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  • Air Force members get new app to solve their own computer problems

    As the Air Force Enterprise Service Desk goes virtual, Air Force members will see a new application on their computers that allows them to immediately tackle and fix their minor IT issues. The Virtual Enterprise Service Desk is a client-based application that allows the user to solve common issues

  • Lt. Gen. Kwast assumes command of Air University

    Lt. Gen. Steven L. Kwast assumed command of Air University from Lt. Gen. David S. Fadok in a change-of-command ceremony Nov. 10 at Maxwell Air Park here.Gen. Robin Rand, commander of Air Education and Training Command, presided over the ceremony.Rand described AU as not only the "intellectual

  • 15,000 reasons to celebrate Military Retiree Appreciation Day

    There are about 15,000 different reasons why the Maxwell-Gunter community should celebrate and appreciate military retirees. Each one of those reasons lives and works in the River Region and its surrounding communities.The annual Maxwell-Gunter Military Retiree Appreciation Day is scheduled for Nov.

  • Air Force ROTC cadets receive nuclear scholarships

    All it took to convince him was a desire to make a difference after a visit from a general officer from Air Force Global Strike Command and an Air Force offer to pay for his last two years of school.With a scholarship offer on the table and the words from Brig. Gen. Fred B. Stoss III still ringing

  • Holm Center changes command

    Brig. Gen. Paul H. Guemmer assumed command of the Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development from Brig. Gen. Robert D. Thomas Nov. 7 during a change of command ceremony here.As part of the change of command, Thomas served as the reviewing official for Commissioned Officer

  • Maxwell, Gunter libraries scheduled to undergo transitions

    The 42nd Force Support Squadron will transition the base community library to a digital learning resource center on Maxwell beginning Nov. 15, 2014.According to David Curley, 42nd Force Support Squadron deputy, in an electronic news letter sent to the Maxwell-Gunter community, Air Force leadership,

  • Air War College class demonstrates the use of non-lethal weapons

    Air War College's Non-lethal Weapons and Effects elective class demonstrated the use of non-lethal weapons to its students at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Oct. 16, 2014.The class is designed to show military members that they have other options when it comes to defending themselves.  Students

  • AF women try out for basketball team

    Airmen stationed around the world gathered at Maxwell Air Force Base Oct. 19 to try out for the All Air Force women's basketball team, with hopes of representing the service in the Armed Forces Basketball Championship tournament at Camp Pendleton, Calif., in November.In his second year as the head