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Dec. 17, 2020
Christmas and New Year’s Day 2020: Holiday hours at Maxwell Air Force Base & Gunter Annex

Many Maxwell Air Force Base – Gunter Annex offices and services will be closed or have limited hours for the Christmas and New Year’s Holidays. The base will observe Christmas Eve Thursday, Dec. 24th, Christmas Friday, Dec. 25th, New Year’s Day Friday, Jan 1st, and an AETC Family Day on Monday,
Dec. 2, 2020
Maxwell memorializes Rosa Parks, SecAF pays tribute to civil rights leader

Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett, Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed, Col. Eries Mentzer, 42nd Air Base Wing commander, Bryan Stevenson, Equal Justice Initiative founder and director and several other dignitaries were on hand for the unveiling of the Rosa Parks sculpture, created by Ian Mangum,
Nov. 6, 2020
42 MDG salutes healthcare administration professionals

The 4A career field, healthcare administration, incorporates three separate enlisted Air Force Specialty Codes: Health Services Management (4A0XX), Medical Materiel (4A1XX) and Biomedical Equipment (4A2XX). Medical Service Corps (41AX) officers are the 4A career field officer counterpart.
Oct. 27, 2020
42nd ABW defenders support Domestic Violence Awareness Month

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1 in 4 women and nearly 1 in 10 men have been a victim of domestic violence during their lifetime, including military members and their families.
Oct. 23, 2020
VCSAF Wilson recognizes Maxwell AFB MDG

In order to properly support the DoD’s lines of efforts towards COVID-19, protecting people, ensuring mission readiness and supporting the whole-of-nation response, the medical professionals at the 42nd Medical Group stepped up to the challenge with tactfulness and ingenuity.
Oct. 1, 2020
March Road Closure

The south end of March Road is closed to all base traffic.
Aug. 5, 2020
Department of the Air Force releases Support of Military Families Report

Over the past two years, The Department of the Air Force collaborated with policy professionals and subject matter experts to develop quantitative criteria and analytic frameworks to assess states’ support of military families. Specifically, they assessed licensure portability and pre-kindergarten
July 22, 2020
New flag guidance on all DoD installations

New flag guidance on all DoD installations
July 1, 2020
42nd MDG welcomes new commander

After serving two years as the 42nd MDG commander, Col. Jeanette Frantel is moving on to her next assignment at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
May 29, 2020
42nd MPF maintains safety during ACSC out processing

Airmen from the 42nd Military Personnel Flight out process Air Command and Staff College students, May 28, 2020, on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. In order to maintain current safety precautions, the process was modified to allow the students to complete all required paperwork without having to

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