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  • ACSC public health course brings Haiti crisis into focus

    The crisis situation in earthquake-stricken Haiti has captured the attention and concern of the world, bringing a massive humanitarian response from the U.S., both from the military and other organizations and individuals. A group of Air Command and Staff College students has also been keeping track

  • Eaker Center plans first wing commander spouses’ seminar

    Air University's Ira C. Eaker Center for Professional Development will hold the first Wing Commander Spouses' Seminar the week of March 1-5 at the center.Col. John McKoy, director of Commanders' Professional Development School, said he thought this was the first time the Air Force has held a

  • Maxwell dependent to receive canine assistant

    The 10-year-old daughter of a Maxwell-Gunter military couple is looking forward to the coming summer when she receives her very own canine assistant.In a ceremony Friday at the Maxwell Commissary, it was announced that Alexis Butler, diagnosed with cerebral palsy, has been selected to receive an

  • New year, new tax return; A&FRC offers tips for tax returns

    Tax time is here! Now is the time to get organized and prepare for your 2009 tax return. According to Gari Smith, personal financial management consultant at the Maxwell Airman and Family Readiness Center, several steps can be taken to ensure a painless and accurate tax return.Get prepared.

  • Astronaut speaks to STARBASE students

    Former Air Force pilot and NASA astronaut Lee Archambault visited Maxwell's Science and Technology Academies Reinforcing Basic Aviation and Space Exploration, or STARBASE, program Jan. 14 to mentor STARBASE students.Colonel Archambault was at Maxwell-Gunter to speak to students at Air War College

  • 2010 AETC Symposium reaches new heights with record attendance

    More than 3,700 people attended the 2010 Air Education and Training Command Symposium held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in downtown San Antonio last week, the largest showing to date. The symposium featured nearly 100 academic seminars on a variety of Air Force topics, a technology

  • Clearing the way for Gunter fitness center

    Demolition of 70 base housing units at Gunter will make way for the new, and long-awaited, Gunter Fitness Center, said Lori Booth, 42nd Air Base Wing housing asset manager."The houses being demolished at Gunter are in excess of the 501-unit housing requirement as defined by the Maxwell Housing

  • Air Command and Staff College student serves on WASP museum board

    The Women Airforce Service Pilots, the first civilian female aviators to fly for the military, serve as an example of service before self that continues to inspire female military aviators today. An Air Command and Staff College student, herself a B-1 instructor pilot, is so inspired by the example