Emergency contact information vital to family readiness

Airmen should review and update their virtual record of emergency data information annually and each time they experience a major life change, such as marriage or divorce, permanent change of station or birth of a child.Better known as vRED, this online form replaced the paper Department of Defense

Hanscom’s junior workforce ready to take on real-world problem in challenge

A team of junior personnel are in a competition to use innovative resources and out-of-the-box thinking to address a military challenge and held their kick-off meeting June 9.The Air Force Research Laboratory Commander's Challenge is for personnel with less than 10 years experience who will design,

Base historian captures Air Force-level recognition

Randy Bergeron, installation historian, has earned a share of the Dennis F. Casey Award for Excellence in Periodic History in the Albert S. Simpson Category for co-authoring the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's periodic history last year.Bergeron was recognized for superior historical

Coping with stress through healthy thinking

Stress. Even the mention of the word can increase anxiety for some. Everyone deals with stress differently, but how a person copes with daily stressors can have great impacts on their quality of life and overall health.Stress is actually the body's response to any demand, including change. According

Nature's hazards: Mosquito-borne diseases

Mosquito bites can be annoying, but they can also cause serious viral diseases, such as Zika, West Nile, Chikungunya and Dengue. If an infected mosquito bites a bird or mammal, including humans, it can transmit the illness to them.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, West

AFMC's new command chief focused on Airmen and their families

Family and fellow Airmen have been the keys to success in Chief Master Sgt. Jason France's Air Force career of 26 years and counting. As the new command chief of Air Force Materiel Command, France plans to keep them a priority."I wouldn't be where I am today without the support of my family and the

Fund seeks innovative solutions

A team in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is searching far and wide for innovative, cost-effective solutions to critical national technology concerns.The Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) program selects promising new technologies that can be quickly inserted into military systems, space

Photo feature: This week at Hanscom, June 10

Air Force increases access to behavioral health care

Nearly half of people with a treatable behavioral health disorder do not seek help from behavioral health professionals, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. However, 80 percent of this population does visit a primary care manager at least once a year. The Air Force

June is National Safety Month

The Air Force Safety Center and 66th Air Base Group join the National Safety Council in highlighting June as National Safety Month.According to the NSC, the goal for National Safety Month is to raise awareness of what it takes to stay "Safe For Life," and focuses on reducing the leading causes of