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  • Deployed captain 'attends' children's graduation

    For most service members, deployments create unique stresses. From the change in environment, to the change in operations tempo, to the detachment from loved ones, the extra weight can have a heavy toll on emotional health; this can be especially true for deployed parents who often miss milestones

  • Advanced tactical laser fires high-power laser in flight

    Members of the 413th Flight Test Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla., and contractor Boeing successfully fired the high-power laser aboard the Advanced Tactical Laser aircraft for the first time in flight. The combined effort between Boeing and the 413th was instrumental to the "first light" of the high

  • Former AAC commander wins AFA award

    Maj. Gen. David Eidsaune, formerly commander of Air Armament Center and Program Executive Officer for Weapons, was recently honored by Florida's Air Force Association. Gen. Eidsaune -- now Director of Air, Space and Information Operations at Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB,

  • Experiences of a lifetime, in two years

    Pulling 8.2 'Gs' at 850 miles per hour or playing cricket with orphans in Grenada are moments only a small percentage of people in America can say they have experienced. One senior airman was given the opportunity to experience these events and others like it in the span of only two years. Senior

  • Eglin sergeants selected for promotion

    Air Force officials selected 7,724 of 37,172 eligible staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant for a selection rate of 20.78 percent. The average score for those selected was 319.69, with an average time in grade and time in service of 5.68 and 10.85 years respectively. The average score

  • Web-based military finance comes to Eglin

    By the end of the month, the base will move many of the financial management customer service functions to web-based applications via the new Permanent Change of Station In-Processing System, or PiPS. PiPs will be up and running here June 29. It's a new web-based financial system that provides a

  • "Tweets" spark OPSEC awareness

    With the social media revolution exploding, more and more Airmen are exploring ways to streamline the way they keep in touch with friends and family, and they may be including more than their closest allies. The newest member of this phenomenon is Twitter, a web-based tool where users can send