Events offer fun activities, awareness for Maxwell-Gunter kids

April is a big month for children at Maxwell Air Force Base. Agencies have joined forces to provide a variety of activities in recognition of Month of the Military Child, Child Abuse Prevention Month and Autism Awareness Month.April Jones, outreach manager for the Maxwell Family Advocacy Program,

AFITC calls for technical papers

The AFITC 2012 committee requests papers on seminar sessions for this year's Air Force Information Technology Conference, to be held Aug. 27-29 at the Renaissance Spa and Hotel in Montgomery. The topics the committee wants addressed are:· Government and industry experiences in leveraging shared,

Women in history pave way for future successes

Maxwell embraced the Women's History Month theme, "women's education, women's empowerment," during a luncheon March 23 at the Maxwell Club. Jackie Buck, CEO of the American Red Cross of Central Alabama, was the guest speaker.The women who came before her paved the way for success through strength

Cook It Up Challenge

Combined command post gains recognition

The Maxwell Command Post provides a number of critical services to the base, from emergency response and leadership tracking to monitoring of flight operations and alert systems. It also leads the way in active-reserve cooperation through combining personnel from the 908th Airlift Wing and the 42nd

FRIC taps into QR codes

The Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center has embraced the 21st century in several ways. For smartphone-using patrons, the center is disseminating information with Quick Response codes, or QR codes, the distinctive square codes made of black patterns on a white background that keep popping

Registration open for AFITC

The Air Force premier information technology conference is slated for August, and online registration is under way.The Air Force Information Technology Conference 2012 is scheduled Aug. 27 - 29 at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa Convention Center in downtown Montgomery. The theme for this

Saving lives and careers - Maxwell starts Airman Against Drunk Driving program

Airmen saving Airmen is the mission of Maxwell Air Force Base's Airmen Against Drunk Driving program started here in early March.Airmen Against Drunk Driving, meant to be an alternative to driving home intoxicated, is an outlet for base personnel to call after hours when they need to be taken home

Maxwell Warriors are Champs

AETC to save money, boost security with ID system improvements

Security forces throughout Air Education and Training Command are using technology improvements to make base access more secure while at the same time saving money and resources.In 2010, the command began using a system called DBIDS, or Defense Biometric Identification System, to check IDs at base