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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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,

  • AF expands drug testing program, includes prescriptions

    The Air Force and other military services will expand their drug testing to include testing for commonly abused prescription drugs beginning May 1.On Jan. 31, the Secretary of Defense gave a 90-day advance notice of the drug testing expansion which aims to counter the nation's growing epidemic and

  • Astronaut gives other-Earthly perspective at prayer breakfast

    After a 15 day journey logging 362 flight hours around Earth and a can of gummy worms, an Air Force astronaut was able to step back from ordinary life to capture the big picture.During Eglin's annual National Prayer Breakfast, Col. James Dutton shared a PowerPoint presentation of pictures of his

  • Financial expo begins 6th annual Military Saves campaign

    The Eglin Airman and Family Readiness Center kicked off its 6th annual Military Saves campaign with an informational finance expo, Feb. 23. The expo focused not only on saving money, but financial education and resourcefulness for all. "This year we focused on financial fitness, resiliency and