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  • No regrets part 1: Taking opportunity

    Editor's note: This one of a six part series about the obstacles U.S. Air Force Maj. Jeffrey and his wife Nicole faced, and how the Air Force helped him persevere to his highest potential.He did not become an astronaut, but since joining the U.S. Air Force in 1989 Maj. (Dr.) Jeffrey Woolford, who

  • MEMS students learn how their garden grows

    Busy little workers at Maxwell Elementary/Middle School inspect their growing garden beds, watching for friends or warding off foes outside Katie O'Connor's classroom window. Working daily in their garden, students in O'Connor's second- grade class are given firsthand lessons on the lifecycles of

  • Military members master public speaking as group

    "Some people just have the gift and ability to speak," said Senior Airman Bryce Bellmore, an Air University knowledge operations manager. "I don't have that, but I'm learning."To improve his ability to speak to the masses, Bellmore, along with other service members, attend Maxwell Air Force Base's

  • Airman's Attic feeds, clothes, furnishes Airmen

    The motto, Airmen helping Airmen, is more than a nice saying at the Airman's Attic. It's placing food, clothes, uniforms and boots directly into the hands of a military member.Offered to enlisted Airmen with the rank of technical sergeant and below, the attic provides household goods, cooking ware,

  • Adding 'senior' to NCO

    It takes about 15 years for enlisted members to be considered technical experts in their career fields. At what point, however, do they become leaders so that those behind them can become successful in their own right? That point is when a noncommissioned officer gets "the point," the chevron that

  • AIC course empowers OTS instructors to train future leaders

    The Air Force needs leaders. It needs leaders who can make decisions at a moment's notice. There is no warning, heads up or reminder email for some situations; there is just do. The Air Force needs leaders who can do. The Academic Instructors Course, a part of the Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer

  • From enlisted Airman to mentor

    The Key Spouse Program at Maxwell continues to grow as a commander's program, influencing individual programs throughout the Air Force, as local spouses extend their help beyond traditional roles and families. Key spouses of a squadron, under the guidance of their key spouse mentor, unit and wing

  • The salute - an obligation to take pride in

    Rendering a salute is a fundamental military custom and courtesy and is engrained in all service members during the early stages of basic officer and enlisted training programs. There is no definitive history on the origin of the hand salute, though there are many theories. The practice may have

  • Fitness excellence sets pharmacy apart

    On the hour, every hour, the 42nd Medical Group's pharmacy flight gathers in a back room and starts counting, not prescription refills, but repetitions of pushups, sit-ups or pull-ups. While maintaining the busiest pharmacy in Alabama, the pharmacy cannot afford to not have the energy to support the

  • Remembrance Day Ceremony honors sacrifice of those far from home

    In the British Commonwealth and France, an annual Remembrance Day ceremony is held on the Sunday closest to Veterans Day to pay homage to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.The Remembrance service dates back to 1919, to honor those killed in the First World War. The commemoration has since