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June 10, 2011
Forum provides base key venue for feedback

Members of the Maxwell-Gunter community let their voices be heard at the installation, major command and Air Force levels during the Caring for People Forum Tuesday.Nerissa Keeler, the Integrated Delivery System chair who organized the event, thanked participants for improving conditions for Airmen
June 10, 2011
Education key to reaching for stars: Colonel Drew soared on final Discovery mission

Sometimes education can get you a promotion. For others, it can take you further. Five years after Col. Benjamin Alvin Drew graduated from Air War College with a master of strategic studies in political science, he was aboard the final Space Shuttle Discovery mission."The educational and training
June 3, 2011
Spaatz Center welcomes new commander

Brig. Gen. Scott Hanson assumed command of the Carl A. Spaatz Center for Officer Education May 27. General Hanson, who assumes a position that is dual-hatted as the Air War College commandant, took command from Maj. Gen. Robert Kane, who moves on to the Pentagon to become the director of global
June 3, 2011
Get ready for hurricane season

Hurricane research and a surge of tornadoes devastating the South make preparation for this year's hurricane season more vital than ever. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that the Atlantic hurricane season, which began Wednesday and continues through November, will have
June 3, 2011
Sports affects global culture, author explains

The Air Command and Staff College and the Air Force Culture and Language Center Professional Development Program recently co-hosted a program featuring Dr. Andy Markovits, author and professor of comparative politics and German studies at the University of Michigan.Dr. Markovits lectured about his
June 3, 2011
Course tests JAGs' mettle

The Air Force Judge Advocate General's School held its Operations Law Course over the past two weeks. The course is designed to focus on legal issues that might arise during deployments. Students come from different installations as attorney-paralegal teams to participate in the course. The first
June 3, 2011
The Enlisted Heritage Research Institute: Honoring enlisted contributions to air power

Just about everyone who has been on Air Force active duty for any length of time, and many civilians, have undoubtedly heard of the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Relatively few know about another world-class Air Force facility, the Enlisted Heritage Research
May 27, 2011
Emergency agencies wind down base work

One month after deadly tornadoes ravaged northern Alabama, the Alabama Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency began demobilization from the incident support base set up at Maxwell Air Force Base.A small crew from FEMA is still on site until various trucking companies