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  • Pathology lab finds answers

    On any given day, the pathology and histology lab professionals here handle approximately 125 patient specimens such as kidneys, livers, pieces of skin, ovaries, prostates, and tonsils.They evaluate, prepare and transform tissue onto microscope slides studied by pathologists. These doctors study

  • Spouses Club receives resilience training

    The Eglin Spouses Club received resilience training here March 30 to help them understand and cope with the stressors and changing demands associated with military life.Chief Master Sgt. Ronnie Tabor, one of Eglin's master resilience trainers, was the presenter."The Air Force Resilience Program is

  • Airman swims into Hall of Fame

    For one 96th Test Wing Airman, the wild blue yonder isn't up and overhead, but below and in front of his gaze as he stands on the starting block waiting for his signal.  Upon the alert, he blasts off and pierces his calm blue horizon to begin a competitive swim.Senior Airman Francisco Perez

  • AcqDemo begins in June

    Some 13,000 Air Force Materiel Command personnel have been notified they will transition to the Department of Defense Civilian Acquisition Workforce Demonstration Project pay system on  June 12, 2016.For those converting to AcqDemo, their current GS performance period will end June 11 and they will

  • Green Beret returns to service after amputation

     A Special Forces noncommissioned officer returned to full active duty service two and a half years after his hand was amputated to free him from underneath a vehicle before a suicide bomber could strike a deadly blow against he and his team.Sergeant 1st Class Ivan Morera, a Miami native and a

  • Eglin wings help with B-52 weapons bay testing

    The B-52 Joint Direct Attack Munition Internal Weapons Bay Upgrade program recently completed developmental test here where it successfully demonstrated employment of JDAM munitions from the new Conventional Rotary Launcher.Prior to this added capability, hardware and software limitations restricted

  • Motorcycle Safety Rally returns

    Motorcycles of all shapes, sizes and varieties covered the Base Exchange parking lot April 15 as base riders attended the ninth annual motorcycle safety rally here.The event a joint-53rd Wing and 96th Test Wing effort brought in over 500 civilian and military riders for safety briefings,