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  • Conserving water is a constant goal

    Officials believe that local water conservation efforts are going well, but the effort must continue to conserve one of our most precious natural resources for the future. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Floridan aquifer system is one of world's most productive aquifers. It covers more than 100,000 square miles and supplies water to
  • EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Staff Sgt. Robert Poole, 96th Surgical Operations Squadron, confers with a "battle buddy" while tackling a simulated battlefield during Expeditionary Combat Skills training April 18. The exercise culminated three days of combat skills training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. LuCelia Ball)

    Airmen hone warrior skills at CST

    "I'm up, they see me, I'm down." This was the mantra an Expeditionary Combat Skills Training instructor advised sixty-one Eglin Airmen to repeat as they faced a new challenge April 20 by tackling a simulated battlefield. The objective on this particular day was for the Airmen to travel in teams of ten to cross the field while defending themselves
  • EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Spencer Manchester, 96th Civil Engineer Group, battles with Aron VanHyning, 33rd Fighter Wing, during the 2007 intramural soccer championship game. The 33rd FW emerged victorious over the 96th CEG, the current reigning champs, ending the game with a 4-1 win. (U.S. Air Force photo by Will VanderMate)

    Reigning champs

  • Eglin 2007 summer hire program cancelled

    The Air Armament Center summer hire program is cancelled this year due to budget cuts. This decision is necessary because the civilian payroll for Eglin's AFMC units has been funded at roughly 92 percent of civilian authorizations, leaving a $5 million deficit as a result of our civilian pay execution at about 6 percent higher than the funding

  • Shoplifting decreases while costs go up at Eglin

    The state of shoplifting at Eglin AFB Exchange is becoming a good news/bad news proposition as sophisticated anti-shoplifting measures work to decrease incidents, while increasingly aggressive thieves increase costs for all exchange shoppers. The good news is that upgraded camera systems capable of recording to DVR as well as a 2002 amendment
  • Thomas Smith, 96th Logistic Readiness Squadron's supervisor of the Aircraft Parts Store, inspects inventory. Mr. Smith was recently recognized at the Air Force level for excellence. (Photo by Bruce Hoffman)

    Air Force recognizes excellence

    Thomas Smith is a spiritual man. He walks the walk and talks the talk, and his positive attitude inspires those he works with to reach great heights. Mr. Smith's leadership and motivation recently earned him an Air Force Individual Installation Award. The Crestview native is a warehouse supervisor for the 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron. With 33

  • Eglin joint integration vital for Atlantic Strike participants

    The Joint Fires Integration and Interoperability Team from Joint Forces Command helped Exercise Atlantic Strike V participants improve joint combat effectiveness April 14 to 20 here. "Through our participation, we are able to help the context of the scenarios and increase joint play," said Marine Corps Col. Lawrence Roberts, the JFIIT commander at
  • EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Thirty volunteers from the Eglin community spread 45,000 pounds of mulch over 1,500 feet of the Memorial Trail in celebration of Eglin Earth Day, April 19. The volunteers also picked up trash and spread mulch around the Trail's entrance and picnic area.

    Eglin celebrates Earth Day

  • EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Air Force Lt. Col. Jim Dutton, a NASA astronaut, speaks to students from Valparaiso and Longwood elementary schools about the conditions of living in space during Marsville April 20 inside Hangar 110. Fifth-grade students from three elementary schools kicked off the Marsville Project culminating six weeks of study about space. The project required students from Cherokee, Valparaiso and Longwood Elementary Schools to experience a day of living in "space" by building a habitat. During the weeks prior to Marsville, students learned about the life support systems to consider before travel into space, such as the need for air, water, transportation and garbage disposal. Each student built a life support system model to bring with them. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

    Fifth graders launch space project

    Fifth-grade students from three elementary schools kicked off the 12th annual Marsville Project April 20, culminating six weeks of study about space. The project required students from Cherokee, Longwood and Valparaiso Elementary Schools to experience a day of living in "space" simulated in Hangar 110. During the weeks prior to Marsville, students
  • EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Marc Tarter and U.S Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Michael Todd salute the wreath to honor the Marines whose names were added to the memorial during the Explosive Ordnance Disposal 38th Annual Memorial Service at the Kauffman EOD Training Complex April 21. Three Marines names were added to the bronze tablet of the memorial. The ceremony memorialized 14 names of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines who have sacrificed their lives during EOD missions. Those names will bring the total to 215 names inscribed on the bronze tablets of the memorial. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Meares)

    'We Remember'

    Fourteen names. Fourteen young lives lost in service to their country. "We remember." That phrase rang across the Kauffman Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training Complex April 21 for the 38th annual memorial service. Hundreds of friends, family and service people remembered loved ones and fellow EOD technicians whose lives were lost this past year
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