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  • Is chewing gum beneficial?

    Did you know that gum chewing can actually be a good thing? There are wonderful benefits to chewing sugar free gums for your dental health. These benefits include salivary stimulation, acid neutralization, decreased plaque formation, restoration of minerals and gum is safe to oral tissues. According

  • Family first during deployments

    There are not many people on RAF Lakenheath who have not been affected by a deployment in the last few years. When a military member is preparing for a deployment, their family is usually one of their first concerns. Often times a military family will ask a family member or friend to come from the

  • Are You Replaceable?

    I ask you to stop for a moment and think about this question: Are you replaceable? While I'd argue that in some areas of my life I am not, it is a reality in our Air Force, and even in my current position, that I am replaceable - we all are. As your wing commander, I think I speak for all of the

  • It's Your Choice ... Make the Right One!

    Picture this -- You're hanging out with some friends on a Friday evening and one of your friends says, "Hey, let's go to the club and have a few drinks." Everyone quickly grabs their keys and heads for the door. Stop! This is the perfect time for you to have a short discussion with your friends on

  • Where Can You Turn?

    Deployments, high operations tempo, family, school ... AAHHH ... where can I turn? You name the challenge; we have a host of agencies here on RAF Lakenheath that are ready to assist. On a daily basis, we have many different challenges to deal with. The success of our daily mission on Lakenheath

  • Housing in East Anglia

    Are you looking for housing in East Anglia? Do you remember preparing for your assignment to England? Your first concern was probably where you were going to live. There are some people who arrive in overseas locations and immediately want to live in local villages in order to really experience the

  • Professional Development

    Did you ever find yourself walking down a path, and when you looked up you weren't quite sure where you were headed? When was the last time you thought about your path and the professional development required to get there? Whether you're an Airman, NCO, Senior NCO, officer, civilian, dependent or

  • The Crosswalk Program - It's a community responsibility

    Believe it or not, it is almost time for our kids to start school again! What happened to the summer? If your child is anything like mine, they are asking questions like, "How do I get to school? Where is the bus? How long will it take?" etc. We will be getting that information out to all parents

  • Community options for teens

    Did you know we have more than 2,800 children in our RAFs Lakenheath, Mildenhall and Feltwell communities? Our children are a key part of our community and therefore deserve great places and programs where they can have fun with their friends. As the parent of a pre-teen, I'm very excited about the

  • Being a dependent child: This is my life

    It isn't easy being a kid. Going home and fighting with your siblings, your dog begging you to play with him, a friend getting mad about something that happened two weeks ago, mom asking you to clean the kitchen, a 300-word essay that's due the next day - that's just the results of being a "normal"