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  • Defense Biometric Identification System registration

    The visitor control center and Military Personnel Flight will be open for DBIDs registration 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, Feb. 12, 19, and 26 for anyone needing to register. Registration is mandatory for everyone accessing the base. The biometric registration should take three to five minutes,

  • Resolutions: Base personnel offer tips for a happy new year

    No matter what the resolutions are, Marie Hixon has advice on making them a reality. Ms. Hixon offers personal and work life workshops through the Maxwell Airman and Family Readiness Center.· Understand the areas of strengths and weaknesses to empower oneself to take an honest look at where changes

  • Colonel Denker assumes command of ACSC

    The cold weather last weekend did not diminish the warm welcome Col. Stephen Denker and his wife, Corrine, received from the community.He was impressed by the show of support, despite the base closure Monday for an ice storm, he said during his Air Command and Staff College assumption of command

  • Spouses’ call to express support, share resources

    Providing resources and making connections earn Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Annex the name "best hometown in the Air Force." To continue the tradition, Air University and the 42nd Air Base Wing are hosting a spouses' call from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Maxwell Event Center."Our

  • Opportunities knock for those interested in logistics planning

    For qualifying Airmen interested in a career change, cross-training opportunities are now available for the logistics plans career field.A logistics planner's duties include first-hand knowledge of aerospace expeditionary force requirements, current contingency operations, installation deployment

  • 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

  • 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