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  • Mayhem on the Mountain

    A quiet stillness inside the snow cave we had dug made it feel eerily like a tomb. The cramped quarters had protected us from the unrelenting blizzard we'd faced that night, but I suddenly had the urge to be outside again. Maybe a little claustrophobia had taken hold of me. But I actually would

  • Can You Hear a Pin Drop? - Loud noise can destroy hearing

    Airplanes, cars, trains, lawn mowers, and even radios and television create unwanted sound, which we call noise. When soft and mild, noise is tolerable; but when it becomes too loud, it can be annoying and even destroy hearing.     Once hearing loss from noise occurs, it will never return to normal.

  • It Ain't Easy Being a Hero

    Objective: Confined space, high angle, auto extrication.Borrrrrrrring!Don't the instructors at the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Training Academy at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, realize that I just survived a military working dog attack, not to mention jumping out of an aircraft

  • Combat to the Core

    While serving in a combat environment, Airmen and Soldiers also are battling weaknesses in their body's core strength to increase fitness, decrease injuries and deal with stress. Core strength refers to abdominal and back muscles used to support the spine and keep bodies stable and balanced. With

  • A 'Growing' Problem - Obesity a concern for veterans, recruits and kids

    Leonardo da Vinci's iconic drawing of the "Vitruvian Man," along with the accompanying text, is sometimes called "Proportions of Man." Created around the year 1492 as a scientific study of the proportions of the male human body, his artwork probably would look different if redone today, as the