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  • New liaison officer bridges Air Force families, schools

    Randy Stokes, Maxwell's new school liaison officer, is eager to make a difference to military families of school-aged children. His job is to help those unfamiliar with the local school systems mesh their educational desires with the resources at hand. Having himself been a military parent, he knows

  • Club allows members to keep horses on base

    On a recent late Friday afternoon at Maxwell Air Force Base, while many base members were leaving for the weekend, a few were gathering at the River Road Riding Club for their evening chores.There were horses to be exercised and groomed, stalls to be cleaned and apple-flavored treats to be handed

  • Lorenz on Leadership -- Love your people

    I have gained a wealth of knowledge during my career, but one point remains at the top of the list ... love your people. Through Lorenz on Leadership articles and presentations, I have shared countless personal stories. While they always have different themes, one constant is the wonderful examples

  • Maxwell Boulevard to be reduced to two lanes

    Beginning Sunday, traffic flow on Maxwell Boulevard will be reduced to two lanes. The action is part of the ongoing Alabama Department of Transportation renovation and widening of Maxwell Boulevard to six lanes. The reduction to two lanes, one west bound and one east bound, is projected to last

  • Base copes with above-normal temps

    This July was one of the hottest on record for the Maxwell-Gunter and Montgomery area, and there are no signs of a cool down in the immediate future, forecasters say.The average high temperature last month was 95.5 degrees Fahrenheit, the record high of 97.6 degrees being set in 2000. The average

  • LeMay Center changes leadership

    Lt. Gen. Allen Peck, Air University commander, capped the events of last week by officiating Friday at the change of command for the LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education.Maj. Gen Maurice Forsyth, who is retiring, handed the reins of the LeMay Center to Maj. Gen. David Fadok.General

  • AFROTC honors three elite graduates

    Three graduates of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training School who went on to be top leaders in their fields were honored recently in a ceremony at Maxwell Air Force Base.Former Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John Jumper, former Air Education and Training Command Commander Gen. Lloyd Newton and

  • AETC commander visits Maxwell

    Saying that the Air Force must continue to mentor students in its growing educational curriculum, Gen. Stephen R. Lorenz, commander of Air Education and Training Command, visited Maxwell Air Force Base on July 26."I came to speak to students of the Wing Commander's Course, talk to the students at

  • ROTC cadet adds award to collection

    A Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet here for ROTC summer field-training received the Cadet Research Award July 21 for his research on orbital mechanics. Cadet Jason B. Gabriel is a senior at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the cadet wing commander at Detachment 340, located in Worcester,

  • Base makes Camp Sunshine fun for local sons

    Airman 1st Class Byron Wilson of the 42nd Contracting Squadron has only been at his first duty station for a month, but already he has taken part in his first volunteer activity. He'd read about the volunteer opportunity for Camp Sunshine and jumped at the opportunity to do something with youth, he