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  • Base members receive deployment briefing

    A "Why me?" deployment briefing was held by the 42nd Logistics Readiness Flight at the base theater to field questions and respond to concerns about the deployment selection process.The selection process is the No. 1 complaint the 42nd LRF receives.The 42nd LRF usually hosts installation deployment

  • Firefighters stand by for air show action

    Maxwell Air Force Base firefighters stood ready to answer and respond to any incident during the "Thunder Over Alabama" air show March 27 and 28.Fire Chief Lee E. Anderson, who is charge of readiness for the base's fire department, spent months preparing his team with a series of base exercises. The

  • New cultural distance learning courses boost Airmen's readiness

    Three new distance learning courses designed by the Air Force Culture and Language Center - one Culture-General course and two Culture-Specific courses - are available to increase Airmen's cross cultural competence. Through the course instruction, large numbers of Airmen are increasing their ability

  • Top spouse shares lessons learned

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and his wife Suzie helped inaugurate the first Wing Commander Spouses' Seminar by addressing spouses of newly appointed wing and vice wing commanders on March 2.The purpose of the new course at the Ira C. Eaker Center for Professional Development at

  • Air Force FSA curriculum, organization mirrors Total Force

    The life of an Air Force first sergeant is truly a tale of two experiences. There exists the joy of watching Airmen receive well-deserved promotions and recognition, and there is the disappointment and sadness at receiving a 3 a.m. phone call from a law enforcement desk or casualty affairs. These

  • ISR Agency chief inducted to EHH Wall of Achievers

    Surprise was the order of the day when Maj. Gen. Bradley Heithold was inducted to the Enlisted Heritage Hall museum's Wall of Achievers Friday.General Heithold, who enlisted in the Air Force in 1974 and spent three years at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., as an F-4D avionics technician, is currently

  • Holm Center namesake passes

    The namesake of the Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accession and Citizen Development passed away Feb. 15.Retired Maj. Gen. Jeanne M. Holm was the first woman to attend Air Command and Staff College, and the first woman to attain the ranks of brigadier general in 1971 and major general in

  • Anthropologist says honor highlights AFCLC groundbreaking efforts

    Dr. Brian Selmeski, deputy director plans and policies of the Air Force Culture and Language Center, said his recent selection as a fellow of the Society of Applied Anthropology is more a recognition of the groundbreaking work being accomplished by the center than an accolade for his individual

  • Training hones base honor guard skills

    For 10 days, the Maxwell AFB Honor Guard learned to carry out their ceremonial duties with greater precision with the help of their special guests from the Air Force Honor Guard, based in Bolling AFB, D.C. They displayed the skills they learned during a full-honor military funeral demonstration as

  • Additional Duty First Sergeant Seminar provides leadership tools

    During the Additional Duty First Sergeant Seminar last week, NCOs and senior NCOs learned that the role of a first sergeant is to serve as both a leader to enlisted Airmen and an advisor to his unit's commander.Held at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy auditorium Feb. 8 -12, the event gave