Know the risks of decorative contact lenses

Halloween is all about scary: scary costumes, scary decorations, scary pumpkins; but do not let it include a scary eye infection.Each Halloween people change their natural eye color into something scary. Perfect for Halloween, right? It can be, if you follow some basic tips.

Commentary: Take a mindful approach to your personal happiness

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The subject of "mindfulness" is getting a lot of press, which may raise the question, "Where does it fit in my life?" Mindfulness is being fully aware of where you are and what you’re doing, not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around you. 

First Term Airmen Center course

Fall focus week begins Oct. 23

Myriad courses will be available during the fall Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Focus Week, Oct. 23 to 27. As organizers want to make the courses available to as many personnel as possible, once again, there are both local classes offered on site and ones available via distance learning

Impact aid surveys help secure important school funding

Bedford High School officials recently sent military and civilian families of high school students living on base the 2017-2018 “First Count” Federal Impact Aid Survey for federally-connected students.Parents and guardians of students enrolled in the Bedford School District are asked to complete and

Child care professionals needed to grow FCC program

Hanscom’s Family Child Care program is seeking eligible applicants to become certified child care professionals. The FCC program, which is part of the Child and Youth Services Flight, offers alternative care options for children ages two weeks to 12 years old. Robin Morris, the FCC training and

Hanscom’s CPI program initiates its own process improvements

The Air Force Continuous Process Improvement program here at Hanscom – which facilitates workplace efficiency across the base – has itself undergone a number of recent changes for the better, allowing additional opportunities for CPI projects, training and awareness.Throughout the Air Force, CPI

Take command: Register to learn about upcoming changes to TRICARE

The Military Health System is modernizing TRICARE to better serve you and respond to changes in law and policy. Join us for our next webinar on Thursday, Oct. 5, from 1 to 2 p.m. (EDT) to learn how TRICARE is changing and how to prepare for these changes.

Wired infrastructure for 104 installations complete

The milestone marks the completion of wired network infrastructure installations for 77 stand-alone Air National Guard locations and 27 Active Duty, Air Force Reserve, and co-located units. The total procurement value of this effort was approximately $1.4 billion.

Maria, Irma make landfall for Hanscom Airmen

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- Master Sgt. Sharlyne Acevedo, Acquisition Intelligence Division superintendent at the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center here, first heard her family survived Hurricane Maria’s direct hit on Puerto Rico seven full days after landfall. In order to get word to