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  • 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,

  • MEMS kicks of fourth annual STEMposium with Birds of Prey

    Maxwell Elementary and Middle School students kicked off the fourth annual STEMposium with a visit from the Alabama 4-H Science School's Birds of Prey demonstration April 8, 2016, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.The STEMposium is a week-long event that teaches science, technology, engineering and

  • Future joint leaders wrestle with fictional world in crisis

    Students from war colleges across the country and every service are coming together here at Maxwell AFB to practice responding to any worst-case scenario possible.Participants will meet Sunday for a five-day culmination of the exercise that already been carried out across the country for several

  • DoD Announces Pilot Tutor Program for Service Members

    Officials with the Department of Defense (DoD) Voluntary Education Program and the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) announced the launch of a pilot tutoring program that will provide service members with tutoring support at no cost, anytime, anywhere."If a service

  • Petraeus speaks at Maxwell

    Holly Petraeus spent time educating Maxwell Airmen and families on consumer financial protection practices, March 28th.Petraeus serves as the assistant director for Service member Affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a supervisory agency of the federal government that works to ensure