• Ready, Set, Roll: Eglin families hunt eggs on White House lawn

    Families of Team Eglin Warriors had the chance to participate in the 2010 Easter Egg Roll at the White House April 5. More than 1,000 military children and their parents participated in Monday's Easter Egg Roll on the White House's south lawn.Activities at the White House included an obstacle

  • Eglin and Hurlburt Airmen reenlist with help from T-birds

    Almost 20 Airmen received the oath of enlistment here April 9 during a ceremony presided over by the Thunderbirds.The commander of the Thunderbirds administered the oath to 19 re-enlistees who stood in front of one of the famous F-16 Vipers. Friends and family also gathered around to watch as their

  • Base to host education fair

    The base education center hosts its annual education fair, April 1, at the Base Exchange here. The event will be a forum for anyone with base access to come by and get information about continuing education, according to Dr. Faith Womack, Education Services officer at Eglin. "We expect it to be

  • Eglin Airman court-martialed for Spice

    An Airman with the 96th Medical Support Squadron was convicted of abusing the drug Spice and three other charges of distributing drugs to other Airmen, here March 23.Airman Marcus Bennett became the first Air Force member to be convicted through court-martial of using Spice, although his usage came

  • AFAF needs help to help others

    Albert Einstein said, "The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving." The same holds true today as the 2010 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign kicks off March 29 and runs through May 7. In the tradition of Airmen helping Airmen, donations from the 37th

  • Eglin celebrates blessings at base national prayer breakfast

    The annual tradition of observing America's morning of prayer was celebrated with a reflection on the country's blessings led by Chaplain (Brig. Gen.) David Cyr March 25.As the Air Force Deputy Chief of Chaplains, he shares half the service-wide tour of installation prayer breakfasts and expressed

  • SARC provides advice for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

    Sexual Assault Awareness Month begins April 1 and Eglin's Sexual Assault Response Coordinator would like to spread the word on some facts and statistics during this time.Sexual assault awareness month helps to combat myths and misunderstandings about sexual assault held by both the military and the