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  • Homestead ARB welcomes members home

    Leadership, families, friends, and co-workers gathered to welcome home 37 service members of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., who had been deployed Feb. 10. Family members held signs as the bus pulled up, full of service members coming home from deployment. Hugs were given and tears were shed as

  • Prayer Breakfast brings together community, military

    Members of Homestead Air Reserve Base met in the Community Activity Center to hear the prayer message from guest speaker, Navy Captain Ronnie King, command chaplain for U. S. Southern Command in Doral, Fla., as a part of the Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 9. The Prayer Breakfast was facilitated by the

  • Emergency Management, more than just CBRNE training

    The 482nd Civil Engineering Squadron's Emergency Management Flight at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., conducted their annually required hazardous materials exercise here Feb. 8., with help from the Homestead ARB Fire Department. The EM flight does not provide HAZMAT services for Homestead ARB, but

  • Maintenance squadron welcomes new commander

    The 482nd Maintenance Squadron welcomed their new commander Maj. Jay Rodriguez during an assumption of command ceremony, Feb. 9. Col. Douglas Batson, 482nd Maintenance Group commander, ceremoniously passed the squadron guidon to Rodriguez during the ceremony."I am excited to continue the great work

  • Tigers visit base

    Over 30 Tiger Cub Scout members and their families from Pack 69, Homestead, Fla., visited Homestead ARB as part of the base tour program on Feb. 7.The group was treated to visits of an F-16, watched the U.S. Army parachute team: The Golden knights; visited the U.S. Coast Guard Maritime and Security

  • Base schedules commissary case lot sale

    Homestead Air Reserve Base will host a Defense Commissary Agency case lot sale April 3-5 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. behind the Army and Air Force Exchange Service Express, commonly known as the shoppette. The case lot sale features truckloads of merchandise which will be available to purchase onsite.

  • Command climate surveys coming to a close

    Members of Homestead Air Reserve Base are asked to complete a command climate survey by end of day on Feb. 9. The survey gives members the opportunity to assess and comment on a variety of subjects dealing with the general atmosphere at Homestead ARB such as workplace satisfaction, levels of

  • Homestead members participate in Truck Day

    Members of Homestead Air Reserve Base represented their respective career fields during Air Base K-8 Center's Truck Day at the school in Homestead, Fla., on Jan. 31. Truck Day is a way for the school to teach children about different careers available to them when they leave school so they can start

  • Homestead prayer breakfast

    Homestead ARB Prayer Breakfast to be held on Feb. 9, 8 a.m., at the new Falcon's Nest Club. The guest speaker will be U.S. Southern Command Navy Chaplain (Capt.) Ronnie King. Please RSVP by Feb 3 to: 482fw.hc@us.af.mil or call (786) 205-2808. 

  • Knights perform for crowd at rodeo

    Members of the U.S. Army parachute team: The Golden Knights kicked off their 2014 air show season with a jump into the Homestead, Fla., Rodeo Jan 25 and 26. Gold team leader SFC Dustin Peregrin had the privilege of jumping on Saturday with the Golden Knight baton to present to Homestead Mayor Jeff