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  • February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

    February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness MonthNearly 26% women and 15% of men in the U.S. will experience physical, sexual, or emotional abuse from someone they’re in a relationship with before they become adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In order to spread

  • Securing The Freedom to Serve

    On this day in February 1946, hours after being honorably discharged from the US Army and still wearing his uniform, Sgt. Isaac Woodard Jr., a decorated veteran who had recently returned from the Pacific, was removed from a Greyhound bus, beaten blind, then jailed by a white police chief in

  • Maxwell civilian defender reflects on career

    Morris Barnes, 42nd Security Forces Squadron flight sergeant, has nearly 40 years of experience in law enforcement. In his job, Barnes supervises both military and civilian defenders. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1983 as a security forces defender, the career he had always aspired to pursue.

  • Civilian defenders stand with active duty Airmen in protecting Maxwell AFB

    Civilian defenders are government civilian employees who are trained to respond to the same scenarios as their active duty military counterparts. They are involved in every aspect of base law enforcement including conducting patrols, guarding the flight line and entry control duty at the bases’

  • Help Seeking for Holiday Stress

    The holiday season is often a festive time of year. It is a time of year where we pass along holiday traditions to our children and grandchildren. Many of us prepare for the holidays weeks in advance. We have favorite or signature recipes, we play and sing along to traditional music, we watch