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  • Toy drive delivers Christmas cheer to Eglin families

    Just in time for Thanksgiving, Eglin families gobbled up thousands of donated Christmas gifts for their children at the 10th annual toy drive Nov. 22 and 23 here. Volunteers at the Airman's Attic worked diligently all year collecting more than 11,500 donated presents for this year's toy drive, their

  • Eglin Hospital treats first dialysis patient

    When retired Lt. Col. Charles Wheelahan visited Dr. Bhagwan Dass, the 96th Medical Group's nephrologist, at Eglin Hospital on the morning of Oct. 28, they both knew something was wrong. Wheelahan was lethargic and short of breath, and according to Dass, it was clear he was not himself. After further

  • Commissaries to start scanning IDs

    Commissaries will soon begin scanning customers' Department of Defense ID cards at checkouts as the Defense Commissary Agency continues its efforts to deliver a 21st century benefit.The commissary at Fort Lee, Va., became the first store to scan ID cards as the first part of an agencywide rollout to

  • Eglin Hospital named among nation's best

    Eglin Hospital was named as one of three Air Force Medical Service military treatment facilities which earned top accreditation honors recently by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America, for exemplary performance and were named among the nation's top

  • New base entry procedures begin Nov. 1

    Requirements to gain entry to the installation will change November 1, when new procedures go into effect.Base access will follow a Trusted Traveler program, which allows all Department of Defense identification cardholders to vouch for occupants in their vehicle when entering the base. The program

  • Team Eglin resumes Combined Federal Campaign

    The Combined Federal Campaign resumed here Oct. 18 after the government shutdown put a pause to the annual fundraiser. The CFC is one of two sanctioned charitable drives in the Air Force. The campaign allows Team Eglin to channel the willingness of its people to support eligible non-profit

  • AF civilians to be retroactively paid, urged not to access pay system

    Civilian Air Force employees, who were furloughed during the government shutdown, have been authorized to return to work Oct. 17.Civilians, including those who returned to work earlier this month, will be retroactively paid but are urged not to access the pay system, as mass amounts of website

  • The Breeze reopens to all ID cardholders

    People who possess a DOD identification card have another dining option now that the Breeze Dining Facility is reopened.With the final phase of implementing the Food Transformation Initiative now complete, the doors opened to the Breeze Oct. 9, showing the sleek, remodeled interior. The completed