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  • Maxwell-Gunter wingmen plan to "rise to the occasion"

    Airmen and civilians from the 42nd Air Base Wing and Air University Headquarters at Maxwell are set to attend an entire day of wingman resiliency-focused activities Oct. 9 during Maxwell's "Forever rising to the occasion" Wingman Resiliency Day.This resiliency day focuses on the mental and spiritual

  • NASCAR driver visits Maxwell

    NASCAR driver Gregg Biffle visited with Airmen at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., Sep. 25.During his visit, he worked with Officer Training School cadets to maneuver through two obstacles at Project X, the Officer Training School leadership reaction course, and took photos with Airmen and signed

  • "Hiring our Heroes" stops in Montgomery

    A "Hiring our Heroes" event was held at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery Ala., from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sept. 9.The "Hiring our Heroes" event is a completely free job fair and workshop that assists transitioning service members, veterans, and their spouses in finding and obtaining employment. "Veteran

  • SOS shortens to increase attendance

    To align with the chief of staff of the Air Force's vision to give more company grade officers the opportunity to attend Squadron Officer School, Squadron Officer College is changing the school's course term length from eight to five weeks starting in fiscal year 2015. The school challenges students

  • Maxwell NCO continues to serve after amputation

    (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Robert Dantzler) His sons say he has a robot leg, the doctors and nurses call it a prosthetic, but to him, it's what has allowed him to overcome the odds and continue doing what he loves. The air traffic controller was enjoying a typical day off in late

  • Air Force revamps AEF

    The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a

  • A resilient rebel

    At nearly twice their ages and half their sizes, Lt. Col. Melanie Friedman stands out among those wearing the same uniform. The deputy director of intelligence at the Curtis E. Lemay Center for Doctrine Development and Education ties her laces together just like the rest of them, and then fiddles