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  • How parents can empathize with missed milestones

    As the community continues to combat COVID-19, day-to-day lives have taken on a new look.Teleworking, distance learning and interactions over social media have become the norm and, although the new routine is solid, there can be trepidations as physical distancing stretches into the coming weeks.

  • Temporary certificate updates on soon-to-expire CACs now authorized

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – To ensure continuity of operations during COVID-19, the Department of Defense has enabled a temporary capability to allow Common Access Card cardholders to update their certificates for continued use.CACs that expired on or after April 16, 2020, and are within

  • Hanscom welcomes Army Chief of Staff

    Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James C. McConville, right, talks to Col. Chad Ellsworth, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., installation commander, following his arrival to the base April 18, as Maj. Gen. Gary Keefe, adjutant general Mass. National Guard, looks on. McConville visited the Mass. National

  • Army team arrives to support local COVID-19 efforts

    U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces arrive at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., April 17. The task force arrived at Hanscom AFB to assist with medical care in support of the COVID-19 response in the local region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Maki)

  • Innovation directors connect Hanscom to leading-edge partners

    The directors of innovation for two Hanscom-based acquisition directorates are helping to support critical warfighter needs through key partnerships within Greater Boston’s innovation economy and beyond. Capt. Amanda Rebhi, chief innovation officer for Digital, and Brian Carr, director of innovation

  • AFMC mission operational under ‘new norm’

    With a focus on high priority, critical operational needs and ensuring the health and safety of Airmen, the Air Force Materiel Command continues to maintain support to the Air Force across all mission areas in the face of COVID-19.

  • Special leave accrual for service members

    WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Last week, Matthew Donovan, under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness, signed a department-wide authorization for service members to accrue and retain an additional leave balance of up to 120 days. The department's actions to stem the spread of COVID-19 has

  • Detachment 12 Zooms change of command

    The personnel from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Detachment 12, Kessel Run, take innovative approaches to their work. That carried over to the organization’s change of command April 15 when the ceremony took place via Zoom due to COVID-19 concerns.