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  • NASCAR driver visits Maxwell

    NASCAR driver Gregg Biffle visited with Airmen at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., Sep. 25.During his visit, he worked with Officer Training School cadets to maneuver through two obstacles at Project X, the Officer Training School leadership reaction course, and took photos with Airmen and signed

  • Maxwell’s New Normal

    Times are hard: You're feeling it and so are we. You may have noticed that, lately, it takes a bit longer to get through our installation gates, obtain a new ID card or refill a prescription. Perhaps you keyed in on cutbacks to morale and recreation activities. What you're experiencing is a common

  • If you build it, will they come?

    One of my favorite movies as a child was "Field of Dreams." It's a movie about a farmer from Iowa who was inspired to build a baseball diamond in his cornfield. While working in his field one day he heard a voice saying, "If you build it, they will come." He was so convinced that he should build the

  • "Hiring our Heroes" stops in Montgomery

    A "Hiring our Heroes" event was held at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery Ala., from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sept. 9.The "Hiring our Heroes" event is a completely free job fair and workshop that assists transitioning service members, veterans, and their spouses in finding and obtaining employment. "Veteran

  • SOS shortens to increase attendance

    To align with the chief of staff of the Air Force's vision to give more company grade officers the opportunity to attend Squadron Officer School, Squadron Officer College is changing the school's course term length from eight to five weeks starting in fiscal year 2015. The school challenges students

  • Maxwell NCO continues to serve after amputation

    (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Robert Dantzler) His sons say he has a robot leg, the doctors and nurses call it a prosthetic, but to him, it's what has allowed him to overcome the odds and continue doing what he loves. The air traffic controller was enjoying a typical day off in late

  • Air Force revamps AEF

    The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a