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  • Medical squadron commander puts whole patient in focus

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- For Hanscom’s newly-minted 66th Medical Squadron commander, Col. Russell Pinard, running his squadron is a return to hands-on medical care.Pinard, an optometrist, has run both small medical facilities like the 61st Medical Squadron at Los Angeles Air Force Base and

  • Young Commander’s Challenge team develops multi-layered drone defense

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. --  Junior engineers and program managers here designed a developmental layered base defense system capable of warding off or destroying suspicious unmanned aerial vehicles as part of the Air Force Research Laboratory 2016 Commander’s Challenge.A team of six Hanscom

  • DOD launches retirement system comparison calculator

    The Defense Department officially launched the Blended Retirement System comparison calculator, providing BRS opt-in eligible service members their first opportunity for an individualized comparison of retirement systems. The comprehensive tool, in combination with the mandatory BRS Opt-In Course,

  • Lt. Gen. McMurry stresses measurable improvement

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander, passed the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center flag to Lt. Gen. Robert D. McMurry in a ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, on May

  • Nature’s hazards: Bees, wasps and hornets

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Bees, wasps, and hornets are the deadliest non-human animals in America. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, bee, wasp, and hornet stings cause an average of 58 deaths yearly, and the best way to avoid being stung is prevention. These

  • Join spouse assignment consideration keeps mil-to-mil couples together

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- Summertime is a busy season for permanent changes of station and military couples may be apprehensive about the possibility of being separated from their spouses during their next assignments. They have little to be concerned about, however, as the Air Force