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  • AFMC encourages workforce to stay safe and drive sober for the holidays

    Drinking and driving shatters lives. The nightmare can start with a phone call from law enforcement informing you that a family member has been involved in an alcohol-related accident."Drunk driving is 100% preventable and avoidable," said Steve Callon, AFMC Drug Demand Reduction Manager. "Planning

  • SrA and below EPR static closeout date to be March 31

    Enlisted evaluation and promotion changes, announced in July, continue with establishment of a March 31 enlisted performance report static closeout date (SCOD) for Regular Air Force (RegAF) senior airmen and below, Air Force Personnel Center officials said Dec. 5.Additionally, change of reporting

  • New allotment rule protects troops from lending scams

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has directed a policy change in new paycheck allotments to prevent unscrupulous commercial lenders from taking advantage of troops and their families, Pentagon officials said today.According to a Defense Department news release published today, effective Jan. 1, 2015,

  • Resiliency in numbers

    Most Airmen have probably heard the expression "there's strength in numbers." Most Airmen have also probably heard of Comprehensive Airmen Fitness. When it comes to building resiliency, the two are not unrelated.The four domains of comprehensive fitness are mental, physical, social and spiritual

  • Tool to safeguard PII scheduled for AF-wide December rollout

    The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool is scheduled for Air Force-wide integration Dec. 5, providing Microsoft Outlook email users with an interactive, automated virtual assistant to help ensure the security of personally identifiable information."I can't overstate the operational importance of

  • Warfighters reap benefits as critical upgrades continue

    The Airborne Warning and Control System 40/45 program office is delivering, and potentially accelerating, critical upgrades to the service's primary airborne early warning and control platform.Replacing the mission computing system and software originally installed in the 1970s, the new capability

  • Users can soon solve own computer problems

    Beginning the first week in December at Hanscom, and across other Air Force Materiel Command bases, a new desktop icon will appear on computers that will allow users to immediately tackle and fix minor IT issues.The Virtual Enterprise Service Desk, or vESD, is a client-based application that allows

  • School communication and cancellation procedures

    The winter months bring harsh weather to Hanscom and at times inclement weather results in school closings and delays. The following information will help Hanscom families know what to do if Hanscom or Bedford schools are closed or delayed.Hanscom Primary, Hanscom Middle and Bedford High School have