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  • Eglin Airman protects deployed base as security response team member

    If you go to any deployed air base in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, chances are one of the first people you'll meet is an Air Force security forces member upon approach to the gate. One of those security forces Airmen in Southwest Asia might be Senior Airman Nolan Spiers.Airman

  • War trip heightens AFMC commander's resolve

    The commander of Air Force Materiel Command returned recently from a trip to Iraq and other sites in the region with an amped-up sense of responsibility to deployed Airmen who depend on his command for the supplies, parts and maintenance to get their jobs done.General Donald Hoffman had a simple

  • Dedicated team behind eFinance success

    Last week was a very good one for Master Sergeant Brian Cerney and the 96th Comptroller Squadron's Financial Services Flight.Sergeant Cerney, the installation liaison with the Air Force's Financial Services Center, was one of 22 selected for promotion to the rank of senior master sergeant. He was

  • Eagles soar over chiefs in volleyball match

    The Eagles picked apart the Chiefs winning 3-0 in a best-of-five volleyball match during the first game of the 3rd Annual Chiefs vs. Eagles Multi-Sport Tournament March 4, at the Eglin Fitness Center.The tournament pits Eglin's chief master sergeants against colonels in volleyball, softball, golf

  • OPSEC expo boosts awareness

    The 96th Air Base Wing Information Protection Office pushed Operational Security with a recent base expo Feb. 24.The expo was held at the AAFES mini mall. The goal was to inform and remind Team Eglin about OPSEC. It also focused on how places like the mini mall are ideal for OPSEC unconscious

  • Eglin small business office hosts open house event

    Small business is the solution of choice for supporting the warfighters.That's the focus of the base small business office and their goal with their Small Business Open House March 3 at the officers club."We use our small business open house or vendor shows to provide an environment that will create

  • Canadian unit trains for OEF with US joint services

    A Canadian Forces unit recently completed a rotation at the U.S. Army's National Training Center here in preparation for its upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.Task Force 1-10, part of the 2nd Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, near Ottawa, Ontario, trained for its upcoming Afghanistan mission with

  • Social media policy balances Web 2.0 with security

    The new policy allowing access to social media from computers connected to the Defense Department's unclassified network balances the mission value of Web 2.0 tools and the need for security, a top defense official said. Since being hired as principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for public

  • Team Eglin tweets to inform, engage

    Team Eglin entered the social media realm March 3 by establishing an Eglin AFB Twitter account (www.twitter.com/teameglin) designed to keep the base population and surrounding communities informed with the latest information about the base. "Social media provides the base with an additional resource