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  • Day for Kids scheduled Sept. 17

    Hanscom Youth Programs will celebrate children during the Boys and Girls Club of America Day for Kids from Sept. 17 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Castle Park for all families on base. According to the Boys and Girls Club website, www.dayforkids.org, recognized nationally Sept. 20, Day for Kids is a

  • Hanscom community invited to Bedford Day Sept. 20

    The town of Bedford invites the Hanscom community to join them Sept. 20 in celebration of the 285th anniversary of its incorporation. The Bedford Day celebration will begin with a parade at 10:30 a.m. that proceeds up Great Road from Loomis Street toward Bedford High School on Mudge Way. Following

  • Air Force revamps AEF

    The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a

  • Suicide prevention takes courage, communication, official says

    The Veterans Affairs Department has named September National Suicide Prevention Month, but the Defense Department continues its year-round, comprehensive, multi-pronged approach to address the issue of suicide in the military, a Pentagon official said recently.Army Lt. Gen. Michael S. Linnington,

  • Four officer AFSCs by year group will not meet October RIF board

    Line of the Air Force officers in four Air Force specialty codes by year group are no longer scheduled to meet the fiscal year 2015 Force Management Reduction in Force board slated for Oct. 1, 2014.Updated matrices have been posted to the myPers website. AFSCs by year group that will not meet the

  • CIPP: AFPC hosts Facebook live chat Sept. 9

    The Air Force Personnel Center will host a Facebook live chat Sept. 9 from 9 to 10 a.m. central time to answer questions about the Career Intermission Pilot Program, officials said today.Approved in the 2009 National Defense Authorization Act, the program allows selected high-performing active duty

  • AFOSI agent wins WIFLE award

    The commander of the Hanscom-based Office of Special Investigations Detachment 102 was honored in Washington D.C. late last month for, among other things, tackling the particularly insidious threat of green-on-blue attacks in Afghanistan.Green-on-blue attacks refer to incidents where members of the

  • Suicide prevention more than a month-long campaign

    All Airmen have a responsibility that last much longer than a one-month campaign. This responsibility extends beyond ourselves and includes our work environment, our families, friends, fellow Airmen and our communities. While Suicide Prevention Month is observed across the United States in

  • Be disaster aware, take action to prepare

    Devastating earthquakes, floods, wildfires and tornadoes never announce a time or place - that's why it's important to be prepared! Air Force Emergency Management is using National Preparedness Month this September to encourage Airmen and their families to "Be Ready!"National Preparedness Month is

  • Office of Personnel Management announces eOPF upgrades

    The Office of Personnel Management has announced recent upgrades to their electronic personnel filing system to provide smarter and more efficient service to employees.The OPM eOPF is a secure electronic personnel folder which provides civilian employees virtual access to their personnel records.