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  • CCAF adds two professional certification programs

    At the start of the new year, the Community College of the Air Force strengthened its credentialing program by adding two professional certification programs -- the Professional Manager and CCAF Instructor certification programs."Both the PMC and the CIC provide Airmen with transcripted credentials

  • Base closure due to inclement weather

    Due to expected inclement weather, the 42nd ABW commander has directed only key and essential personnel report prior to 4 p.m. Monday, January 10, 2011. From 6 p.m. Sunday until 4 p.m. Monday, non-essential personnel are excused from work. Anyone unsure of whether they are key or essential personnel

  • System to speed VA disability aid

    The Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs have teamed up to establish a streamlined system to increase the response time for benefits. The process isexpected to begin this month at the Maxwell clinic.Currently, service members who are medically separated or retired face a 12-18 month wait

  • Registration starts for advanced ID cards

    Registration for the Defense Biometric Identification System has begun at Maxwell and Gunter, and everyone needing access to base is required to register by July."(With DBIDS) guards will scan the ID of the accessing individual to check for authorized access," said Staff Sgt. Joshua Allen, 42nd

  • Upcoming base exercise may affect traffic, access

    Visitors to Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Annex should expect delays at the gates Tuesday, Jan. 11, as base emergency response teams conduct an "active shooter" exercise.Military bases conduct active shooter exercises to monitor base personnel and emergency response teams' ability to react to

  • Crucial training prepares flag officers for deployment

    When a seasoned Air Force flag officer is tasked to deploy, how does he prepare?The former head of Air Command and Staff College, Brig. Gen. Anthony Rock, prepared in part by attending the Air Force Culture and Language Center's General Officer Pre-Deployment Acculturation Course, or GOPAC, where

  • Auto hobby shop serves as home away from home for shade-tree mechanics

    Auto hobbyists with base access have a great place to ply their craft, get helpful advice and more: the base auto hobby shops.The auto hobby shops are located at Maxwell and Gunter Annex for all with base access, including active military, spouses, retirees, Department of Defense civilians and

  • Deployed husband’s ‘void’ inspiration for poem

    A stocking is missing over the fireplace at the Fees' house this Christmas."There's a void," Arvilla Fee said of her husband, who is deployed to Baghdad.Though he won't have a traditional Christmas, she's making sure Maj. James Fee, the director of operations at the Air and Space Basic Course, can