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  • Med group offers allergy, asthma treatment options

    Asthma and allergies are two of the most common chronic childhood diseases. Asthma affects nearly five million American children, while allergies affect about 50 million. Asthma occurs when the airway in the lungs become inflamed or constricted. Signs and symptoms of asthma may range from minor

  • ASBC adds combatives facility; Combat skills for new officers

    Arms and legs flailed and thrashed in grappling and arm bars as instructors and students demonstrated self-defense tactics for a grand opening ceremony May 1 at the new Expeditionary Training Center here. Combatives are now part of the new warrior-ethos curriculum being developed and integrated into

  • Maxwell Reservist wins AF paralegal award

    An individual mobilization augmentee assigned to Maxwell's Judge Advocate General's School was among the winners of the Air Force 2008 Judge Advocate General Awards. Senior Master Sgt. Imelda B. Johnson won the David Westbrook Award for Outstanding Reserve Paralegal. The award recognizes the most

  • Enlisted Heritage Hall takes 2009 AETC award

    Winning the Air Education and Training Command's annual Heritage Award has almost become a tradition for Gunter's Enlisted Heritage Hall museum. Maj. Gen. Anthony Przybyslawski, AETC vice commander, announced March 10 that EHH won the Heritage Award for the eleventh straight year. The award is part

  • LeMay Center hosts first cyberspace ops executive course

    In the last six months, the DoD spent more than $100 million on manpower, time, contractors, technology and procedures reacting to cyber-security problems. To better understand the cyberspace domain and how to fly, fight and win in it, the Air Force chief of staff approved the Cyberspace Operations

  • Reserve Wing prepares for December ORI

    About 400 members of the 908th Airlift Wing gathered at Maxwell's Blue Thunder training facility this week to participate in "Patriot Thunder." The wing has an Operational Readiness Inspection scheduled for December, and the Patriot Thunder exercise was part of an Operational Readiness Training

  • Dominican Republic medical exercise cut short by protests

    A Medical Readiness Training Exercise here was called off today after completing eight of the scheduled 10 treatment days due to quality-of-life protests, unrelated to the MEDRETE, in towns along the travel route to the final clinic site in Arenoso. Mission personnel were airlifted from the city of

  • First-term Airmen broaden skills in Dominican Republic

    Airmen on a Medical Readiness Training Exercise here are stepping out of their traditional home-station roles and enhancing their existing skill-sets by training in medical competencies they do not have the opportunity to experience back home. The Airmen face tough, sweaty, long hours of confusion,

  • Basic health education key in Dominican Republic

    The tropical environment here is great for tourists but brings a number of health issues to the local population that foreigners may take for granted or be entirely oblivious of. A high prevalence of issues caused by sunlight, insects and the high sugar content of foods combined with a general lack

  • April exercise tests Maxwell-Gunter readiness, response

    The multiple scenarios of Maxwell-Gunter's April base exercise tested capabilities of base personnel and first responders, and the results were good, said the Base Exercise Evaluation Team chief. "There are always areas for improvement, but at the end of the day, the base responded in a satisfactory