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  • Youth safety needs team effort

    School begins Tuesday with a reminder to the Maxwell community of its role in ensuring the safety of children.The return of school means many youths will be riding bikes, using the bus or crossing the street to get to and from Maxwell Elementary/Middle School. The 42nd Air Base Wing's child

  • Barnes Center changes command

    Airmen may not realize just how far the Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education touches their Air Force careers, but its new commander, Col. Jefferson Dunn, is more than aware of the Barnes Center's impact and reach.Dunn accepted the center's charge from Col. Stewart Price during a change of

  • Pilot safety top priority for flight line manager

    As he sits in his office, his thoughts remain steady and consistent. The thunderous engines from the C-130s landing and taking off from the flight line can be heard through his office window. He is at ease for the moment as he slides his computer access card into his keyboard, signifying the start

  • SFS crowned softball champs

    After a drought of over five years since their last intramural softball championship, the 42nd Security Forces Squadron Defenders brought not only the hardware back to their unit, but a revived sense of unity. On July 9, in the bottom of the final inning, down by one, Airman 1st Class Ross Griffin

  • Maxwell Middle/Elementary School begins academic year

    Despite Department of Defense furloughs, the Maxwell Elementary/Middle School will start on time and as scheduled for the 2013-2014 school year. Teachers will be back for work days on Aug. 1 and students arrive for their first day Aug. 6, with pre-kindergarten students beginning school Aug. 19.

  • AWC welcomes class of 2014

    Continuing the mission to educate officers to serve as strategic national security leaders, the Air War College welcomed the class of 2014 during its annual in-processing event Monday at the Maxwell Club.The class of 245 students is comprised of 43 international officers from 42 different countries,

  • LEAP accepting officer applications through Sept. 5

    The Language Enabled Airman Program is currently accepting officer applications for the fall 2013 selection board. LEAP is a career-spanning program to identify, develop and sustain Airmen's foreign language and cultural capabilities. The application period for the fall 2013 selection board closes