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  • Eglin ALS begins new class

    Editor's note: This is the first in a series following ALS Class 10-Alpha from inprocessing all the way to graduation. It will highlight the month-long class and explain what an Airman experiences during this time. The ALS series will highlight open rank inspections, community service events,

  • AF softball team prepares at Eglin for All Services tournament

    The Men's Air Force softball team spent the week of Sept. 14-18 here preparing for the all-services tournament in Pensacola, Fla. The team has spent the week practicing at Foster Stadium and playing a few local tournaments before going head to head against the other services beginning Sept.

  • Former Eglin member wins national ballroom title

    A former Team Eglin member "completes" his dream, winning national dance title this month. After last year's upset, Capt. John J. Scheuren, formerly of the 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron, 53rd Wing, recaptured the coveted U.S. dance title in the U.S. Open Pro/Am Cabaret category Sept. 12 in

  • 'Reach Out! Raise Hope!' theme to 2009 Combined Federal Campaign

    There are more than 470 families in the Fort Walton Beach area without a place to live. Many of them live in cars and wash in public restrooms. Maybe it's someone from church or the cashier working at the local grocery store. No matter who it is, help is needed. Circumstances like these are examples

  • Tots in Blue

    Congratulations to the following parents who welcomed their new arrivals while stationed here:It's a boy! Joshua Rhodes, born August 8, to Senior Airman Randy and Rachel Rhodes Caleb Powers, born August 7, to Senior Airman Nathaniel and Jessica Powers Daniel Bailey, born August 4, to Robert Bailey

  • Colonel-selects donate funds to Fisher House

    The time-honored tradition of celebrating promotion with a party was rewritten by five lieutenant colonels ready to pin on new rank. When Lt. Cols. Donald Finley, Gregory McNew, Mel Petersen, Charles Greenwald, and Doug Hagen were notified of their selection to colonel, they collectively decided to

  • Eglin gears up for 2010 AF fitness program

    Eglin's military are buzzing about the new Air Force Fitness Plan rumored to be more challenging, harder to pass and only four months away. Although Air Force Instruction for the new fitness program has not been officially released, Eglin and military Air Force-wide are preparing for the new

  • 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

  • Table-tennis club search for competition

    Many people may fancy themselves a Ping Pong player, but the top two table-tennis addicts at Eglin say most people who think they're good at ping pong wouldn't last long against an experienced table tennis player. "Yes, it's basically the same game as Ping Pong," said Dennis Rackard, Acquisition