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  • Critical Days of Summer safety campaign begins

    The Critical Days of Summer safety campaign kicked off May 17 at the enlisted hall with safety briefings on drinking and driving, swimming, traffic and boating. Maj. Gen. Kenneth Merchant, the Air Armament Center commander, was the first of five speakers. While encouraging the attendees to enjoy the

  • Eglin Airmen visits Kyrgyzstan "babushkas"

    Babushka, in Russian, means grandmother or elder woman and is common terminology in Kyrgyzstan. The volunteers are members of the Manas Area Benefit Outreach Society that sponsors 10 babushkas in the local area. Each babushka is given a quarterly stipend of approximately 2,300 soms that equates to

  • Eglin announces newest master sergeants

    Air Force officials selected 5,464 of 19,809 eligible technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant for a 27.58 percent selection rate. The average score for those selected was 332.85, with an average time in grade of 4.43 years and time in service of 15.58 years respectively.Congratulations

  • Base Library wins federal award

    The base library recently won the Federal Library and Information Network's best small federal library or information center award for 2011.Last week, members of the library staff accepted the award at the Library of Congress. According to the FEDLINK release, the Eglin's library was recognized for

  • Merchant meets with base leadership for DUI solutions

    "We're here to identify solutions to our DUI situation," Maj. Gen. Kenneth Merchant said to a room of more than 70 enlisted and officer leadership from across the base May 11.The meeting brought together Eglin's joint-service leadership after two more driving under the influence arrests over the

  • New guide helps Airmen, families navigate social media

    Airmen and families have a new resource at their fingertips with the recent release of an updated and revised social media guide, shown here, by the Air Force Public Affairs Agency in San Antonio, Texas. The guide features sections geared toward all Total Force members and their families as well as

  • March, April Tots in Blue

    Congratulations to the following parents who welcomed their new arrivals while stationed here:It's a boyJames Andrew, born March 26 to Senior Airman John and Ginger ShirahCanaan Michael, born March 27 to Airman 1st Class Wryan and Danielle WoodsShafi Darnell, born March 30 to Airman 1st Class Shafi