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  • Med Group team brings helping hands to Suriname

    Members of the 42nd Medical Support Squadron have spent the month of June taking part in a medical readiness training exercise, or MEDRETE, in Suriname. The exercise not only sharpened the team's medical expertise, but impacted more than 6,000 patients in need of medical attention, according to Lt.

  • Financial challenges stymie Gunter Fitness Center improvements

    QuestionI have been trying very hard to embrace the fit to fight mentality and improve my fitness and well-being even though I am a civilian. I also have to try and maintain my fitness for my Reserve duty. However, the conditions at the Gunter gym make it very difficult to do that. Because the air

  • Fierce Four first to Cali in walking challenge

    By working as a team and pushing themselves to walk more, the Fierce Four conquered the Bama to Cali Challenge.Starting on March 14, 57 teams of four each walked 2,388 miles, the distance from Maxwell to California. The top three groups finished the race in less than three months.The Maxwell Health

  • Airman saves woman from burning car

    Second Lt. Rachel Fesmire is new to the Air Force with only nine months in but already she has demonstrated her courage under fire, literally.Lieutenant Fesmire, a clinical nurse from Lackland Air Force Base attending the Air and Space Basic Course here at Maxwell, said she was returning to base on

  • Online feedback aids services improvements

    Providing feedback directly to facility managers is as easy as logging onto www.42fss.us and clicking on the "ICE" button.The Interactive Customer Evaluation system accepts customer feedback through online comment cards. The responses go directly to the activity managers and the commander.Comments

  • Girl's juvenile diabetes changes perspective for militay family

    Sometimes a child's voice can be the strongest.When 9-year-old Abigail Davis headed to Washington, D.C., earlier this week, she carried a strong message - find a cure for diabetes. She joined more than 100 other children as a delegate during Children's Congress 2011.Abigail is the daughter of

  • Key spouses empathize, extend support

    As the Air Force becomes more family focused, the expression "If the military wanted you to have a spouse, it would have issued you one," becomes a thing of the past. One way the Air Force encourages support is through the Key Spouse program."The program is so rewarding because I get to make a

  • Sergeant Powell wins Air Force-level award

    When Senior Master Sgt. Mauree Powell, the first sergeant of the Holm Center, was named the 2011 Air Force First Sergeant of the Year, she said she was surprised and humbled by the honor."Winning this award was an unexpected and overwhelming surprise. I am still in disbelief that something like this

  • Audit finds boost in environmental standards

    Maxwell Air Force Base underwent the Environmental Safety Occupational Health Compliance Assessment and Management Program audit, or ESOHCAMP, earlier this month. The base saw a 30-percent reduction in findings from the last external ESOHCAMP audit, according to Beth Osgood, an environmental

  • Stay smart, safe in the summer heat

    Though it's only been summer since Tuesday, unseasonably hot temperatures this month have made it feel like summer for much longer, which means people need to double their efforts to prevent heat-related illnesses.As of Tuesday, every day in June but one has reached 95 degrees Fahrenheit or above,