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  • SOS 'blends' training model incorporating new technology

    Academic and military researchers are introducing and proposing new approaches on leadership and teamwork training at the Squadron Officer School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. Air Education and Training Command, the sponsor organization, partnered with the University of Texas at Austin to conduct

  • The Honeys and Vinegars of Leadership

    Are you familiar with Benjamin Franklin's famous expression, "... a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar?" Most likely at this point in our conversation you are wondering what in the world this phrase has to do with leadership. If you give me just a few minutes of your

  • Air University recognizes its best for 2008

    Six active duty members and three civilian employees were recognized as Air University's best in a "pep rally" ceremony in Polifka Auditorium at Maxwell March 12. The winners were presented bronze eagles by Lt. Gen. Allen G. Peck, commander of Air University; and will represent AU in Air Force wide

  • IOs from SOS get a look at American justice

    During a breakfast at the Maxwell Officer's Club March 9, the American judicial system was the topic, and a six-member panel familiarized international officers from Squadron Officer School with how the justice system works in the United States. The panel, consisting of Judge Wallace Capel, U.S.

  • Maxwell-Gunter mourns passing of first CMSAF

    News of the passing of the first Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, retired Chief Master Sgt. Paul Wesley Airey, in Panama City, Fla., brought a sadness to Maxwell-Gunter, March 11. A champion of the Air Force enlisted corps and Air Force values to the end, Chief Airey was a familiar face at

  • New SOS correspondence course hits the street

    The distance learning version of Squadron Officer School has changed. The first major revision of the SOS DL program in more than seven years, the new course recognizes the changes that have taken place in the Air Force and in the field of leadership, as well as advances in online curriculum

  • Air Force announces Maxwell officer promotions

    Air Force officials announced Tuesday the results of the officer promotion boards to the ranks of colonel, lieutenant colonel, and major. The following were selected for promotion from the Maxwell-Gunter community: Colonel Steven A. Schaick, Air War College Lieutenant Colonel Patrick W. Franzese,

  • 42nd MDG providing outstanding support to Maxwell-Gunter community

    The 42nd Medical Group provides deployment ready Airmen and delivers high quality, compassionate and timely healthcare through training, prevention and treatment. Through a dozen different initiatives, those mission goals are accomplished by members of the 42nd MDG, said Col. Diana Atwell,

  • Community 'beat cops' become pillar of base defense

    Red and blue lights reflect in the rearview mirror. Sighing, thoughts of speeding cross the mind. Maybe it was the stop sign we didn't fully stop at. These are the thoughts most of us conjure up when we think of "security forces." If not that, then perhaps the iconic image of an entry controller

  • NGA executive provides insight into agency

    While at Maxwell-Gunter the week of March 2, the director of the Office of Corporate Communications for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency took time to discuss his organization. Paul Weise described the NGA as "an exciting mission to talk about." He was at the base for his third consecutive