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  • Small energy surveys lead to big energy savings at Eglin

    October is Energy Awareness month and Team Eglin facility managers are leading the effort to increase energy awareness on base. Earlier this month, Master Sgt. Myeshia Lee, 96th Air Base Wing staff, assisted representatives from the 96th Civil Engineer Group's Energy Management Center and Gulf Power

  • Summer Heat Brings Coliforms to the Drinking Water

    One of the responsibilities of the 96th Medical Group's Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight is routine monitoring of the base's drinking water to ensure it meets health standards. In August, two routine compliance samples at both the Eglin Main Base and Eglin West/Housing Public Water Systems (Water

  • Team Eglin gets firefighter experience

    Commanders and first sergeants experienced what it's like to be a firefighter Oct. 5 to kick off Fire Prevention Week. The day began with the Inaugural Commanders vs. First Sergeants Challenge. The event was composed of five challenges, each presenting a small portion of what firefighters do on the

  • Eglin rangers hold annual Mass Casualty exercise

    Four consecutive horrific "accidents" left bloody bodies of 6th Ranger Training Battalion Soldiers strewn all over the Eglin ranges Oct 1. That was just part of the 6 RTB's annual mass casualty exercise to examine how effective the battalion responds as a group and how well it communicates and works

  • Airmen medics take training to new heights

    Working through the sounds of beeping heart monitors, clanking metallic utensils, and the rustling of medical scrubs, an Air Force team of nurses, physicians and other personnel sharpened their skills during a medical evacuation training exercise here Sept. 3. "We're training in patient packaging,

  • Air Force officials announce criteria for basing of joint strike fighter

    After extensive internal review, Air Force officials released Sept. 17 their basing criteria that will be used to determine the future basing of joint strike fighters. The basing criteria were approved by the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force. The basing criteria are airspace, flight

  • EOD instructors receive Bronze Stars

    Four explosive ordnance disposal technicians from the 366th Training Squadron, Detachment 3 received Bronze Stars during a ceremony Sept. 2 in front of the EOD Memorial at the Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal School. Family members, instructors, commanders and students joined together in recognizing

  • JFIIT helps Army, AF train with Italian Air Force

    Joint fires experts from U.S. Joint Forces Command assisted Italian Air Force personnel in integrating operations with U.S. Army and Air Force assets during a recent two-week exercise at the National Training Center here. The exercise marked the first time that Italian warfighters have participated

  • Security forces develop Warrior Fit Test

    Throughout the few years the Air Force has placed additional emphasis in adapting a "Fit to Fight" state of readiness for all Airmen. The 96th Security Forces Squadron has taken this to a new level and developed a "localized Warrior Fit Test." "SFS have been trying to find innovative ways to ensure