Federally Employed Women award luncheon focuses on ‘Keys to Success’

Award nominees and their supporters embraced the "Keys to Success" at an Aug. 27 awards luncheon sponsored by the Federal Women's Program Committee and Federally Employed Women. The event, which helped mark August as Federal Woman's Month at Maxwell, honored the 22 nominees and five winners of

Must I give up my quarter pounder with cheese?

Well they have gone and done it. They are going to start fitness testing us twice a year. I think it's a good move. I mean I'm not one of those people who wait until a couple of months before I'm due to start training. I work out three times a week. OK, OK, I don't always get in three workouts a

Events on tap to spotlight Hispanic Heritage Month

The Maxwell-Gunter community will celebrate strength in diversity during Hispanic Heritage Month, which will be observed on base Sept. 15-Oct. 15. The theme of this year's celebrations is "Embracing the Fierce Urgency of Now with the Contributions of Hispanics of Today." The goal of the celebration

Squadron Officer College holds Gothic Serpent symposium

As part of Squadron Officer School's Warrior Symposium series, SOS students received details about Operation Gothic Serpent, which prompted the Battle of Mogadishu, and they also received wisdom from two members of the Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment who participated in the battle

'O, say can you see!'

Lorenz on Leadership - Technological change

I am a digital immigrant. You see, in the summer of 1972, as a senior at the Air Force Academy, I spent $125 on a small "personal computer." At roughly $650 in today's dollars, the small unit was able to do four things: add, subtract, multiply and divide. It was a cutting edge ... calculator.

March 2010 marks air show, open house at Maxwell-Gunter

"Thunder on the River - 100 years of Flight" is the theme for the upcoming Maxwell-Gunter open house and air show scheduled for March 27 and 28, 2010. "This is the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers opening a flying school at Maxwell, and that makes the open house special for us," said Lt.

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts honors military

Maxwell Web site gets new look, gives users easier navigation options

Following in the footsteps of the Air Force's official Web site, Maxwell Airmen may have noticed the new design to the installation Web site, www.maxwell.af.mil, effective Monday. The migration of the Air Force's 315 public Web sites to a "clutter-free" template are scheduled to continue through the

Base announces 2nd quarter award winners

The Maxwell-Gunter Outstanding Airmen for the second quarter were recognized Aug. 21 at the Electronic Systems Group auditorium at Gunter. The Junior Enlisted Member was Airman 1st Class Feanja Smith of 42nd Air Base Wing. The Noncommissioned Officer was Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Mathe of the Spaatz