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  • New POW exhibit opens at Enlisted Heritage Hall

    Forty years since America welcomed home 591 Vietnam War prisoners under the Operation Homecoming mission, Gunter's Enlisted Heritage Research Institute honored their sacrifice and those still missing Feb. 15 with the unveiling of a new exhibit focusing on one enlisted man's story of freedom.Nearly

  • Kids, spouses, teachers learn about deployments

    It is Friday afternoon and you're heading home with reservations to your favorite restaurant. Pulling into your driveway, your phone rings. After a 60-second conversation consisting of a reply of: "Okay," you hang up. During that minute, not only your plans for the evening, but for the next eight

  • The Guard and Reserve Network hosts 'elevator pitch' workshop

    Business leaders from the local community joined Air University staff, faculty and students Jan. 23 to evaluate a series of 60-second "elevator pitches."The Guard and Reserve Network, or GARNET, sponsored this first-ever AU Pitch-Fest, held at the Air War College. Military members and veterans

  • When you are a target - How military, families can prevent identity theft

    Grossing nearly $50 billion a year, identity theft has become the fastest growing crime industry in the United States, according to officials. A prime target for identity thieves are military service members.The Federal Trade Commission's Consumer Sentinel Network reports that the way the military

  • Exercise week photos

    The latest exercise week was held Jan. 14-18 and included two simulations: active shooter and nerve-agent attacks. Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Annex holds various exercises throughout the year to help train Airmen and personnel on base to react quickly and effectively in the event of emergency

  • Lewis joins Team Maxwell as community support coordinator

    Created as a means to bolster resiliency for Airmen and their families, the new community support coordinator will be working to provide strength and support for Maxwell. The purpose of the community support coordinator is to provide a full-time focal point liaison to integrate resiliency and

  • Changes in TAP are helping Airmen adjust to civilian life

    According to military.com, about 15 percent, or 180,000, of service members choose to retire or separate from the military each year. With the current national unemployment rate at 7.8 percent, some veterans might find it difficult to land a civilian job.To help service members ease their way back

  • International Officer Spotlight - Lt. Col. Mohamed Ahmed Saleh

     Lt. Col. Mohamed Ahmed SalehSquadron commander of the detached F-16 squadron in the Egyptian Air ForceCurrently attending Air Command and Staff CollegeGive a brief description of your military career.I joined the Egyptian Air Academy in 1989 and graduated as a second lieutenant in 1993. I have

  • Tax center provides free service, needs volunteers

    The Maxwell Tax Center along with its team of volunteers is doing its part to help take the confusion out of filing 2012 tax returns through offering a free tax service.The tax center will be available to military members and their family members, although others could be included depending on the

  • Quality of life is focus of clinic program

    Created as a means to improve health care for patients, the Behavioral Health Optimization Program, known as BHOP, is a set of programs and procedures to help aid with the adjustments of military life.BHOP offers help with concerns beyond physical ailments, focusing more on mental health awareness,