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  • Leadership... Are You Ready?

    To most, only 8.5 years of service in the Air Force is not a long time. You certainly aren't retirement eligible. However I have encountered many different situations both personally and professionally that have molded me into leadership. I have experienced fatherhood, divorce, numerous deployments

  • Maxwell medics plan joint exercise in Dominican Republic

    Medics treated 760 patients at a primary school here today on the inaugural day of the largest Maxwell Air Force Base-planned U.S. Air Force Medical Readiness Exercise to date. A group of 45 medics, translators, security and support personnel derived from the U.S. Air Force, Army and Marines

  • JLASS 2009 trains students in strategic thinking

    As students from Air War College, the Army, Navy and Marine Corps War Colleges and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces became immersed in the 26th annual Joint Land, Aerospace and Sea Simulation, or JLASS, game, members of the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard gave of their time by

  • Canadian becomes first international student at First Sergeant Academy

    When Warrant Officer Jay McLaren of the Canadian Forces graduates from the Air Force First Sergeant Academy today, he will become the first member from his country's military to complete the program and the first international student to attend the course. Warrant Officer McLaren, a surveillance

  • JAG Airman provides unique service while deployed

    At home stations many Air Force attorneys spend their days providing legal counsel and preparing legal documents, but for one Air Force captain being deployed means serving in a unique legal position. Capt. Sophia Crawford, Multi-National Force-Iraq Office of the Staff Judge Advocate; Detention,

  • Widow receives husband's Distinguished Flying Cross for WWII

    On behalf of her husband, Mrs. William Norred received the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor from Lt. Gen. Allen Peck, Air University commander, before a group of family members, friends and well wishers April 13.The ceremony took place at the Butler County Commission in Greenville, Ala., and

  • Gates seeks to shift thinking on budget, war

    Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today made his second stop this week at a service war college, spelling out his thinking behind shifting $13 billion in warfighter programs away from traditional supplemental funding and into his base fiscal 2010 budget proposal. This is the first time Gates has

  • Maxwell-Gunter plans Earth Day events

    Maxwell and Gunter are planning several events to celebrate Earth Day on April 24, according to Beth Osgood. The events are part of the national observance of Earth Day that began in 1970 to celebrate gains and create new visions to accelerate environmental progress, according to the U.S.

  • Alcohol Awareness Month focuses on abuse

    When many people think of alcohol abusers, they picture teenagers sneaking drinks before high school football games or at unsupervised parties. However, alcohol abuse is prevalent within many demographic groups in the United States. People who abuse alcohol can include the following; young military

  • Wargame students plan for 'World on the Brink'

    Using the theme, "World on the Brink," students from five military Senior Level Colleges unite at Maxwell Air Force Base to train the way they fight. The 26th annual Joint Land, Aerospace and Sea Simulation, or JLASS, wargame kicks off today at the Lemay Center's Air Force Doctrine Development and