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  • Eglin pilots children's nutrition and fitness program

    When Jodi Vetter visited the 96th Medical Group for her daughter's most recent Well Child appointment, she knew concerns about her child's weight would be expressed."Obesity runs in our family, and I was concerned about my daughter dealing with the health and social issues my family has had," said

  • AF ensures command visibility on substantiated sex-related offenses

    Air Force officials announced a new policy requiring the inclusion and command review of information on sex-related offenses in personnel service records Sept. 30.The change was directed in the fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act, requiring the services to document this information

  • AF updates voluntary education programs for FY15

    Active-duty Airmen who want to take advantage of military assistance programs for voluntary education in the coming academic year will experience several changes beginning Oct. 1.Air Force Credentialing Opportunities Online, or AF COOL, will take the place of the military tuition assistance, or

  • First DOD general officer completes F-35 qualification training

    When the wheels of his F-35A Lightning II touched down here around 1 p.m., Sept. 26, Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria became the first Department of Defense general officer to complete qualification training in the joint strike fighter.Silveria, the commander of the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis

  • 53rd Wing historian helps create expeditionary wing coin

    Dr. Chuck Merkel, 53rd Wing historian, recently assisted the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in redesigning their commander's coin, which now illustrates past and present elements of the 386th AEW's history. Merkel contributed to the coin's new look through reasearch into the 386th AEW's history, while

  • 53rd Wing takes Combat Hammer, Archer out West in August

    The 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group concluded the U.S. Air Force air-to-ground exercise known as Combat Hammer and air-to-air exercise known as Combat Archer this week.From Aug. 11 -22, four units deployed here and three units traveled directly to the Utah Test and Training Range to drop munitions in

  • End of runway crew is first, last stop for Eglin's test aircraft

    The radio cracks to life in a tiny building at the end of the flight line with sayings like "crew ready... crew show... engine start... taxi." "We got taxis," says Tech. Sgt. Arthur Hamblin, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron end-of-runway inspection section NCO-in-charge.It's a call to action for a

  • Service members receiving military workplace survey

    About 580,000 service members have begun receiving emails or letters inviting them to participate in the first RAND Military Workplace Study, Defense Department officials said.Active and reserve component members in all military branches and the Coast Guard are being invited to participate. "The