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  • Chaplain School holds last class at Maxwell

    The last formal class of the Air Force Chaplain School to be conducted at Maxwell Air Force Base was held Sept. 14-25. There will be one additional three-day informal professional continuing education program held Tuesday-Thursday and following that class, the school will resume its move to a new

  • Maxwell STARBASE attracts attention of NORAD commander's wife

    On a scale-model Martian landscape riddled with boulders, robotic rovers rolled in response to the students' careful programming. The excited students cheered, laughed and applauded the programmed behavior of the robots they created as the voyagers explored the equivalent of 1,600 square miles of

  • 42nd Air Base Wing holds Wingman and Safety Day

    The 42nd Air Base Wing held its annual Wingman and Safety Day Sept. 25 to emphasize both on and off-base safety programs and camaraderie among wing members. Col. Kris D. Beasley, 42nd ABW commander, said, "To fully understand the importance of today, we must understand the concept of the wingman. A

  • Flu worse than common cold

    A common question this time of year is how influenza differs from the common cold. The common cold and influenza are both viral respiratory infections that result in runny nose, congestion, cough, sore throat, etc. Since these two illnesses have similar symptoms, it can be difficult to tell the

  • Fire Prevention week Oct. 4-10

    The week of Oct. 4-10 marks the 2009 Fire Prevention Week at Maxwell-Gunter, and this year's theme is: "Stay Fire Smart! Don't Get Burned," said James Smith, Maxwell's assistant chief for fire prevention. The chief said the event concentrates this year on preventing burns, not just from structural

  • Influenza prevention strategy: Social distancing

    Prevention is vital for protecting yourself, as well as your family and co-workers from influenza during the upcoming influenza season. One prevention strategy recommended by the Centers for Disease Control is "Social Distancing." Distancing guidance is based on scientific knowledge that the

  • Standards and discipline ... critical to mission success

    Standards and discipline play an important role in mission accomplishment. Ask yourself how can we effectively accomplish the mission if we don't comply with mandated Air Force and DoD standards? If we don't follow the rules, we simply put ourselves in trouble all the time, and certainly won't be

  • Ceremony honors POW-MIA sacrifice

    Throughout the nation's history, personal sacrifices have often been required of those involved in national defense. The sacrifices of American prisoners of war and missing in action were recognized with a luncheon, a Missing Man Table ceremony and a wreath-laying in front of the POW/MIA monument as

  • Air Force Chief of Staff names MIT cadet as cadet of the year

    The Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, recently named the 2009 United States Air Force Cadet of the Year. Cadet Col. Ryan W. Castonia, a senior, majoring in Aerospace Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was notified of the honor in an official letter signed by

  • ORE closes with valuable lessons learned

    The 908th Airlift Wing returned to Maxwell Saturday after a week-long Operational Readiness Exercise at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss. While there, the wing learned much in its preparation for the December Operational Readiness Inspection. For the exercise, six of the