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  • Eglin offers discounts with DePLAYment program

    Eglin's Airmen and Family Readiness Center has started a program called the DePLAYment Plan, to help families of deployed military. The program, a part of the Year of the Air Force Family, allows spouses and guardians to sign up to receive discounts and bonuses from organizations on base."The Air

  • Military saves campaign begins Feb 21 at Eglin

    "Take the pledge."That is the strategy and campaign of this year's Military Saves program that kicks off with Military Saves Week, Feb. 21-28.The goal of the campaign is to enable the military and family members to avoid common financial pitfalls such as overreliance on credit, spending beyond one's

  • Eglin air show right around the corner

    Plans are in high gear for Eglin's 2010 Open House and Air Show. The event, scheduled for April 10 and11, is the first here since 2007. This year's theme, "75 Years of Eglin Pride," will showcase the mission here and pay homage to Eglin's 75th Anniversary. According to Lt. Col. Chris Wheeler, Air

  • 11 Eglin Airmen receive Articles 15 in January

    In January, there were 11 Articles 15 on base. Nonjudicial punishment under Article 15, Uniform Code of Military Justice, provides commanders with an essential and prompt means of maintaining good order and discipline and also promotes positive behavior changes in service members without the stigma

  • Military families gain access to free, online tutoring

    Defense Department officials here launched a free, online tutoring service for servicemembers and their families. The site -- http://www.tutor.com/military -- offers round-the-clock professional tutors who can assist with homework, studying, test preparation, resume writing and more. Marine Corps

  • AFPC advises don't cash $3,000 VA checks

    Don't cash that check!!Air Force Personnel Center has advised Airmen who received $3,000 in emergency advanced payments from the Department of Veterans Affairs in late 2009 not to cash or deposit those checks.In addition to providing payments to veterans, some payments were made to Airmen on active

  • Eglin Celebrates Enlisted Hall Completion

    Eglin celebrated the completion of the Eglin Enlisted Hall during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 15.The event culminated the transformation of the newly renovated building from the base theater, a project which took two years from beginning to end.The idea of recapturing prime real estate like the

  • School takes students to new heights

    Airmen takeoff into a high flying career upon graduating from their classroom that hovers 500 feet off the ground.Aspiring students training at the 23rd Flying Training Squadron in Fort Rucker, Ala., are the Air Force's primary source of helicopter pilots for special ops, combat search and rescue,

  • Improving coalition combat ID exercise wraps up

    The U.S. Joint Forces Command's exercise designed to examine advanced combat identification technologies that could reduce the risk of fratricide on future battlefields has completed its final missions here and at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. Bold Quest 09 was a U.S. Joint Forces

  • AAC awarded for excellence

    The Air Armament Center was recently awarded the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for its ability to provide war-winning capabilities to Combat Air Forces to meet national security objectives. The Air Force Organizational Excellence award recognizes the achievements and accomplishments of