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  • Nurses and technicians support Fisher House

    Helping others is a credo that nurses share. For that reason, nurses and technicians from the 96th Medical Group spent National Nurses' Week making a difference.More than 500 nurses and technicians here embraced the 2010 theme, "Caring Today for a Healthier Tomorrow," by collecting donations

  • NCO Academy graduates announced

    Congratulations to the following Eglin technical sergeants who graduated from the NCO Academy May 27.Academic Achievement AwardSpence Johnson, Ground Combat Training SquadronGraduatesBetty Barrios, 919 Special Operations WingKevin Base, 96th Communications SquadronWilliam Blue, 728th Air Control

  • Eglin releases master sergeant promotion list

    Air Force officials selected 5,424 of 21,829 eligible technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant for a selection rate of 24.85 percent.The average score for those selected was 341.18, with an average time in grade of 4.49 years and an average time in service of 15.88 years. The average

  • Warfighters prepare for air-to-ground combat at exercise Atlantic Strike

     Joint and Coalition warfighters honed close air support skills during the recently concluded Atlantic Strike exercise conducted here.Atlantic Strike 10-01, an exercise led by U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command  and U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Fires Integration and Interoperability Team,

  • First awards ceremony at the JSF ITC marks Nomad history

    The 33d Fighter Wing held its first joint service awards ceremony on May 11 in Nomad Hall to honor the Wing's quarterly award recipients. Officer honorees are chosen from the company grade ranks and enlisted honorees are chosen in junior grade, mid-grade and senior grade categories. All members of

  • Eglin provides answers to 7 SFG transition questions

    Hundreds of 7th Special Forces Group Army Soldiers met with Eglin Air Force Base supporters to gain insight into what their future holds in upcoming months.The 3rd Eglin AFB/7th SFG Town Hall meeting was held here May 11 and 12. The meeting focused on the concerns of military spouses and

  • Protocol civilian retires, serves 25 years here

    As Eglin celebrates its 75th anniversary, leadership took some time to honor the contributions of one civilian who was here a third of that time span.On May 29, Dave Miller, Air Armament Center deputy chief of Protocol will retire and receive the Outstanding Civilian Career Service Award in

  • Eglin preparing for oil impacts

    Along with all the communities bordering the Gulf of Mexico, Eglin is hard at work preparing for potential impacts associated with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill."No one knows for certain how we will be impacted, or even if we will, but we're going through all the possibilities to ensure we're

  • Eglin begins police week with softball tourney

    Softball teams from four different bases came together to compete in a tournament to raise funds for a memorial in honor of fallen brethren, May 8. In the end, the 96th Air Base Wing Security Forces team from Eglin defeated seven other teams from Tyndall AFB, Keesler AFB and Hurlburt Field, to be

  • Spouses afforded a day of fun, info

    The 2010 Military Spouse Appreciation and HeartLink Reunion Event took place May 7 at Luke's Place on base.The event, once referred to as Magnolia Day attracted spouses from all over the county. Now led by the Airmen Family and Readiness Center, the event was a bit different from the past, but still