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  • Murphy leaves legacy, begins new chapter

    He joined as a Soldier and is now leaving the service for a second time as an Airman.After eight years with the Air University, Dr. Bruce T. Murphy will retire as the university's vice president of academic affairs Dec. 31.The former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel said that he thoroughly enjoyed his

  • MEMS robots claim grand championship

    Young engineers at Maxwell Elementary/Middle School came home grand champions last month from the FIRST LEGO League regional contest using robots and will compete in the state competition Jan. 25 in Huntsville, Ala.The team of nine middle school students called "Just the RAYS (for Really Awesome

  • Michael Young graces Maxwell

    Hollywood actor, director and producer Michael Young came back to his roots Nov. 15 to speak to an audience at Maxwell during the base chapel's first lunch-and-learn event."I'm glad to be here today. I am the quintessential military brat. My dad was here, and this is where he learned to fly during

  • Do you know what’s happening inside your mouth?

    Picture this: You're enjoying a relaxing vacation on a sunny beach and, out of nowhere, you experience excruciating pain inside your mouth. Now you're thinking, "What am I going to do? It's the weekend. I'm on vacation, and I surely don't want this toothache to ruin it, but it's too painful to

  • Good intentions and misguided authority

    Authority is a two-edged sword: One cannot lead without it; one cannot lead relying exclusively upon it. Novitiate leaders lean heavily upon position and rank as the basis for their authority. Given time and experience, good leaders expand their authority base through experience, education,

  • Adding 'senior' to NCO

    It takes about 15 years for enlisted members to be considered technical experts in their career fields. At what point, however, do they become leaders so that those behind them can become successful in their own right? That point is when a noncommissioned officer gets "the point," the chevron that

  • Library launches new loan service

    Created as a direct response to feedback from student and faculty surveys regarding the process for borrowing sources from other libraries, the Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center introduced its new online interlibrary loan service on Nov. 1.The loan service, called ILLiad, allows a user

  • Air Force launches new doctrine website: simplifies access, process

    The Air Force's center for doctrine development has made it easier to access the service's fundamental documents and has the potential to cut the time it takes to publish updates to the documents from years to months or even weeks.Officials at the Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and