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  • 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

  • Annual AFAF campaign kicks off

    Tough economic times are not expected to hurt this year's Air Force Assistance Fund campaign, according to Capt. Benjamin Henley of the 42nd Air Base Wing Judge Advocate office and campaign project officer. As the campaign began on Maxwell-Gunter Feb. 23, he explained military members may be

  • Five LeMay intel specialists win command ISR awards

    Air Education and Training Command has recognized five intelligence specialists from Maxwell's LeMay Center in the 2008 Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Awards. Capt. Jennifer L. Formell received the Maj. Gen. John S. Patton Outstanding Active Duty ISR Officer of the Year,

  • MEPS dedicates room to fallen soldier

    As young men and women enter the military for the first time, they now have a reminder at the Montgomery Military Entrance Processing Station that freedom has a cost. These new military members now take their initial oath in full view of a portrait of Pfc. Stephen D. Bicknell, a Prattville, Ala.

  • Chief McKinley 'schools' Senior NCO Academy instructors

    An early morning pick-up game of basketball with the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force has become a tradition for instructors at the Senior NCO Academy here. Wednesday's game was no different.The morning after each one of the school's graduations -- five times every year -- Chief Master

  • How have you contributed to American citizenship?

    As I ponder the thought of citizenship, I can almost hear the voices of our ancestors, voices seeking a listening ear; echoing words of freedom, justice and equality. An ear to hear their cry of acceptance, the hope of receiving a fair shake, an opportunity to prove their worth without being

  • AU Balanced Scorecard sets goals, measures success

    Air Force metrics tend to be predominantly financial or production based, which drives priorities and practices not normally focused on warfighter capabilities, according to Patricia Roberson, Balanced Scorecard Program manager for Air University. As a remedy to this imbalance of metrics and

  • Senior NCO Academy dedicates Medal of Honor display

    In dedicating the Wall of Honor on Tuesday at the Air Force Senior NCO Academy, Chief Master Sgt. Dennis Norman, SNCOA commandant, said everything in the academy needs to have a purpose. The purpose of the wall is to pay tribute to the six Air Force enlisted members who have received the Medal of

  • Maxwell celebrates Arbor Day, earns 16th-straight Tree City USA

    Base leaders, tree-planting volunteers, children from Maxwell Elementary School, and even Woodsy the Owl got down and dirty in honor of Arbor Day on Feb. 19. Recognition of the day was in the form of a ceremonial tree planting and program at the school, and two days later, 100 base volunteers helped

  • Guardsman inducted into AF Safety Hall of Fame

    A revolutionary, entrepreneurial approach to safety program management has earned induction into the Air Force Safety Hall of Fame for an Air National Guard officer here. Lt. Col. Edward Vaughan, former deputy director of safety for the Air National Guard, was recognized at a ceremony here Feb. 6