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  • OTS installs its first ANG commandant

    Col. Laura Koch relinquished leadership of Officer Training School to Col. Timothy O'Brien during a ceremony June 8 at the school's Boyd Auditorium. Colonel O'Brien is the first Air National Guard officer to lead OTS.Before coming to his new job, Colonel O'Brien had served as deputy to the

  • Drivers using cell phones receive citations

    The 42nd Security Forces Squadron would like to remind drivers that the use of cell phones while operating vehicles on Maxwell and Gunter is illegal and is categorized as a moving violation resulting in a three-point violation. Any driver who accumulates 12 violation points over the course of a year

  • Prospective law students encouraged to make plans now

    Applications for the Funded Legal Education Program and Excess Leave Program will be accepted from Jan. 1 through March 1, 2011. Interested officers are encouraged to compete. "Our Air Force missions are constantly changing, and commanders deserve to have access to legal advisors with a broad

  • Holm Center presents first Gold Bar of the Year award

    The Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development presented the first Gold Bar of the Year award to 2nd Lt. Christopher Maher on May 19."Lieutenant Maher is the first to receive the award since the program was restarted this past summer," said Maj. Randall Lucas, director of

  • LeMay Center publishes special operations revision

    The Air Force Chief of Staff last month signed the revision to Air Force Doctrine Document 2-7, Special Operations, making it the most current doctrine publication in the Air Force library."It's an interim change to our operational-level doctrine," said Lt. Col. Fred McNeil, from the LeMay Center

  • Base exercise tests response, reaction to shooting threat

    In the wake of last year's Fort Hood shooting disaster, Maxwell-Gunter conducted a basewide, everyone plays, exercise May 26 that involved an active shooter on Maxwell.Gary Looney, base Exercise Evaluation Team chief, said he and the 42nd Air Base Wing leadership were "very pleased" with the

  • Air University authors receive Blue Dart Awards

    In a ceremony this week at Air War College's Jones Auditorium, seven Air War College students and faculty members received Blue Dart Awards for writing opposite-the-editorial-page, or op-ed, pieces about their work at Air University. There were at total of 25 Blue Dart Awards presented for 2010.In

  • Base Wet Bulb monitors heat risks

    Alabama summers can be rough on even the most seasoned Southerner. With the long days of sunshine and the suffocating humidity, it is easy to suffer from heat exhaustion, or worse, heat stroke. The Air Force's Critical Days of Summer Campaign, which begins today, is designed to help Airmen stay safe