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  • Medical Group sends Airmen, supplies to help in Haiti

    Approximately 10 members of the 96th Medical Group as well as much needed medical supplies have left the base in route to disaster-struck Haiti.Doctors, nurses, technicians and even a linguist are representing Eglin in support of the humanitarian effort.Although 96 MDG supplies and personnel are

  • AFPC advises don't cash $3,000 VA checks

    Don't cash that check!!Air Force Personnel Center has advised Airmen who received $3,000 in emergency advanced payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs in late 2009 not to cash or deposit those checks.In addition to providing payments to veterans, some payments were made to Airmen on active

  • 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,