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  • Eglin Airman selected for OTS

    Staff Sgt. Jacob John always had his eye on the prize. After five years, the timing was finally right for him to achieve one of his long-term goals.John, a craftsman in the 96th Civil Engineer Squadron's Emergency Management flight, was one of 283 men and women across the Air Force selected for an

  • Critical Days of Summer safety campaign begins

    The Critical Days of Summer safety campaign kicked off May 17 at the enlisted hall with safety briefings on drinking and driving, swimming, traffic and boating. Maj. Gen. Kenneth Merchant, the Air Armament Center commander, was the first of five speakers. While encouraging the attendees to enjoy the

  • Eglin announces newest master sergeants

    Air Force officials selected 5,464 of 19,809 eligible technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant for a 27.58 percent selection rate. The average score for those selected was 332.85, with an average time in grade of 4.43 years and time in service of 15.58 years respectively.Congratulations

  • Base Library wins federal award

    The base library recently won the Federal Library and Information Network's best small federal library or information center award for 2011.Last week, members of the library staff accepted the award at the Library of Congress. According to the FEDLINK release, the Eglin's library was recognized for

  • Merchant meets with base leadership for DUI solutions

    "We're here to identify solutions to our DUI situation," Maj. Gen. Kenneth Merchant said to a room of more than 70 enlisted and officer leadership from across the base May 11.The meeting brought together Eglin's joint-service leadership after two more driving under the influence arrests over the

  • March, April Tots in Blue

    Congratulations to the following parents who welcomed their new arrivals while stationed here:It's a boyJames Andrew, born March 26 to Senior Airman John and Ginger ShirahCanaan Michael, born March 27 to Airman 1st Class Wryan and Danielle WoodsShafi Darnell, born March 30 to Airman 1st Class Shafi

  • Fallen honored at EOD memorial ceremony

     Hundreds of people paid homage to fallen explosive ordnance disposal technicians during the 43rd annual EOD Memorial Ceremony here May 5. The names of five Soldiers, three Sailors, five Marines and five Airmen were added to the memorial wall in a solemn ceremony attended by family, friends and

  • Eglin Club discounts discontinued at non-club facilities

    The Air Force Materiel Command Member First Plus program was discontinued here, as of May 1.This change means Eglin's club members will no longer receive discounts at non-club facilities such as the bowling alley, golf course and barbershop. The termination of the benefit was a result of the 96th

  • AFRL civilian advocate for determination, diversity

    Lloyd Reshard grew up as a person of meager means but worked his way up to become the first and only African-American branch chief of the Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Division here. As chief, he's managed a $150 million budget of one of the largest branches and was responsible for