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  • Sleep: How you function today affects how you sleep tonight

    Maybe the last time you slept like a baby was when you were a baby. Maybe you used to fall asleep quickly, but now you're up most of the night. Or maybe you wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep.Sleep disturbances can be stressful and dangerous. "Six hours or less (of sleep

  • Floorball club looks to sweep the River Region

    When you think of sports that are fun and exciting, floorball might not be the first thing to come to mind, but the River Region Floorball Club wants to change that.The group, organized by Maj. Phillip Douglas, the 42nd Medical Group practice manager, has brought the sport to the Montgomery area and

  • Shadow program gives big-picture view to Airmen

    The Maxwell-Gunter Airman shadow program offers junior enlisted Airmen a unique opportunity to shadow a command chief. The program is sponsored by the Junior Enlisted Advisory Council, or JEAC, which offers guidance for future career and life success to junior enlisted Airmen. Programs like the

  • Lt. Gov. shares words of encouragement

    Eleanor Roosevelt's words -- "You must do the thing you think you cannot do"-- are still inspiring women today."I'm one of those people who took Eleanor Roosevelt's words to heart," Alabama Lt. Gov. Kay Ivey said Monday at the Women's History Month luncheon at the Maxwell officers' club. The month's

  • Revitalizing health care: Trainee clinic targets needs of short-term students

    The trainee health clinic aims to provide speedy, accurate acute medical care, allowing students to return to their classes."We'll place these students back in their training environment as quickly and safely as possible -- the key word being 'safely'" said Lt. Col. Michael Lundy, commander of the

  • Gunter copes with small, old gym

    The Gunter fitness center, originally a maintenance hangar built in 1943, is the oldest fitness center in the Air Force. The facility is currently undergoing more than $250,000 in renovations, but none of them address the largest issue facing the center: space.Charles Smith, the gym's activity

  • Etchberger award honors teamwork

    The Air Force honored one of its own March 10 with its first award dedicated to teamwork at the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy.During a ceremony at Gunter Annex, the school unveiled a display on the Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger Team Award and the medallions for the

  • Chief's bravery on secret mission saved lives

    When trapped between enemy fire and a 3,000-foot cliff, an Airman's bravery can mean the difference between life and death.For Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger, bravery meant saving four lives. But he lost his own in the process.The nation honored his bravery with the Medal of Honor. Now, the