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  • Family fitness: We’re in this together

    Gone are the days when families would spend afternoons and weekends walking and riding bicycles outdoors. Today, it seems you must look indoors to find people, or they are usually found seated with some type of device, whether watching a television or with a game console or tablet in hand. The

  • Survival story highlights importance of breast cancer awareness events

    The finish line in sight, she pushed beyond all mental hurdles, forcing her legs to extend the last few yards of the excruciating 26-mile race.Diane Holtam celebrated the triumphal finish of her first full marathon, a milestone of personal fitness spurred on by her father's death to a rare blood

  • Muster match highlights Fire Prevention Week

    As many as 20 teams of four will battle Oct. 17 in the Maxwell Fire Department's first-ever fire muster, the final event of National Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 6-12.Participants will have to don more than 60 pounds of fire equipment and spray hoses, carry victims to safety and form a bucket brigade,

  • Domestic Violence Awareness Month begins in October at Maxwell, Gunter

    Domestic violence can be overcome, as those who attend numerous events throughout October will discover.Whether it is a tribute walk, the words of a domestic violence survivor, a bingo game or a series of educational classes, there will be something for everyone to learn from this year's theme,

  • Air University, 42nd Air Base Wing inspection success

    Air University earned an "excellent" during the Consolidated Unit Inspection conducted Sept. 10-13. The 42nd Air Base Wing received 5 different inspections earning a "outstanding" on the Logistics Compliance Inspection, an "excellent" on the Health Services Inspection, a "satisfactory" on the

  • Negotiation course now available on JKO

    A new course is now available on Joint Knowledge Online to support the continuing need for Department of Defense members to effectively engage with partners in culturally-diverse environments. The Defense Language and National Security Education Office, the JKO program office and Air University's

  • AGE generates power

    Members of the 908th Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment team keep aircraft generators running by performing routine maintenance checks. Watch the video below to see how it's done, and how the generators support aircraft: