Online tool offers mental health self-assessment

A new online tool offers military servicemembers and their families free, anonymous mental health self-assessments. "Military Pathways" is an online screening tool that allows servicemembers and their families to assess their mental well-being anonymously and to identify symptoms linked with mental

42nd Medical Group prepares for flu immunizations

The 42nd Medical Group Immunizations Clinic is prepared to protect the base population from seasonal influenza, or flu. This year's influenza vaccination is the best way to prevent infection and complications associated with the virus. The Centers for Disease Control, or CDC, recommends everyone 6

Base goes to 24-hour ops to load, ‘deploy’ 908th Airlift Wing

Starting at noon on Saturday, members of the 42nd Air Base Wing went to 24-hour operations until Monday night, exercising the Wing's ability to deploy one of its largest mission partners - the 908th Airlift Wing. In a dress rehearsal for its December Operational Readiness Inspection, the 908th

CFC kicks off with base-wide celebration

Before a crowd of more than 150 base members and employees and community federal employees, the Heart of Alabama Combined Federal Campaign kicked off its 2009 campaign at the Maxwell Officers' Club, on Monday. According to the organization's Web site, the mission of CFC is to promote and support

First enlisted-to-officer air liaison officers receive Air Force commissions

The Air Force's newest officer career field welcomed its first five former Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Airmen after they received their Air Force commissions Sept. 9 from Officer Training School here. Effective Aug. 1 the Air Force dedicated Air Liaison Officer (ALO) as a specific officer

Maxwell to undergo DISA Enhanced Compliance Validation

Maxwell will undergo a Defense Information Systems Agency Enhanced Compliance Validation, or ECV, network inspection Sept. 28 through Oct. 2. "The ECV is very similar to an Operational Readiness Inspection, or a Nuclear Surety Inspection, of our secure and non-secure networks," said Major Gerald

Defense Department to start H1N1 flu vaccinations

All military personnel will be vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus, and the vaccine will be available to all military family members who want it, a Defense Department health affairs official said Sept. 2. The H1N1 vaccination program will begin in early October, said Army Lt. Col. (Dr.) Wayne

Former Air University commander passes away

A former Air University commander, who was instrumental in establishing the Senior NCO Academy, has passed away. Lt. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem II was the 12th commander of Air University serving here from Aug. 1970 to Nov. 1973. He was 92 at the time of his death Sept. 3. George Cully, Air University

Family support takes limelight in ‘Year of the Air Force Family’

The secretary of the Air Force and the Air Force chief of staff recently designated July 2009 to July 2010 as the "Year of the Air Force Family." For Air Force families and single Airmen around the world, this means enhancements to the family and personnel support spectrum is underway. "You can rest

Combined Federal Campaign begins Monday