MacDill Air Force Base News

Kathryn Sullivan, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, gives the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season outlook during a news conference Thursday at NOAA headquarters in College Park, Maryland.

A nationally regarded water transportation company has stepped forward to operate a high-speed ferry service for the Tampa-St. Petersburg area.

Traffic congestion in Tampa is among the worst in the nation. That's one reason why former Hillsborough County Commissioner Ed Turanchik is pushing for expanded transit using high speed ferries.

Today, Tampa attorney and public transportation advocate Ed Turanchik along with officials from the Seattle based HMS Ferries laid out their vision of a public-private partnership to initiate Tampa Bay's first commuter, recreational and tourist passenger ferry service.

A YogaFit for Warrior program is being taught to base yoga instructors that will help those troops suffering from PTSD.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Shannon Hutto will always consider Eddie a hero, regardless of the outcome of a public poll for the next American Hero Dogs.

Tampa Police bomb squad was called out to investigate a suspicious package in South Tampa, less than a mile from MacDill Air Force Base.

TAMPA BAY, FL Tampa Bay's favorite newspaper is teaming up with the award-winning Stars and Stripes , the U.S. military's only independent news media, to bring military news to local service members and their families in Tampa Bay.

In honor of Mother's Day, the Buccaneers treated 50 very deserving military moms to a day of relaxation and pampering at their headquarters, which had been transformed into a full-service spa for the annual Mother's Day Makeover event On Friday, 50 women from Central Florida enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime experience in honor of Mother's Day as part ... (more)

Carol White holds the work of military dogs in high regard. "They're not just a piece of equipment; they're soldiers," she said.

ROTC program awarded its first "Spc. Zack Shannon Scholarship" from proceeds raised entirely from bracelets honoring the fallen soldier's memory.

The Veterans Council of Hillsborough County will conduct its annual Memorial Day Celebration at 11 a.m. May 26 at the Veterans Memorial Park & Rear Admiral LeRoy Collins Jr.

Tampa was busy building Thursday. A stage went up at Curtis Hixon Park and crews broke ground at a property near MacDill Air Force Base.

The Air Force's head of sexual assault prevention and response did not enter a plea to charges of sexual battery Thursday, just days after his arrest inflamed an already heated debate about the military's efforts to stop sexual assault.

This week, there's an impressive story of how three of our Bay Area neighbors became heroes in the skies over Libya.

The arrest of Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Krusinski on charges of sexual assault in Virginia has drawn condemnation from officials as high-ranking as President Barack Obama , and no wonder.

The case of a U.S. Air Force official who headed a sexual-assault prevention unit and was arrested for allegedly groping a woman will be handled in civilian court despite the military's request for jurisdiction, a prosecutor said on Tuesday.

Dunedin dog lover Carol White holds the work of military dogs in high regard. "They're not just a piece of equipment; they're soldiers," she said.

Tampa City Council will be voting on a proposed new high rise in the downtown area soon that has the adjacent Library and Straz Center concerned about the access to their facilities.

An Air Force officer who led the branch's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit faces charges he groped a woman in a parking lot.