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  • Blood Pressure and Fitness

    Many individuals pride themselves on being "fit."They exercise and eat right, get plenty of sleep and manage stress relatively well; they even take time off from work on occasion for a vacation. When asked, however, what their normal blood pressure is or what their cholesterol levels are, they are

  • DFAS returns to its World Wide Web home

    The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) is returning to its original World Wide Web location May 1. The DFAS Web site will shift to www.dfas.mil from its current location within the Department of Defense (DoD) domain at www.dod.mil/dfas. DFAS officials believe the change will make the Web

  • Florida governor announces hurricane preparedness sales tax holiday

    Florida Governor Charlie Crist today signed into law House Bill 211 establishing a sales tax holiday from June 1 through June 12, 2007, for hurricane preparedness items. "I urge all Floridians to take advantage of the Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday so that every person is prepared for the

  • Conserving water is a constant goal

    Officials believe that local water conservation efforts are going well, but the effort must continue to conserve one of our most precious natural resources for the future. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the Floridan aquifer system is one of world's most productive aquifers. It covers more

  • Airmen hone warrior skills at CST

    "I'm up, they see me, I'm down." This was the mantra an Expeditionary Combat Skills Training instructor advised sixty-one Eglin Airmen to repeat as they faced a new challenge April 20 by tackling a simulated battlefield. The objective on this particular day was for the Airmen to travel in teams of

  • Eglin 2007 summer hire program cancelled

    The Air Armament Center summer hire program is cancelled this year due to budget cuts. This decision is necessary because the civilian payroll for Eglin's AFMC units has been funded at roughly 92 percent of civilian authorizations, leaving a $5 million deficit as a result of our civilian pay

  • Shoplifting decreases while costs go up at Eglin

    The state of shoplifting at Eglin AFB Exchange is becoming a good news/bad news proposition as sophisticated anti-shoplifting measures work to decrease incidents, while increasingly aggressive thieves increase costs for all exchange shoppers. The good news is that upgraded camera systems capable of

  • Air Force recognizes excellence

    Thomas Smith is a spiritual man. He walks the walk and talks the talk, and his positive attitude inspires those he works with to reach great heights. Mr. Smith's leadership and motivation recently earned him an Air Force Individual Installation Award. The Crestview native is a warehouse supervisor

  • Eglin joint integration vital for Atlantic Strike participants

    The Joint Fires Integration and Interoperability Team from Joint Forces Command helped Exercise Atlantic Strike V participants improve joint combat effectiveness April 14 to 20 here. "Through our participation, we are able to help the context of the scenarios and increase joint play," said Marine