On Feb. 4, a bus full of simulated sick patients arrived at the 1st Special Operations Medical Group. These patients were greeted by more than seven people dressed in white contamination suits. The airmen from the 1st SOMDG began their annual disease containment plan exercise.

Staff Sgt. Terrell Beasley, 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, is the first Air Force Special Operations Command military dog handler to complete the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive, National Odor Recognition Testing. NORT is familiarizing, training and certifying detector dogs on the most common explosives involved in homeland terrorist threats. 

International tax attorney, Vietnam veteran and Rosemary Beach resident Cym Lowell was the featured guest speaker at the Mid-Bay Rotary Club’s meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at Bluewater Bay Golf Course Club House. Lowell discussed his initiative, Operation: Next Chapter, and how the proceeds from the sale of his book, Jaspar’s War, are donated to Soldiers’ Angels Project: Valour- IT, to purchase voice-controlled laptop computers for wounded military heroes, who for various reasons, have lost the use of their hands. 

The Navarre High School NJROTC Raider Battalion participated in the ESCAROSA NJROTC drill meet, hosted by the Milton NJROTC Unit where they beat 11 teams to finish in first place. This further solidified their spot for the national qualifier scheduled for March 14 in Baton Rouge.

Commander Naval Installations Command selected Naval Air Station Whiting Field as the top shore installation in the Navy in its respective category Monday, Jan. 5. The award lauds the top Navy commands at shore for their installation management, program excellence and community outreach.

Pensacola’s Pearl Harbor Survivors and local authors Billie and Robert Nicholson will be honored by the National Naval Aviation Museum and the City of Pensacola with a special program Saturday, Jan. 17, at 10 a.m.