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  • Garling wins second annual duathlon

    Twenty-two Air Guardsmen with the 176th Wing competed in the wing's second annual duathlon here July 16 during drill for prizes and pride. Sponsored by the Kulis Senior Enlisted Association, the duathlon was created in 2010 to help encourage a culture of fitness and esprit de corps within the wing.

  • Joint force wraps up medical mission to rural Alabama

    HAYNEVILLE, Ala. -- The 70 service members -- half members of the Alaska Air National Guard, and another 35 drawn from a variety of units across the country -- who deployed to this tiny, rural town to host a free medical clinic wrapped up their mission today and began preparing to head home.Exact

  • Preventative Aerospace Medicine team deploys to Alabama

    A four-person Preventative Aerospace Medicine (PAM) team deployed to this tiny, rural town May 2 as part of a larger mission to open a free medical clinic in this historically underserved community.A PAM team's mission is to ensure that the Air Force's fighting men and women are able to fight.

  • Military clinic offers dental care in rural Alabama

    As a part of the medical component for the Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) mission, the 176th Wing's Medical Group has two dental professionals deployed to this small Alabama town. This mission offers free medical services to the residents of this area and gives military personnel an opportunity

  • 176th civil engineers tackle Alabama town sewage difficulties

    While deployed to this Alabama town in support of a military medical clinic, two members of the 176th Civil Engineer Squadron helped the local city government address long-standing concerns about the public sewer system.The group is in Alabama as a part of an Innovative Readiness Training mission.

  • Wing optometrists do big business in Alabama

    Three optometrists -- including two from the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Medical Group -- deployed to this small Alabama town May 1 to help host a free medical clinic for residents, of this area, which historically has been underserved by the health care community. During the 12-day

  • 176th civil engineers improve local clinic in Alabama

    Four Airmen from the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Civil Engineer Squadron, along with six Marine reservists from the 6th Engineer Support Battalion, are building a canopy for the patio  of a local mental health clinic here the first week of May.The service members are in Alabama with 25 members

  • Feeding an army; services technicians deploy to Alabama

    When the 176th Medical Group deployed to open a free medical clinic in this tiny rural town, they didn't come alone. Among other support personnel, they brought with them two members of the 176th Force Support Flight's Sustainment Services Element: Tech. Sgt. Trisha Willis and Senior Airman Allen

  • Deployed medical group members see huge demand for services

    When the 35 deployed members of the 176th Medical Group threw open the doors to their free clinic here May, 4, they were greeted by more than 30 people waiting to get in -- some who had even slept in their cars to ensure they were among the first in line.Mid-way through the second day, final numbers