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  • Lorenz on Leadership -- Greeting Carmen

    If you haven't seen the Air Education and Training Command headquarters building, you're missing out. It is a grand, historic building, nestled under age-old oak trees, that was built in the 1930's. Although initially used as an academic hall for new Air Force aviators, the building has had many

  • Squadron Officer College opens new training facility

    Squadron Officer College's Air and Space Basic Course will begin teaching combat skills here, to more than 3,600 new officers annually. The school is scheduled to open a new training facility on base May 1 at 9 a.m. with a combative skills demonstration to follow.Media interested in covering the

  • Air Force Enlisted Heritage Hall inherits historic ring

    The Air Force Enlisted Heritage Hall inherited a piece of enlisted history with the passing of the first Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. The late Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Paul W. Airey willed his Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force ring to the hall. The ring, presented by his

  • Air Force Senior Enlisted Summit to convene

    The Air Force's top enlisted leader convenes the 2009 Senior Enlisted Summit at Gunter Annex, Ala. May 2-9. Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley is gathering more than 350 Air Force senior enlisted leaders to focus on current force issues and receive updates on topics critical to

  • First-term Airmen broaden skills in Dominican Republic

    Airmen on a Medical Readiness Training Exercise here are stepping out of their traditional home-station roles and enhancing their existing skill-sets by training in medical competencies they do not have the opportunity to experience back home. The Airmen face tough, sweaty, long hours of confusion,

  • Basic health education key in Dominican Republic

    The tropical environment here is great for tourists but brings a number of health issues to the local population that foreigners may take for granted or be entirely oblivious of. A high prevalence of issues caused by sunlight, insects and the high sugar content of foods combined with a general lack

  • Military officials monitor swine flu

    Defense Department officials are monitoring the swine flu situation closely, with their primary focus on protecting the military population, a senior Pentagon official said April 27. As officials with the Department of Health and Human Services lead the U.S. effort, the military is posturing itself

  • April exercise tests Maxwell-Gunter readiness, response

    The multiple scenarios of Maxwell-Gunter's April base exercise tested capabilities of base personnel and first responders, and the results were good, said the Base Exercise Evaluation Team chief. "There are always areas for improvement, but at the end of the day, the base responded in a satisfactory

  • Eaker College dedicates Kaysing Auditorium to former commandant

    More than 30 family members, friends and faculty gathered April 17 at the Ira C. Eaker College for Professional Development's, Defense Financial Management and Comptroller School to dedicate the DFM & CS auditorium to former commandant, retired Col. Charles "Chuck" Kaysing. Colonel Kaysing, a St.

  • Former NSF attendees meet at Eglin

    In an effort to help former National Security Forum attendees stay informed about National Security and what the Air Force is doing, the Air War College sponsored a meeting of 42 NSF alumni at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. AWC is part of the Spaatz Center for Officer Education which will celebrate its