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  • Holm Center leader credits CAP, JROTC for AF career

    There comes a time in everyone's life when they must choose a route that will prove most beneficial to their pursuit of happiness. Trade school, four-year college or immediate entry into the work force are common avenues. However, others sometimes look toward the sky for inspiration, outlining their

  • Flu shots are available at clinic

    Cold and flu viruses are spread from person to person when respiratory droplets from a cough or sneeze of an infected person move through the air and are deposited on the mouth or nose of people nearby. Viruses also can be spread when people touch respiratory droplets that have landed on a surface,

  • Maxwell honors POWs, MIAs

    Those who have sacrificed for their country are nationally honored today, National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Federal, state and government buildings and national and military cemeteries across the nation wave the National League of POW/MIA Families' POW/MIA flag. Earlier this week, a solitary wreath

  • U.S. lawmaker speaks at flag officer course

    U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., visited Maxwell to speak with senior flag officers Monday at the Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course. This was Sewell's first time speaking before military senior flag officers at Maxwell. "I'm always in amazement when I get a chance to come to Maxwell Air Force

  • Judgment Day

    Your legacy as a leader is defined, to some degree, by acts of reaching conclusions. That is, your decision-making. In the military, decisions and orders result in making things happen. Judgment, or your ability to make sound decisions, largely sets the conditions for your organization's success.

  • Mental health works to reduce suicides

    Suicide ends lives. Maxwell's mental health clinic hopes to save them. After two years of collecting data from more than 150 participants, joint research by mental health and civilian agencies continues to reveal new strategies to improve the quality of life of patients struggling with suicidal

  • Combined Federal Campaign kicks off

    Continuing its mission to promote and support philanthropy through an employee-focused program, the Combined Federal Campaign will kick off at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Maxwell Club.Military and civilian members who attend the kick-off will have the opportunity to meet some of the charities supported

  • Airman makes a splash while giving back to community

    Military members find many ways to be involved in their communities--some volunteer to clean schools, build homes or visit elderly veterans, while others might use life experiences to mentor youth.In 2011, Lance Thornton, then a Buffalo (N.Y.) State College student-athlete, hung up his goggles and