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  • Moulage makes exercises more believable

    Dozens of Airmen lay motionless on the ground, most with blood seeping through their clothes or shrapnel protruding from their bodies. What would seem like a scene from a bad horror movie or war film is actually the result of moulage. During a training exercise here July 22, Airmen were dressed up

  • Deployed Capt from MDG recognized by AF Times

    Recently a deployed member of the 96th Medical Group was selected as an honorable mention for the Air Force Times Airman of the Year. Capt. James Parris is currently deployed to Afghanistan as part of a Provincial Reconstruction Team was nominated for the award by his Eglin flight commander, Lt.

  • Eglin takes anti-terrorism seriously

    The base will execute a large-scale exercise July 20-23 that will impact many missions and services.  Personnel moving on Eglin should expect delays at the gates and the hospital will close for most of the day, July 22.  In preparation for the exercise, base leadership wants to remind personnel to

  • Med Group beats Comm, advances in softball playoff

    The 96th Medical Group, will advance to the next round of softball intramural playoffs after winning a close game against the 96th Communication Squadron "Wire Dawgs" July 9. The Wire Dawgs started early after Dustin Lee, Justin "Wildcat" Smith and Barry Davies scored in the first inning. However,

  • 96th reunion scheduled for September

    Members of the 96th Air Base Wing are planning the first-ever 96 ABW reunion, "Gathering of Falcons," Sept. 17-20 here. Former commanders, vice commanders, directors of staff, command chief, and honorary commanders will be invited to gather and reflect on past and present 96 ABW accomplishments, as

  • Two court-martialed at Eglin

    The base legal office completed two courts martial in April and May. These are the results of those cases. In May, an Airman from the 96th Medical Support Squadron, faced a Summary Court-Martial on charges in violation of Uniform Code of Military Justice Article 86--Absence Without Leave, Article

  • Eglin commander named White House Fellow

    Lt. Col. Rob Lyman finally got the news he's been waiting for--his appointment as a White House Fellow. As the commander of the 96th Communications Squadron, Colonel Lyman faces challenges each day, but the selection process for this prestigious award was intense. The colonel is just one of 15

  • Federal funds to stimulate base infrastructure

    When President Barak Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the intent was to revitalize the economy across America, including the Florida Panhandle. Part of that act is $2.18 billion in funding for the Department of Defense Military Construction Program. More than $34.6