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  • Monthly program provides new Airmen with helpful information

    Combining informative slides and lively presentations, the First Term Airman Center hosts a monthly program providing new Airmen with helpful information about their new base and available services."FTAC provides opportunities and an environment where Airmen from all career fields can come together,

  • Maxwell observes motorcycle safety month in May

    The month of May is Motorcycle Safety Month, and during that time the Air Force is asking everyone to recognize the recent loss of Airmen due to private motor vehicle accidents, said the 42nd Air Base Wing deputy director of safety.Mark Garner said motorcycle accidents kill far too many Airmen and

  • Social media access open to AETC users

    Starting this week, members of Air Education and Training Command are able to access 29 social networking websites from their government computers. Beginning May 15, users will have access to almost 85 social media sites.This change in policy stems from a Department of Defense directive published in

  • ‘Deliberately Developing Airmen’ theme for 2010 SELS

    More than 300 senior enlisted leaders from the Air Force, along with joint and international partner nation equivalents, will converge on the Air Force Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Academy for the annual Senior Enlisted Leader Summit Tuesday-Thursday.The summit provides senior enlisted leaders

  • EHH unveils ‘Pedro’ helicopter memorial

    Officials from the Enlisted Heritage Research Institute's Enlisted Heritage Hall recently unveiled a monument honoring the Airmen who piloted, flew in and maintained the HH-43 Huskie helicopter.The Pedro Rescue Helicopter Association, an organization whose mission is to preserve and enhance the

  • Renovations, new restaurants coming to food court

    Fast-food aficionados can soon expect some changes to the food court at the Maxwell base exchange. Renovations will bring popular fast food eateries Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Taco Bell Express to the food court, with Popeyes replacing Manchu Wok, said Patricia Austen, general manager of the

  • Cancer registrars bring vital data to cancer fight

    While active-duty cancer patients may continue on to other bases across the globe, their association with the Maxwell 42nd Medical Group will continue for the rest of their lives through the efforts of the tumor registrar. Working behind the scenes of the war against cancer, cancer or tumor

  • Cancer support group strengthens, informs military members

    On the surface, the gathering looks like a meeting of old friends at Maxwell's Airman and Family Readiness Center, with people inquiring about vacation plans, children, exercise and what plans Uncle Sam has for them and their families. However, this group's kinship goes beyond being at the same base