22d Operational Support Team

07/22/2025

🚨 Early Bird Ends July 28! Register Today! 🚨
🏃‍♂️ Tanker Trot 5K & 10K | August 23, 2025
📍 Location: McConnell AFB – Open to the Public

Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind event! The Tanker Trot offers a rare opportunity for both on-base and off-base participants to run alongside Airmen and their families—right next to the flight line! Whether you run, walk, or push a stroller, everyone is welcome to join the fun.

Choose the 5K or 10K course and enjoy a unique military setting, great camaraderie, and a fun challenge. This is your chance to be part of something special—a run that brings the community and the Air Force together for one unforgettable day!

✅ Registration Details:

5K: $30 Early Bird (Ends July 28) | $35 Regular
10K: $40 Early Bird (Ends July 28) | $45 Regular
🎽 Sign up by July 28 to lock in the Early Bird price AND secure your event T-shirt!

🔒 Base Access: Non-DOD ID card holders must register for base access. Please follow the steps on the website to register for the run and gain base access:
👉 https://refuelmcconnell.com/tanker-trot/

07/01/2025

06/18/2025

Registration is now open for the 2025 Tanker Trot at McConnell AFB! Join us August 23 for a 5K or 10K run on base 👟

Click this link for registration info: https://refuelmcconnell.com/tanker-trot/

06/04/2025

What is your VO2 Max and how does it apply to performance? Read along with these tidbits from OSTs Exercise Physiologist! 👇👇👇

06/04/2025

💪 Help Us Revitalize Your Fitness Center! 🏋️‍♀️

We want to hear from YOU! As part of our Fitness Center Revitalization efforts, we're gathering feedback from our McConnell community to help guide improvements, upgrades, and future planning.

📋 Take a minute to fill out our quick survey and let us know what you'd like to see in your Fitness Center experience!

👉 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XBWYLZG
📲 Or scan the QR code in the graphic to get started.

Your input matters. Let’s build a stronger, better facility—together! 💥

06/02/2025

Plenty of ways to get moving through the McConnell AFB Fitness Center !! 👇👇👇

05/28/2025

Check out part 2 from Coach Chase on the Overload Principle! 👇👇👇👇👇

Picking up where we left off:

The second training principle we discuss today is overload. Overload means that training must be significantly stimulating to drive adaptation. If we are never pushing ourselves beyond our comfortable limits, we will not see changes like those who do push themselves in their training, or eventually not at all.

Why is this? Our bodies adapt in order to maintain homeostasis when stimuli are introduced (adaptive resistance). We must therefore push through our thresholds in order to continue to adapt. As we push, our body adapts and the threshold increases, so we continue to push and adapt in this revolving cycle.

What can this look like? Doing more volume in the weight room. Lifting heavier. Running longer, or at faster times.

How often? This doesn’t have to be every single run or lifting session, but it must be a consistent 1 or more times a week, per item we would like to get good at. In other words, the trend of our training must be upward. The overload principle simply means we have to make our training harder over time in order to see results.

05/26/2025

Today, it’s not about the clock. It’s not about your PR. It’s about the WHY.

No matter how you tackle Murph—RX, scaled, or modified—remember this: You’re doing it to honor countless warriors.

We sweat to remember. We struggle to honor. We finish because they can’t.

Honor the fallen. Remember the mission. Never forget. 🇺🇸

05/21/2025

Prevention & RecoveryRunning is a great way to stay fit, but it also comes with injury risks—especially if you’re increasing mileage too fast or skipping strength work. Check out the tips below AND a program to ease you back in the game.

Smart training = consistent progress. Take care of your body and enjoy the run.

05/19/2025

This is what OST does. We train warfighters. 💥

05/16/2025

This Week at OST!

It’s been a productive week for the team!

• We proudly supported National Police Week activities, honoring those who serve and protect.
• Cohort 25-B is going strong—Week 3 of training is in the books!
• Integrated operations with the 350th Air Refueling Squadron helped strengthen mission readiness.
• And we teamed up with the Fitness Center to enhance the new healthy vending machine options—fueling performance the right way!

Always mission-ready, always supporting our teammates.

05/14/2025

Are You Chasing Quick Hits of Happiness?

In today’s fast-paced world, we’re wired to seek instant gratification—likes, clicks, and quick fixes. But at what cost?

Capt Dawn Hardwick breaks down the “Dopamine Dilemma”—why we crave those instant rewards and how it impacts our mental health, focus, and long-term satisfaction.

More importantly, this article offers practical strategies to break free from the cycle and build deeper, more sustainable joy.

Read the full article and start taking back control of your attention and well-being. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇