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  • Total-force officers take next step

    Air Force has continued its total-force officer integration, launching the Voluntary Limited Period of Active Duty program in early 2016.This program provides an opportunity for Air National Guard and Air Force Reservists to become active-duty Airmen for a period of time.For three years and one day,

  • Maxwell awards youngest volunteer

    Maxwell volunteer coordinators recognized the base's youngest volunteer to receive the bronze level President's Volunteer Service Award during the third annual Maxwell Volunteer Recognition Awards ceremony, April 15, 2016.Seven-year-old Isabella Torres was recognized for her 35 hours of volunteer

  • Spouses donate $2,500 to help heal TBI, PTSD

    Maxwell Gunter Officer Spouse Club members presented a check for $2,500 to the Shepherd's Men of the Shepherd Center for Traumatic Brain Injury, during the annual MGOSC fundraiser event, the Silent Auction and Dinner, April 16, 2016, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.The Shepherd Center for Traumatic

  • CGOs enhance airpower through FLEXbility

    Once the Air Force's fledgling commissioned officers reach the rank of captain, they come to the Carl A. Spaatz Center for Officer Education for a five-week course to develop leadership capabilities ... and play dodge ball, sort of.During the course, students learn how to create and execute

  • AETC commander presents 2015 Altus Trophy to Montgomery mayor

    The city of Montgomery was formally presented with the Altus Trophy as the community having the best relationship with its military partners in Air Education and Training Command for 2015 during a ceremony April 11 at the U.S. Federal Courthouse.Presenting the trophy to Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange

  • CAAF case at Maxwell could have DOD-wide implications

    The Air Force Judge Advocate General's School hosted a Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF) outreach argument in Air Command and Staff College's Wood Auditorium here, April 6.This particular case was a Marine Corps case that dealt with human lie detector testimony. The decision by the court,