brien/Released)
JBLE firefighters earn national designation
July 29, 2013
From left, U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Matthew McQuaig, Langley Air Force Base, Va., deputy fire chief of fire and emergency services, and Douglas Faber, Fort Eustis, Va., assistant chief of prevention and public education, are two of 913 firefighters nationwide to hold the designation of Chief Fire Officer. The CFO designation recognizes firefighters who have demonstrated excellence and outstanding achievement throughout their careers and developed a strategy for continued career improvement and development. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Wesley Farnsworth/Released)
Wounded warriors play their way to healing
July 26, 2013
Woody Groton, Warrior Transition Unit site coordinator for the military adaptive sport program, tunes his guitar before starting guitar lessons at Fort Eustis, Va., July 11, 2013. Groton teaches Soldiers within the WTU how to play guitar as part of their healing program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Wesley Farnsworth/Released)
Dimensions of wellness: Social fitness
July 26, 2013
The idea of social fitness involves becoming a key portion of society and learning how to contribute. Because of the unique challenges of the military lifestyle, social fitness is critical to a Service member’s life. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Airman 1st Class Victoria H. Taylor/Photo by Senior Airman Kayla Newman)
MCRP collects $2 million for Air Force
July 24, 2013
Members of U.S. Air Force Legal Operations Agency, Medical Cost Reimbursement Program pose for a photo at Langley Air Force Base, Va., July 24, 2013. The MCRP has collected $2 million of the $16.6 million collected across the U.S. for the fiscal year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Areca T. Wilson/Released)