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  • Commentary: Ten Reasons Why Senior Leaders Must Be Fit to Fight

    What do senior leaders do when they find they are too busy to fit in consistent daily workouts? I have watched many senior leaders in my short 25 year Air Force career, and I find all the good ones find a way to fit it all in. If you're normal like me, sometimes you don't fit it all in and it's

  • Eglin recognized for preservation efforts

    Eglin's Cultural Resources staff was recently recognized for their contributions to the preservation of one of the Cape San Blas lighthouse keeper's quarters in the 2008 Tallahassee/Leon County Historic Preservation Awards Program. The event, held in the R.A. Gray Building's Heritage Hall in

  • Air Force, Army Improve Joint Training

    Officials at the Army's National Training Center at Ft. Irwin, Calif. and the Air Force's Green Flag West at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. have been working hard to integrate service-level exercises to help improve joint training for units preparing to deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan, according to

  • Tell AAFES what you think for a shot at a shopping spree

    The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is giving troops and their families here an opportunity to give their opinion about the exchange benefit. Now through June 9, BX shoppers are invited to log on to www.aafes.com and take a brief, approximately 12-minute, survey concerning areas the exchange

  • NCO Academy graduates announced

    Congratulations to the following Eglin technical sergeants who graduated from the NCO Academy on May 22.Academic Achievement AwardVictor Vasquez, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Distinguished GraduatesMichael Becker, 96th Civil Engineer SquadronJeremy Hobbs, 9th Special Operations Squadron Keith

  • Airmen provide helping hand at widows village

    Once you don the uniform and become a servicemember of the United States Air Force, you become a part of a family - even as your service commitment has ended. This idea of family is continued to include your spouse and dependents. In honor of Asian-Pacific American Heritage month, Airman here

  • Heat a factor in safe summer activities

    It's almost summer and most people are primed for picnics, pools, beaches and barbecues. But whether on or off duty, everyone must remain on high alert to avoid heat stress. Heat stress is an increase in the body's internal heat level caused by working or exercising in a hot environment. Exposure to

  • A safer working and living environment

    Cell phone in one hand, morning coffee in the other, and a heavy foot on the pedal trying to make it to work on time; so are the days of our busy American lives. While trying to keep up with an increasingly fast paced world, most drivers do not stop to think about the consequences of their

  • AAFES dividends benefit Eglin AFB quality of life

    Shoppers who exercised their exchange benefit at the BX, online at www.aafes.com or over the phone through the Exchange Catalog last year helped make the military community a better place as the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) estimates it delivered more than $269 million in support to