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  • Additional Duty First Sergeant Seminar provides leadership tools

    During the Additional Duty First Sergeant Seminar last week, NCOs and senior NCOs learned that the role of a first sergeant is to serve as both a leader to enlisted Airmen and an advisor to his unit's commander.Held at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy auditorium Feb. 8 -12, the event gave

  • Canadian delegation visits Barnes Center to further CMSAF EPME initiative

    A delegation from Canada visited the Thomas E. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education Jan. 26-29 to further an enlisted professional military education initiative between the U.S. Air Force and Canadian Defense Forces.The team, headed by Chief Petty Officer 1 Fred Singer, the non-commissioned member

  • 42nd Security Forces bike patrols cruise Maxwell-Gunter

    In case you've wondered who the people on bicycles with the blue pants and white shirts are, they are members of the 42nd Security Forces Squadron bike patrol."The 42nd SFS bicycle patrols were started about two months ago and are an integral part of the installation's community policing efforts.

  • Officer Training School celebrates 50th anniversary

    Today (February 5) Air University Holm Center's Officer Training School at Maxwell-Gunter AFB will mark the 50th anniversary of the school's opening its doors. The school has invited former OTS students, staff and their guests to attend 50th anniversary events beginning today through Feb. 7. "We

  • Media invited to attend OTS 50th anniversary retreat ceremony

    Media are invited to cover the retreat ceremony at Officer Training School here Feb. 5 at 4 p.m.The retreat ceremony is part of the festivities celebrating Officer Training School's 50th anniversary. Several graduates over the school's 50-year history are expected to attend. OTS representatives will

  • Lorenz on Leadership -- A mentor's influence

    Mentors touch our lives and help shape us into the people that we are today. We value mentorship in the Air Force and both develop it in our subordinates while seeking it from our supervisors. I like to think that one cannot have enough mentors, nor can one mentor enough. I've had many through the

  • ACSC public health course brings Haiti crisis into focus

    The crisis situation in earthquake-stricken Haiti has captured the attention and concern of the world, bringing a massive humanitarian response from the U.S., both from the military and other organizations and individuals. A group of Air Command and Staff College students has also been keeping track

  • New year, new tax return; A&FRC offers tips for tax returns

    Tax time is here! Now is the time to get organized and prepare for your 2009 tax return. According to Gari Smith, personal financial management consultant at the Maxwell Airman and Family Readiness Center, several steps can be taken to ensure a painless and accurate tax return.Get prepared.

  • Astronaut speaks to STARBASE students

    Former Air Force pilot and NASA astronaut Lee Archambault visited Maxwell's Science and Technology Academies Reinforcing Basic Aviation and Space Exploration, or STARBASE, program Jan. 14 to mentor STARBASE students.Colonel Archambault was at Maxwell-Gunter to speak to students at Air War College

  • 2010 AETC Symposium reaches new heights with record attendance

    More than 3,700 people attended the 2010 Air Education and Training Command Symposium held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in downtown San Antonio last week, the largest showing to date. The symposium featured nearly 100 academic seminars on a variety of Air Force topics, a technology