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  • 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

  • Eglin's three-building energy challenge effective at mid-point.

    The Team Eglin Energy Challenge contest between buildings 349, 350 and 351 is in full swing and the savings are already apparent.There were significant savings in electrical consumption and demand reduction over the past two weeks, according to the Eglin Energy Management Center.The 308th Armament

  • Eglin saves, conserves during three-day energy campaign

    Proven: less = more.That was the energy goal for Eglin's Energy Management Center's "How low can you go" campaign to discover how much the base could conserve during the February three-day weekend.Now the results are in and the base saved more than 90,000 kilowatts based on the same usage from 2009.

  • Eglin's got talent

    It was show-time at the Enlisted Hall, Feb. 27, as contestants showcased big performances during the inaugural Eglin's Got Talent show.The event, in celebration of African American Heritage, drew in more than 200 people to watch 10 contestants compete to be chosen as Eglin's most talented