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  • Academy of Military Science moving to Maxwell's OTS

    With the Academy of Military Science moving from Tennessee's McGhee Tyson National Guard Air Base to Maxwell's Officer Training School, all Air Force commissioning sources, except the Air Force Academy, will be under one roof, said the OTS commander."Starting this fiscal year, all officer trainees

  • Graduation day arrives for First Sergeants Academy student

    Editor's note: The following is the third of a four-part series highlighting the experiences of Master Sgt. Michael Diaz, a now graduate of the Air Force First Sergeants Academy. Sergeant Diaz, who hails from the 147th Mission Support Group located at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston,

  • Air War College places third in Jim Thorpe Sports Days

    Athletes at the Spaatz Center's Air War College competed successfully in tennis, racquetball and trap shooting events at the 2009 Jim Thorpe Sports Days on April 23-25, hosted by the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Penn.AWC Dean of Students Col. James E. Smith said the competition pitted

  • 'Diamond sharp - rock solid' student describes First Sergeants Academy

    Editor's note: The following is the second of a four-part series highlighting the experiences of Master Sgt. Michael Diaz, a student at the Air Force First Sergeants Academy. The second week started a bit earlier than normal. Since we are scheduled to graduate on Thursday versus Friday, our first

  • Missoula Children's Theater 'Princess and the Pea' coming in June

    "The Princess and the Pea" play that has delighted audiences from children to adults is coming to Maxwell in June. The Missoula Children's Theater will audition, rehearse and stage this popular play with Maxwell and Gunter Community children. The play requires 60 cast members. Auditions begin June 8

  • Base pools ready to open for fun, parties

    Maxwell and Gunter pools can be reserved for parties Tuesday - Friday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., or Saturday and Sunday 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. There is a minimum of two weeks notice to request a pool party, to allow time for adequate lifeguard staffing. With the pools opening tomorrow, now would a good time

  • Winning essays earn students rides with the Civil Air Patrol

    Thanks to their winning essays on aviation, six fourth-graders from two Montgomery schools took to the skies Tuesday morning, courtesy of Maxwell's Civil Air Patrol.The students - Kaitlyn McDonald, Thomas Cauthen and Jarrod Castleberry from Dalraida Elementary and Katie Carothers, Mara Bradford and