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  • Top 3 inducts new Senior NCOs

    The Maxwell-Gunter "Top 3" organizations recognized 44 new senior noncommissioned officers in an induction ceremony July 24 at Gunter's Falcon's Nest. The ceremony concluded the week's professional development seminar hosted by the Top 3, according to spokesperson Master Sgt. LaShema Lewis-

  • AFROTC wins MAJCOM award for field training overhaul

    The Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Civilian Development's Air Force ROTC field training team was recently recognized as one of Air Education and Training Command's winners for the 2009 Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award (CSTEA). The Air Force ROTC program is offered in 144

  • ASBC students learn warfighting skills

    Learning the skills necessary to operate in an expeditionary environment is now part of the curriculum for new Air Force lieutenants attending Air and Space Basic Course at Maxwell, said Capt. James Ware of the ASBC Retool Office. "A catch phrase would be, 'gaining the mindset of warrior ethos,' and

  • Camp gives opportunity for fun, games, learning

    "It's another great year at Camp Sunshine," Chan Gamble, camp organizer and Boy Scout representative, said on the second day of this year's event. He noted between 50 and 70 first-grade through fifth-grade boys participated, and 32 people from Maxwell-Gunter volunteered to be camp counselors. The

  • Maxwell-Gunter Take Notes

    Maxwell-Gunter Take Notes for the week of July 24 to 31SNCO induction ceremony The Maxwell-Gunter Top-3 organizations are hosting a Senior NCO induction ceremony tonight at 6 p.m. at Gunter's Falcon's Nest. The ceremony is the final event of a Professional Development Seminar for SNCOs that began

  • Teens complete Cadet Officer School at Maxwell

    While most high school students are taking a summer break, 119 Civil Air Patrol Cadets from across America decided to challenge their academic and physical skills at Maxwell. This youth development program teaches CAP's top one percent, ages 16 to 20, important skills in leadership, character,

  • Base tests disease containment plan

    All units at Maxwell and Gunter participated in last week's exercise as the 42nd Air Base Wing reviewed the wing's Disease Containment Plan, according to Gary Looney, exercise evaluation team chief for the 42nd ABW. He noted these exercises are timely as the Air Force manages the Swine Flu (H1N1)

  • AETC Commander speaks to future operators

    Approximately 300 attendees came together for a Future Operators Symposium to explore the direction for developing future leaders as Air Force operators in the 21st Century. Gen. Stephen R. Lorenz, commander, Air Education and Training Command, opened the symposium on Tuesday. The Air Force Research

  • Lorenz on Leadership – It’s all about service

    A few weeks ago, Staff Sgt. Sarah Price worked diligently as a radar approach control (RAPCON) controller within the 71st Operations Group at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. If anyone had asked her what she did, her response would have been simple and quick, "I control aircraft." No one would argue the

  • Orientation program benefits international families

    This year's International Family Orientation Program was held June 22 through July 1 with 61 International Officer spouses and 120 international children from 42 countries attending the classes, events and graduation ceremony. For more than 25 years the International Officer School has hosted the