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  • New culture course now available online to enlisted Airmen

    Through the efforts of the Air Force Culture and Language Center and Community College of the Air Force, enlisted members now have a distance learning course that will aid them in understanding world cultures. Introduction to Culture, which is the first course of its kind in the military and is

  • 908th Airlift Wing sergeant stops detainee escape

    "He just looked suspicious," remarked Staff Sgt. Otis T. Luke, referring to the Iraqi detainee he had prevented from escaping a medical facility. A 908th Airlift Wing medical staff sergeant, Luke was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal in late December for thwarting a detainee's escape attempt

  • Services, 42nd MSS shoot for LeMay Trophy

    One way to recognize and motivate a group of exceptional service providers is to give them a coveted award and dare them to take it to the next level. That's just what happened when the 42nd Services Division and the 42nd Mission Support Squadron were recently named the best in Air Education and

  • 42nd MDG receives AETC medical service awards

    The 42nd Medical Group has recently learned the organization faired extremely well in competition for Air Force Medical Service Air Education and Training Command Annual Awards. Overall the Group received the Team Aerospace Award. The Dental Clinic received the Medium Dental Clinic Award and the

  • BAH changes show ups, downs for Maxwell

    The New Year may bring a few extra dollars to some Maxwell servicemembers and their families, but for others, wallets may be emptying a little quicker than usual. The Department of Defense released the Basic Allowance for Housing rates December 15, and the average 6.9 percent raise will give members

  • 42nd MDG prepares Airmen to save lives on battlefield

    The words "exsanguination" and "tension pneumothorax" rarely surface during average conversation, but personnel who deploy from Maxwell Air Force Base must know how to respond to these medical conditions prior to departure. The 42nd Medical Group began providing Combat Lifesaving Skills training to

  • Visitors get inside view of honor guard duties

    The Maxwell-Gunter Honor Guard has traveled 78,452 miles this year. That equals crisscrossing the state more than 245 times. The group has performed 501 details and given more than 17,000 man hours. They are the face of the Air Force to the American public, and many are no older than 25 years. Their

  • AETC rewards efforts of Maxwell units with top honors

    As 2008 comes to an end, the Air Education and Training Command vice commander, Maj. Gen. Anthony Przybyslawski, announced Monday that Air University and the 42nd Air Base Wing have received Air Force Organizational Excellence Awards and an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award respectively. "These

  • First member of Defense Department police now on station

    Maxwell-Gunter members, employees and residents may soon see a new face on base - that of Chris Langston, a former Air Force security forces member and the first of 35 Department of Defense police officers to be assigned to Maxwell-Gunter. All 35 officers are scheduled to arrive by October 2009. Mr.

  • AETC surgeon general visits 42nd MDG

    On the second leg of a 13-base tour, the Air Education and Training Command surgeon general paid a visit to the 42nd Medical Group Wednesday. Col. Peggy Matarese was joined by the AETC chief of enlisted medical force, Chief Master Sgt. Kevin Lambing, in touring the base's medical facility. She has