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  • 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

  • Fallen honored at EOD memorial ceremony

     Hundreds of people paid homage to fallen explosive ordnance disposal technicians during the 43rd annual EOD Memorial Ceremony here May 5. The names of five Soldiers, three Sailors, five Marines and five Airmen were added to the memorial wall in a solemn ceremony attended by family, friends and

  • Eglin Club discounts discontinued at non-club facilities

    The Air Force Materiel Command Member First Plus program was discontinued here, as of May 1.This change means Eglin's club members will no longer receive discounts at non-club facilities such as the bowling alley, golf course and barbershop. The termination of the benefit was a result of the 96th

  • DUI: know the consequences

    The increase in driving under the influence of alcohol incidents this year, compared to those during the same time last year, has prompted leadership to remind Eglin's Airmen of the consequences of a DUI.Maj. John Batka, Eglin's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program and Treatment program manager, monitors

  • February, March Tots In Blue

    Congratulations to the following parents who welcomed their new arrivals while stationed here:It's a boyChristian Alexander, born Feb. 29 to Staff Sgt. Russell Davis and Staff Sgt. Isabel ArandaHarvey Richard, born Feb. 29 to Senior Airman Brandyn and Jessica AdamsonKylar Seth, born March 5 to Aiman

  • Herschel Walker visits, inspires Team Eglin

    Military members, civilians and their families were greeted with an inspirational message from professional football star Herschel Walker here March 22.The former Dallas Cowboys running back and mixed martial arts fighter spoke to two packed hangars of Team Eglin members about his life, career and

  • Football great to visit Eglin, speak on resiliency

     Football legend Herschel Walker is making a special trip here March 22 to talk to Team Eglin personnel about overcoming life's challenges."The former three-time All American and Heisman Trophy winner from the University of Georgia will speak to Airmen about being resilient," said Col. Colin Miller,

  • Bloody Saturday: Eglin Airman, team help save Soldier

    The memory of meeting 1st Lt. Nicholas Vogt for the first time will never leave Maj. Raynae Leslie's mind or her heart.Leslie, the 96th Medical Support Squadron's chief of clinical laboratory services here, was deployed last year to the Role 3 multi-national unit hospital at Kandahar Air Base,