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  • CFC campaign celebrates success

    The Heart of Alabama Combined Federal Campaign contributors, leadership and organizers, as well as representatives from seven participating charities were encouraged to toot their own horns Dec. 9. Noise makers reminiscent of New Year's Eve were placed at each place setting in the Maxwell Club

  • Same place, different name: Maxwell Club welcomes all ranks

    Now known as the Maxwell Club, the former officers' club strives to maintain the same quality service, cuisine and social events as it has for more than 75 years.Col. Brian Killough, 42nd Air Base Wing commander, said, "During the past several years, our Maxwell Club system has transformed from an

  • AU's cultural education efforts on track, growing

    Air University's top leaders were briefed this fall on the progress and future of AU's Quality Enhancement Plan, or QEP, a five-year plan focused on increasing Airmen's cross-cultural competence.The QEP is a carefully designed course of action to address a university's educational needs, and it's a

  • Inaugural AU doctorate presented

    Lt. Col. Tadd Sholtis, deputy director of public affairs at Headquarters Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base, Va., accepted the Air University's first doctorate degree conferred by a Maxwell-based institution.AU's Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, has been

  • Maxwell Community Library moves

    Maxwell Community Library is closed until Nov. 25 to facilitate the move into its new location. The library will reopen at 10 a.m. Nov. 28 in Building 910 on Shumacher Ave."It's a good move for patrons," said Marsha Taylor, library director. The new location is larger, allowing the library to expand

  • Use eating tactics to buoy holiday health

    As the saying goes, "A minute on the lips, a lifetime on the hips," and the holiday season provides a lot of tasteful minutes that often come back to haunt people when they step on the scale. According to a 2000 Nutrition Review article, a study showed that people gain an average of about a pound

  • MWD Blek earns state kudos for Afghanistan service

    Retired military working dog Blek and his handler, Staff Sgt. Brent Olsen of 42nd Security Forces Squadron have been through a lot together. While in Afghanistan in 2010, the pair was injured after a Soldier stepped on a pressure plate, setting off a series of five mortar rounds. More than a year

  • Air University Awards Tom Brokaw Honorary Degree

    The Air University honored Tom Brokaw with an honorary degree Monday."You are one of the most trusted and respected figures in broadcast journalism," said Lt. Gen. David Fadok, commander and president of the Air University, during the ceremony at Polifka Auditorium. "The magnitude of a news event

  • Cyber conference extolls virtues of collaboration

    The Air Force Research Institute, or AFRI, held its cyber power conference last week at Maxwell, bringing together experts in the burgeoning field of cyberspace. The conference addressed a lack of accepted standards for definitions, data structures, threat assessments and policies both within and

  • Two contests available for young artists

    Young artists in the Maxwell community have two chances to show what it means to be part of a military family.To build awareness for Military Family Month in November, the Maxwell Airman and Family Readiness Center, or AFRC, seeks entries for its annual art contest, said Kathi Byrd, information and