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  • 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

  • AFRL roll past 53rd to win intramural football title

    The Air Force Research Lab intramural football team began the 2009 season in October with one thing in mind - to win the base championship. On Dec. 16, they reached that goal with relative ease, routing the 53rd Wing team 26-6, completing an "almost" perfect season."We knew we had a team that could

  • AFRL wins Eglin CC trophy cup

    The Commander's Trophy Cup was presented to AFRL for accomplishments in sports and special events here Oct. 21. AFRL earned 1,395 points to take the award, most notably by taking first place in golf, the St. Patrick's Day Fitness Event, and second place in cross country. Their sports representative

  • AFRL, 96th CEG take 'W' in Over-30 kick-off

    The Over 30 Basketball season began Oct. 26, with the Air Force Research Lab defeating the 96th Security Forces Squadron followed by 96th Civil Engineer Group's one-point win 96th Contracting Squadron at the fitness center here. Over-30 gives the more "experienced" players across Eglin a chance to

  • First Lady visits Eglin, speaks on AF family

    First Lady Michelle Obama visited the Air Force's largest U.S. base Oct. 15 to meet with local leadership and talk to Eglin's Airmen about the importance of family. Her focus was to acknowledge the new initiative of 'Year of the Air Force Family,' a year-long project to celebrate all Airmen and the

  • '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

  • First Director of Intelligence to speak at Eglin

    The first Director of National Intelligence will be the guest speaker at the next Rev Tech program June 17 at the Eglin Conference Center. Ambassador John D. Negroponte, former Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Representative to the United Nations will give a presentation titled "Intelligence and the

  • AFRL researchers garner Black Engineer of Year awards

    Five Air Force Research Laboratory employees were honored during the Black Engineer of the Year Conference, Feb. 19-21 in Baltimore, Md. The conference awards exceptional African American individuals who have paved their way into the field. Two AFRL researchers received major Black Engineer of the

  • Battles continue in third week of intramural soccer season

    The Air Force Research Laboratory held off the 728th Air Control Squadron and its power kicking goalie Feb. 23, to remain undefeated after three weeks in the intramural soccer season. "We played the best we've ever played as a team, with more communication, more passing and more intensity," said

  • Nail-biting tie kicks off soccer season

    Intramural Soccer Season kicked off Feb. 9, when the 308th Armament Systems Wing met the Air Force Research Laboratory for the opening game. The back-and-forth battle ended in a 2-2 stalemate. "It was definitely an interesting way to start the season-with a deadlock," said Erick Baker, 308th ARSW