News

  • Historical icon removed from DCGS

    The Transportable Medium Earth Terminal was removed from its location, May 27, at the 548th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group here.The TMET, a giant satellite dish, was a landmark of the 548th ISRG for 14 years. Its history, however, dates back to the mid-90s."The TMET was

  • Beale Airman convicted of sexual assault

    Staff Sgt. Jeffary M. Cartwright, stationed at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., was found guilty in a General Court Martial on July 2, 2014, for engaging in a sex act with two minors; communicating indecent language and conduct to the minors; and assault of a minor.Cartwright was sentenced to a Bad

  • 9th Medical Group encourages alternate modes of patient, staff communication

    The 9th Medical Group held an open house and town hall meeting June 24, at the clinic here for patients to find out what services are provided and promote different modes of communication to patient health care teams.The 9th MDG motto is-- "Your life... our mission."The medical group held the open

  • Beale Airmen attend and volunteer at NASCAR race in Sonoma

    Approximately 40 Beale Airmen volunteered at the Toyota/SaveMart 350 NASCAR race at Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, Calif., June 22, 2014. The annual race also included multiple qualifying events and races throughout the weekend. Master Sgt. Dale McCollum II, 9th Munitions Squadron first sergeant, was

  • Team Beale supports Marysville Gold Sox military appreciation day

    Team Beale supported the Marysville Gold Sox by presenting the flag during the National Anthem June 14, for military appreciation day at the Appeal Democrat Park in Marysville, Calif.The Gold Sox celebrated military appreciation day by inviting members of Beale, a U.S. Marine Corps Color Guard, and

  • Day in the life of a U-2 crew chief

    Imagine working on something worth approximately $60 million and being responsible for the safety of another person's life.For the crew chiefs of the 5th Reconnaissance Squadron, that's just another day at work as they repair and maintain U-2 Dragon Ladies to ensure the Squadron's pilots can safely

  • Beale's Chaplain Corps reaches out to Airmen outside of chapel grounds

    The chapel is commonly known as a place for Sunday worship services, but for the Beale Chaplain Corps that is only a small portion of what they offer to Team Beale. The Chaplain Corps here hosts a number of different events to provide for the spiritual care of military members and their families, as

  • Base theater reopens, offers free admission

    After closing more than a year ago, Beale's movie theater reopened its doors to Team Beale June 4, and with more than 250 guests attended the show.The 9th Force Support Squadron contributed more than 200 man hours and approximately $8,000 to restore and upgrade the theater.The theater upgrades

  • Visionary leadership

    I can recall a time when I was assigned to a Contingency Response Group (CRG) where my squadron superintendent wanted my unit to practice how fast we could set up a bare base. The suggestion was not responded positively of course, many moans and groans echoed from the Airmen but the superintendent