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  • 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

  • Fifth graders launch space project

    Fifth-grade students from three elementary schools kicked off the 12th annual Marsville Project April 20, culminating six weeks of study about space. The project required students from Cherokee, Longwood and Valparaiso Elementary Schools to experience a day of living in "space" simulated in Hangar

  • 'We Remember'

    Fourteen names. Fourteen young lives lost in service to their country. "We remember." That phrase rang across the Kauffman Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training Complex April 21 for the 38th annual memorial service. Hundreds of friends, family and service people remembered loved ones and fellow EOD