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  • EOD community honors fallen warriors

    The Explosive Ordnance Disposal community hosted its 44th annual EOD Memorial Ceremony May 4 at the Kauffman EOD Training Complex here, where the names of 11 fallen EOD technicians from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force were added to the memorial wall.Chief of Naval Operations, Adm.

  • Eglin munitions unit creates ammo linker for AFSOC

    A new lighter, mobile 30mm ammo linker system is set for delivery to Air Force Special Operations Command units in May.The 89-pound apparatus that feeds 15 unattached 30mm rounds into MK-15 links via a crank system was created and designed by the Airmen of Eglin's Munitions Materiel Handling

  • AFMC embraces new culture of savings

    Air Force Materiel Command leaders are pledging their support for a new money-saving Air Force initiative dubbed Every Dollar Counts.In the wake of sequestration and reduced budgets, the initiative calls on Airmen to submit their money-saving ideas as part of a new culture of savings. "This is an

  • Creating a "Medical Home" at Eglin Hospital

    The 96th Medical Group has implemented a new model of care called Patient-Centered Medical Home. PCMH is a team-based, patient-centered approach to medical care, where a patient has one primary provider alongside a team of health professionals, all centered on meeting the patient's medical needs.

  • Sexual assault survivor shares story

    Every April, Airmen are asked to reflect on the significance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Nowhere were those reflections more apparent than April 23 when national speaker, Katie Koestner, presented a program based on her experiences with sexual assault.At age 18, Koestner went on a date with a

  • Navy wife reenlists Marine husband

    When Gunnery Sgt. Markus Lill recited his oath of enlistment April 12, his spouse not only looked on in admiration, but also administered the oath.For his fifth enlistment, Lill, an airframes division chief with the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, asked his wife, Lt. j.g. Lisa Lill, to