FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia ~ 27 APR 2021

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Road Trip: Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia

Dobbins Air Reserve Base or Dobbins is a United States Air Force reserve air base located in Marietta, Georgia, a suburb about 20 miles northwest of Atlanta. Originally known as Dobbins Air Force Base, it was named in honor of Captain Charles M. Dobbins, a World War II C-47 pilot who died near Sicily.

The installation is the home station of the host wing, the 94th Airlift Wing (94 AW) of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) and its fleet of C-130 Hercules aircraft, and is also the location of the headquarters for AFRC's Twenty-Second Air Force (22 AF).

Dobbins ARB is also home to Army Aviation Service Facility #2 (AASF #2) of the Georgia Army National Guard and their fleet of UH-60 Blackhawks and UH-72 Lakota helicopters. Associated units to AASF #2 include 1st Battalion, 171st General Support Aviation Regiment; Company H, 171st Aviation Regiment; Company C, 2nd Battalion, 151st Aviation; and Detachment 1, Company C, 111th General Aviation Support Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment.

Dobbins ARB is the only U.S. military facility left in northern Georgia after the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) recommendations were enacted. The Georgia Air National Guard transferred to Robins AFB in 1996, leaving Air Force Reserve C-130s as the only Air Force flying unit at the base.

The 248th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) and elements of the 151st Aviation Regiment of the Army National Guard are also based there. More units relocated to Dobbins ARB as the Georgia Army National Guard took over NAS Atlanta as the latter closed due to BRAC and became a tenant non-flying command known as Navy Operational Support Center Atlanta.

The Operations Group is responsible to the wing commander for most flight-related functions throughout the wing. These functions include aerial delivery operations, aeromedical evacuation, operations support and flying squadron activities, deployable airlift control flight, airfield management, base weather, and air traffic control.

The group has a diverse mission set including certification of equipment and supplies for air shipment; cargo and passenger manifesting and load planning; airfield operation; routine and tactical combat airdrop of personnel and equipment; aeromedical evacuation, triage, and treatment of casualties; and forward deployed austere operational command and control of airlift support forces.

Learn More About Dobbins Air Reserve Base HERE!!

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April 27

Learning from Foolishness

Bible in a Year:

• 1 Kings 1–2
• Luke 19:28–48

The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. Even as fools walk along the road, they lack sense.

Ecclesiastes 10:2–3 A man walked into a convenience store in Wollongong, Australia, put a $20 bill on the counter and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer? Fifteen dollars.

We all act foolishly at times—even if, unlike this thief, we’re trying to do the right thing. The key is how we learn from our foolish behavior. Without correction, our poor choices can become habits, which will negatively shape our character. We’ll become “fools . . . [who] lack sense” (Ecclesiastes 10:3). 

Sometimes it’s hard to admit our foolishness because of the extra work it requires. Perhaps we need to reflect on a particular character flaw, and that’s painful. Or maybe we need to admit that a decision was made hastily and next time we should take more care. Whatever the reason, it never pays to ignore our foolish ways.

Thankfully, God can use our foolishness to discipline and shape us. Discipline isn’t “pleasant at the time,” but its training yields good fruit in the long run (Hebrews 12:11). Let’s accept our Father’s discipline for our foolish behavior and ask Him to make us more like the sons and daughters He intends us to be.

Reflect & Pray

What’s a recent foolish choice you’ve made? What do you think God wants you to learn from it?

Thank You, Father, for using my foolishness to train me. May I accept Your discipline graciously as You continue to work in me.

[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, it's Road Trip Time again, thanks Lauren!

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy Biggirl!

FIRST!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening and thank you Mayor!

SECOND!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you PROCON!

THIRD!!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[radu]

Howdy, lauren. *HUGZ*

How are things in your neck o’ da woods these days? Going well, I hope.

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy radu!

*HUGS*

Doing great here, thanks! And I hope the same for you.

Gonna be heading to North Carolina in a couple of weeks and really looking forward to it!

[ForMyChildren]

Where and when tomorrow. I’ll be in Marietta in the morning.

Would love to meet some fellow Freepers.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren, and thank you for today's Road Trip: Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia.

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening ForMyChildren!

Thanks for joining us this evening.

Sending you a FReepmail shortly!

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Road Trip: Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia ~

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[luvie]

Good evening, lauren and Night Owls!
What an awesome road trip.
I have a special fondness for the Air Force.
Both hubby and son are vets.
Hope all y'all had a GREAT day!

[radu]

Aaaaaaaah, heading to the coast for a vacation, are ya? GREAT!! I’d say you’re beyond ready for it!
Things are good here. We FINALLY got Spring back after being chilled the past week or so and hope it stays this time. LOL

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

Hope you had a good weekend. Was the weather nice enough to get outside to enjoy it.

We finally got nice weather today.

[SkyDancer]

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I’m Down There Somewhere

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Another week at the zoo or does it look like things might go a little smoother for a change?