An official website of the United States government
A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States.
A lock (lock ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

 

 

  • Operation Community: Volunteers Clean House

    Volunteers came together Dec. 1 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar for Operation Community, a monthly effort to clean-up the Coalition Compound section of the base. More than six-dozen people with trash bags in hand spent an hour policing Coalition Compound, an area covering more than 250 acres. The group

  • Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work Spent Thanksgiving at AUAB with Troops

    Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work visited service members on Thanksgiving at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.Work showed off his carving skills Thanksgiving Day as he carved and served turkey to members of the Armed Forces in the Blatchford-Preston Complex dining facility.After serving the dinner, he

  • Services Display Honor While Exercising

    Service members workout in honor of fallen Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians Nov. 21 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.   This year was the second annual EOD 130 memorial workout and Capt. Jacob Flatz, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight commander,

  • New Tool Helps Users Reduce PII Breaches

    Changes to your e-mails are coming to make us all more secure.The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool, which currently prompts users to provide a digital signature when an e-mail contains an active hyperlink or attachment, has been reconfigured to scan e-mails and attachments for personally

  • Don’t be a critic, but be critical

     The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Air Force, the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government.Many times in my life, I have learned lessons without truly understanding or appreciating them until much

  • Mentorship: Prepping Airmen for the Future

    More than two-dozen airmen enter the Coalition Compound gymnasium unsure of what’s to come. Thirty-five senior enlisted leaders, with more than 700 years of combined military experience, from the U.S. Air Force and Army are here to mentor them for the next 60-minutes.The airmen participated in a

  • Service members tour B-1 Lancer, learn aircraft’s capabilities

    Forty service members received a B-1 Lancer tour as part of a new incentive program Nov. 24 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The B-1 Lancer is a highly versatile, multi-mission weapon system. The bomber carries the largest payload of both guided and unguided weapons of any aircraft in the Air Force

  • Alcohol; Know Your Limits

    After 12 hour shifts for six straight days you hit the “spot” with your friends and stay out well after midnight. The next day you have to go to work, you forgot something; how long does alcohol stay in your system? “Once you consume the alcohol it usually takes about 20-30 minutes for the alcohol

  • Bikes Over Baghdad perform at AUAB

    As Bikes Over Baghdad performed their show at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Nov. 22 service members cheered and roared in applause.The group, which started in 2009, tours military bases around the world performing high-energy stunt shows. During their performance, they performed a wide variety of tricks

  • A Poolside Makeover

    Team Al Udeid gives Coalition Compound pool walls a makeover at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar in November. “A few of us got together and thought it would be nice to give back to the base,” said Tech. Sgt. Cory Farrell, 379th EFSS Fox Sky Box, noncommissioned officer-in-charge. “We thought about painting