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  • Enlisted Airmen can attend Air Force Academy through LEAD program

    The Leaders Encouraging Airman Development (LEAD) Program, initiated in 1995 by former Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ronald Fogleman, delegates authority to unit and wing commanders to nominate highly talented Airmen to compete for admission to the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.,

  • Smokeless tobacco: not as sweet as you think

    Did you know that oral cancer is the sixth most common form of cancer? Tobacco companies are marketing spit tobacco with flavors such as berry blend, mint, wintergreen, apple blend, vanilla and cherry to increase sales. These companies even advertise that spit tobacco is better than cigarettes

  • Wanna make an Air Force commercial?

    Senior leaders are asking Airmen to get behind the camera and submit a video for the next Air Force advertising campaign. The contest has begun and runs until Jan. 9. Airmen are encouraged to create a video depicting what their unit or they do to support the Air Force mission, as well as highlight

  • Team Eglin AADD

    Team Eglin - Be safe, don't drive drunk Airmen Against Drunk Driving Call (850) 882-SAFE (7233) We drive so you don't have to! 

  • Eglin first stop for new commander

    Air Force Materiel Command's new leader is looking for fresh ideas and continuous improvement across the board, but he isn't planning drastic changes in conducting the command's mission. "Change of command is not change of course," said Gen. Don Hoffman, who took command of AFMC Nov. 21. "But we

  • Giving Mother Nature a hand

    Following one of the most successful prescribed burning seasons in Eglin's history, Jackson Guard's Fire Management section is off to a scorching hot start for the FY 2009 burn season. "We managed to burn more than 100,000 acres in the FY 2008 season," said James Furman, Fire Management Officer for

  • New TSP contribution limits set for 2009

    The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board recently announced an increase in the 2009 elective deferral limit for regular Thrift Savings Plan contributions. The limit is now $16,500, up from $15,500 for 2008. In addition, contributions for the TSP catch-up plan will increase to $5,500, up from

  • Toy donations make Christmas smiles

    The spirit of giving for the upcoming Christmas holidays was given a jolly boost Dec. 2 at the Airman's Attic as it was transformed into Santa's workshop. Volunteers became Santa's little elves and helped to organize more than 2,400 toys for the annual Toys-for-Tots distribution as parents rummaged

  • Flu vaccines available for Eglin beneficiaries

    Mass influenza vaccinations are available for all Eglin beneficiaries Dec. 8 to 10 from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Eglin Immunizations Clinic. High-risk patients may go to the clinic Dec. 8. All others may go the clinic Dec. 9 to 10. For more information, call the Eglin Immunization Clinic at