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  • Mary Fahrer, a graphic designer with Warren’s multimedia center, assists portions of her project through a laminator Oct. 25. In addition to a lamination machine, the multimedia office has several large printers with varied powers and functions for different types of products (Photo by Airman 1st Class Alex Martinez).

    Graphic designer’s creativity expressed through work

    To create a product, their work begins with a blank computer screen. As their minds ripen with ideas on what they want a product to look like, they know it has to be something new, something fresh, something that will sit on the edge of creativity while still keeping in mind what their customers want."Having customers happy with what you do for

  • Missile Care program helps deploying parents

    Warren parents who deploy to missile fields may find themselves fighting two battles when it comes to child care.The first battle is primary child care during the daytime, and the second battle is with child care in the evenings. Many missions at Warren require Airmen to deploy for several days, creating a need for additional child care.The Missile

  • Trees beware: Warren’s trees at risk of being bugged to death

    The Ips hunteri is a creature most people here are unfamiliar with. It's small, foreign and most important of all, hungry. Because of a recent increase in their population, local trees might experience a decrease in number. The Spruce Ips Bark Beetle has moved in and now calls the trees of Cheyenne and Warren home.Many trees in Cheyenne are being

  • handsfreemethod: Warren member rocks acoustically

    The weight of the guitar around the shoulders, the crackling of the amplifier as it begins to warm up, the prickling of the skin as electricity fills the air and the deafening silence before the explosion of music -- all sounds and sensations familiar to Airman 1st Class Johnathan Ware, 790th Missile Security Forces Squadron.Airman Ware, Chris
  • Staff Sgt. Lakeisha El Halloui, 90th Force Support Squadron, counts linen before the contractor arrives Oct. 17. Sergeant El Halloui’s job entails checking and logging any damage done to the linen before it’s shipped off to be cleaned (Photo by Airman 1st Class Daryl Knee).

    Dirty linen exchanged

    The lights of the seemingly abandoned warehouse flicker, casting ominous shadows on the path leading to the door. The shriek of the rusty hinges, an unmistakable call sign of unuse, beckons the staff sergeant to enter. Inside, the image, seen only between the flashes of failing light, is so frightening and horrible that the sergeant screams.A
  • A cargo pallet drops from a C-130 aircraft during a training flight Oct. 7. The pallet is released from the aircraft when a connected parachute is deployed and catches winds out the back.

    Guard loadmasters plan, execute mission with precision

    For the Air Force, I serve one mission and act as, well, a test dummy.My mission begins on the ground where I'm prepped. I'm then loaded into an aircraft, usually a C-130; guided, locked and strapped into place; rigged with parachutes and inspected once, twice and sometimes a third time to ensure I'm "mission ready." All this work is done by the
  • The 90th Space Wing safety office introduced a vehicle in 2003 to reduce the amount of serious vehicle mishaps. The back two tires on the 'skid monster' were replaced with caster airplane tires. It operates like a normal vehicle until the 'monster' switch is thrown, which allows the airplane tires to rotate 360 degrees (Photo by Airman 1st Class Daryl Knee).

    Skid monster helps Airmen practice winter driving

    The 90th Space Wing safety staff formulated a plan in 2003 to decrease the number of serious vehicle mishaps. For weeks, they experimented with different ideas until something dark emerged. A monster arose in their midst.Apart from being a gigantic, blue beast with a passion for causing motion sickness and disorientation, the monster enjoys panic

  • Taking care of stress, depression key to mission success

    An avionics Airman arrived at his new duty station at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., from Aviano Air Base, Italy. Changing duty stations can be a difficult task for many Airmen, but for this Airman, it was more challenging than usual."When I arrived, I didn't really have any friends, so it was hard to adjust," he said.Stress was added to his move with
  • Senior Airman Bruce Sheel, cargo distribution center, cuts a piece of wood to create a specialized packing instruction. SPIs are wooden crates that have specific dimensions required by certain packages. Airman Sheel is from the 243rd Air Traffic Control Squadron at the Air National Guard (Photo by Airman 1st Class Daryl Knee).

    Cargo distribution center: Bring it to them, they ship it

    The 90th Logistics Readiness Squadron's cargo distribution shop is involved in almost every aspect of packaging, shipping and receiving products for the base. Whether the materials are hazardous, explosive or excess property, the members of the center perform their challenging job successfully and cheerfully."It's a challenging job," said Mike

  • The Learning Curve: Symposium broadens Airmen’s education

    Airmen unsure of where to start or what next step to take in their education have a resource they can use. Warren is hosting its first enlisted symposium Wednesday in the Pronghorn Center.The purpose of the symposium is to better educate Airmen about the opportunities available to them here and through Internet resources. The symposium will be
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