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  • Base celebrates Earth Day and dedicates “survivor tree”

    Maxwell-Gunter celebrated Earth Day April 24 with several activities highlighted by the dedication of the "Survivor Tree" which was grown from a seed from an Elm tree that survived the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Office Building in Oklahoma City, Okla. Col. Kris D.

  • Medical commander lists anchors of leadership

    With just a little over 20 years in the Air Force, I recently had an incredible opportunity to deploy in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. As the 455th Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron Commander at Bagram Airfield, I was responsible for the Emergency Department, Operating Room,

  • Maxwell Reservist wins AF paralegal award

    An individual mobilization augmentee assigned to Maxwell's Judge Advocate General's School was among the winners of the Air Force 2008 Judge Advocate General Awards. Senior Master Sgt. Imelda B. Johnson won the David Westbrook Award for Outstanding Reserve Paralegal. The award recognizes the most

  • "If Not You, Then Who?"

    Complaint resolution is the justification for the Inspector General. An IG spends about 60 percent of his time assisting U.S. Air Force people to connect them with the appropriate folks to deal with their problems. At a glance, what's the problem with that? Nothing! That's what IGs do. But, there

  • Enlisted Heritage Hall takes 2009 AETC award

    Winning the Air Education and Training Command's annual Heritage Award has almost become a tradition for Gunter's Enlisted Heritage Hall museum. Maj. Gen. Anthony Przybyslawski, AETC vice commander, announced March 10 that EHH won the Heritage Award for the eleventh straight year. The award is part

  • LeMay Center hosts first cyberspace ops executive course

    In the last six months, the DoD spent more than $100 million on manpower, time, contractors, technology and procedures reacting to cyber-security problems. To better understand the cyberspace domain and how to fly, fight and win in it, the Air Force chief of staff approved the Cyberspace Operations

  • Base horticulturist finds it 'easy to be green'

    Jane McCarthy knows plants. She will tell you she has a "green disease," and that if she gives it to you, it's a good thing. As Maxwell's horticulturist and base greenhouse director, she has a degree in Landscape Design from Auburn University, pruning sheers on her belt and is often referred to by

  • Reserve Wing prepares for December ORI

    About 400 members of the 908th Airlift Wing gathered at Maxwell's Blue Thunder training facility this week to participate in "Patriot Thunder." The wing has an Operational Readiness Inspection scheduled for December, and the Patriot Thunder exercise was part of an Operational Readiness Training

  • Son visits site of British World War II pilot training

    Maxwell's International Officer's School hosted Michael Thorpe and his wife Carole of Royston, England, as they toured the base April 23 in honor of Mr. Thorpe's late father, Henry W. "Harry" Thorpe, who was one of over 4,000 British pilots that qualified for combat duty in the Royal Air Force

  • Dominican Republic medical exercise cut short by protests

    A Medical Readiness Training Exercise here was called off today after completing eight of the scheduled 10 treatment days due to quality-of-life protests, unrelated to the MEDRETE, in towns along the travel route to the final clinic site in Arenoso. Mission personnel were airlifted from the city of