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  • Maxwell celebrates National Disability Employment Awareness Month

    To raise awareness about disability employment issues and to celebrate the many and varied contributions of America's workers with disabilities, the U.S. Congress, in 1988, established October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Its roots lay with the 1945 law enacted by Congress that

  • Troops-to Teachers funds veterans to pursue teaching career

    Maxwell Airmen interested in a career in education attended a Troops-To-Teachers seminar, Sept. 2, 2015, held at the base education center.The DOD funded program offers veterans the opportunity to pursue a new career in education services.  The seminars are free and no registration is required.The

  • Air University grants David McCullough honorary degree

    In recognition of his accomplishments as a noted author and historian, Air University will award an honorary doctorate to two-time Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough.McCullough will receive a Doctorate of Humane Letters degree during a ceremony Nov. 16, 2015, at Air Force Squadron Officers

  • Auburn University Montgomery athletes team with OTS staff

    Maxwell Airmen teamed up with 170 Auburn University Montgomery athletes during the 2015 AUM Warhawk Olympics, Aug. 22, 2015, in Montgomery, Alabama.The annual event kick-starts the school year- by bringing together athletes from AUM's 10 varsity sport teams to compete in team-building challenges. 

  • Civil Air Patrol joins total force ‘Airmen’

    When conducting missions for the Air Force as the official Air Force auxiliary, the Civil Air Patrol is now included in the Air Force's definition of the total force. CAP has provided 74 years of support to emergency services, aerospace education and cadet programs.In August 2015, the Air Force

  • Get triathlon ready class underway

    A training class started on Maxwell Air Force Base to prepare participants to take part in a triathlon hosted on base, Sept. 11, 2015.   Participants can test their readiness for the endurance race at no cost, with multiple class levels.   "The triathlon is going to be a good event this year. We

  • Maxwell holding triathlon Sept. 11

    Maxwell Air Force Base will host a triathlon on base, Sept. 11, 2015.   Cost is free to participants for the sprint distance race, available for team or individual competition.   Individual competitors will swim 400-yards, bike 8-miles and run 4-miles. Teams who wish to compete must have four

  • Secure Research Wing broadens Air University horizons

    Air University marked a progressive step forward in faculty and student academic research opportunities with the opening of a new Secure Research Wing Aug. 19, 2015.A project two years in the making, the research wing is intended to address limitations in academic studies stemming from the inability