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  • Tax Center open for business

    Tax season has begun and the Eglin tax center is here to help.The Eglin Tax Center stood up Jan. 20 to service military members, dependents, DOD civilians and retirees in the local area.In 2009, there were many new changes to tax law including the new home buyer's credit, making work pay, earned

  • Eglin pharmacist leaves 6-figure salary to serve country

    The year is 2007. A pharmacist and his wife sit inside their Jeep wrangler in the parking lot of an Air Force recruiter station. The couple is engaged in a familiar conversation.It's been 10 years since the pharmacist has seen a recruiter, but he hasn't been able to get the military out of his mind

  • Eglin Celebrates Enlisted Hall Completion

    Eglin celebrated the completion of the Eglin Enlisted Hall during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 15.The event culminated the transformation of the newly renovated building from the base theater, a project which took two years from beginning to end.The idea of recapturing prime real estate like the

  • Giving Mother Nature a helping hand

    Volunteers offered Mother Nature a helping hand by planting nearly 100 trees on Eglin's reservation Jan. 15.The event was an effort to control soil erosion out on the reservation. The 96th Environmental Management Natural Resources Section, Jackson Guard, armed with 24 volunteers, planted a total of

  • Pulled pork for support

    (Editor's note: Sadly,  Tech. Sgt. Eric Olafsen passed away Jan. 19, after  this article was written. All proceeds from the fundraisers covered in this article will still go to his family.)The scent of sizzling barbecue hung in the air surrounding the petroleum, oil and lubricant hub here, Jan. 14.

  • School takes students to new heights

    Airmen takeoff into a high flying career upon graduating from their classroom that hovers 500 feet off the ground.Aspiring students training at the 23rd Flying Training Squadron in Fort Rucker, Ala., are the Air Force's primary source of helicopter pilots for special ops, combat search and rescue,

  • BRAC Medical Expansion Clinic breaks ground

    Ground was broken today on a BRAC Medical Expansion Clinic, guaranteeing the smiles of more than 45,000 beneficiaries stay bright for many years.The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Committee directed the 7th Special Forces Group and the Joint Strike Fighter Training Center here and that decision

  • Bi-annual PT testing has arrived

    Are you due to test?That's the question base officials are asking active duty Air Force members, now that the new bi-annual fitness testing has started."Eglin warriors need to know when they need to take their PT test," said Chief Master Sgt. Thomas Westermeyer, 96th Air Base Wing command chief. "It

  • Marine takes helm of Air Force wing

    Duty of commanding the 33rd Fighter Wing falls to Marine Col. Arthur Tomassetti, while the Air Force commander attends a professional military education course. "I am humbled to have been entrusted with commanding the 33rd FW in the commander's absence, humbled not because he trusted me to run the