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  • Air Force continues force management programs

    Air Force leaders announced a resumption of all force management programs March 15 following a recently discussed strategic pause."After providing senior leadership a chance to evaluate the programs and assess our early progress, we are ready to resume immediate processing of voluntary applications

  • Eglin Airman exemplifies 'portrait of courage'

    When Cadet 1st Lts. Alison Nordlander, Ashlyn McNeely and Quianna Samuels made their weekly visit to a Texas quick stop for kolaches and gas April 17, 2013, they had no idea the next four hours would change their lives forever.Nordlander, now a commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the 96th Medical Group,

  • TRICARE ends walk-in admin services

    The Tricare Service Center will close for walk-in services April 1 here.The closure is part of a Department of Defense plan to close 189 Tricare facilities, saving more than $250 million over the next five years. "The closure of the walk-in Tricare Service Center will not affect any Tricare medical

  • Eglin part of FY15 force structure changes

    Air Force officials released force structure changes resulting from the Fiscal Year 2015 President's Budget today.To ensure the service successfully transitions to a leaner force that remains ready, the Air Force plans to remove almost 500 aircraft across the inventories of all three components over

  • Community Commons' Hangar 3 now open

    Hangar 3, a digital library, opened at Community Commons, Bldg. 825, here Feb. 26. It is co-located with Legends, a casual dining facility.Eglin's Community Commons combines access to 96th Force Support Squadron programs and information into one convenient location, according to Maj. Robert

  • Riding club helps train Soldiers

    The Sand and Spur Riding Club hosted a horse familiarization course for Army explosive ordnance disposal officers in late 2013.Approximately six Soldiers from the U.S. Army EOD Training Detachment participated in the course where they learned grooming, saddling, mounting, riding, packing and knot