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May 9, 2018
Maxwell Airman contributes to saving a life during New Horizons 2018

You won’t have to look hard to find numerous accounts of heroes who stated their mind went blank during stressful situations and their bringing a person to fall back solely on the training they received whether it be a first-responder, lifeguard or, in this case, U.S. military members. The day of
May 8, 2018
AFCLC language experts travel with Air War College students to Romania, Moldova

The temperature was a bitter 16 degrees, ice coated the roads, and snow had just begun to fall when Dr. Tricia Fogarty and Air War College students arrived in Romania back in February. “We were not sure how the weather would affect our plans,” she said, “but we made the most of this unique
May 2, 2018
Survivor of 2011 Frankfurt airport shooting speaks with Maxwell junior enlisted

One of the survivors of the terrorist attack on a busload of Airmen at the Frankfurt Airport in 2011 spoke to Maxwell junior enlisted service members April 25 at the 2018 Junior Enlisted Leadership Symposium here. Technical Sgt. Trevor Brewer, a Wounded Warrior Program Ambassador and security forces
May 2, 2018
AU honors international alumni

Air University’s International Honor Roll program recognized 12 international officer graduates who have attained a prominent position in their home country, April 20, 2018, at the Maxwell Club here.
May 1, 2018
Maxwell hosts second JEALS

The Maxwell – Gunter Junior Enlisted Advisory Council and the Gunter First Four Council hosted the second leadership symposium directed specifically toward junior enlisted Airmen, April 24 -25, 2018, here. The Junior Enlisted Airmen Leadership Symposium provided an opportunity for the base’s junior
May 1, 2018
Alpha Warrior Rig arrives at Maxwell providing base with a new way to workout

The 42nd Force Support Squadron hosted an event to unveil Maxwell’s new Alpha Warrior Battle Rig, April 24, 2018, in the Maxwell Wellness and Fitness Center annex here.Members of the base community were invited to watch a demonstration of the obstacle course from three Alpha Warrior professional
April 25, 2018
Air Force ROTC commissions Navajo Nation member

One of the Air Force’s newest members to its officer corps is continuing the Navajo Nation’s proud heritage of military service. Arizona native and Navajo Nation member Jonathan Witherspoon commissioned as a second lieutenant from Air Force ROTC Detachment 027 at Northern Arizona University, March
April 24, 2018
Maxwell Chaplains host National Prayer Breakfast

The Maxwell chaplains invited the base community to share food and prayer during the annual National Prayer Breakfast hosted at the Maxwell Club April 18, 2018. The base event is an extension of the National Prayer Breakfast that has been held in Washington D.C., annually since 1953. During the
April 19, 2018
42nd FSS is a finalist for Air Force award

The 42nd Force Support Squadron has been chosen as one of the finalists for the title of the best large installation level FSS for 2017. The 42nd FSS is head-to-head with the 18th FSS, assigned to Kadena Air Base, Japan, for the Air Force Curtis E. LeMay Award. The Air Force Curtis E. LeMay Award
April 16, 2018
“Remembering the victims of the Holocaust”

Between January 1933, when Adolph Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, and Germany’s surrender on May 7, 1945, the Nazi regime and its collaborators caused the deaths of between five and six million European Jews, one-third of the pre-1939 Jewish population of the world. To remember the victims of

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