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  • Summer Heat Brings Coliforms to the Drinking Water

    One of the responsibilities of the 96th Medical Group's Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight is routine monitoring of the base's drinking water to ensure it meets health standards. In August, two routine compliance samples at both the Eglin Main Base and Eglin West/Housing Public Water Systems (Water

  • AF reserve band performs with local students

    The Band of the United States Air Force Reserve wowed more than 300 middle and high school band students at Choctawhatchee High School during a concert Oct. 2 in Fort Walton Beach. The 40-member band was offered the opportunity by the school's band director Chad Hannah to play at the high school

  • Team Eglin gets firefighter experience

    Commanders and first sergeants experienced what it's like to be a firefighter Oct. 5 to kick off Fire Prevention Week. The day began with the Inaugural Commanders vs. First Sergeants Challenge. The event was composed of five challenges, each presenting a small portion of what firefighters do on the

  • Eglin salutes the Year of the Air Force Family

    Supervisors, co-workers and friends come and go, but family is forever. In the coming months, Eglin will focus on the meaning, needs and strengths of the Air Force family during what's being called service wide, Year of the Air Force Family. YoAFF began in July and lasts to July 2010. At this time,

  • Eglin rangers hold annual Mass Casualty exercise

    Four consecutive horrific "accidents" left bloody bodies of 6th Ranger Training Battalion Soldiers strewn all over the Eglin ranges Oct 1. That was just part of the 6 RTB's annual mass casualty exercise to examine how effective the battalion responds as a group and how well it communicates and works

  • Joint warfighters hone close air support skills at JRTC

    Army special forces and joint fires observers trained with Air Force joint terminal attack controllers and Navy fighter aircrews during a recent two-week Joint Readiness Training Center and Air Force Green Flag East exercise here with assistance from U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Fires