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  • Medical appointment reminders available via text, email

    Have you or your family members ever missed a medical appointment at the 66th Medical Squadron clinic? Would a text-message or email reminder have helped? If you answered yes to either of these questions, we have a solution. TRICARE Online, or TOL, which allows beneficiaries the ability to schedule,

  • Hanscom personnel honored at AFCEA International Conference

    Two Hanscom members were honored at an Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association international conference held in Baltimore, Md. last month. Scott Hardiman, Space, Aerial and Nuclear Networks Division deputy chief received the AFCEA Leadership Award. Diane James-Poole, an acquisition

  • Critical force-protection system completed ahead of time, under budget

    A system managed here that helps protect warfighters in the Air Forces Africa Command's area of responsibility was recently turned over to the users after being completed ahead of schedule and under budget.The Tactical Automated Security System, or TASS, is an intrusion detection system, or IDS,

  • 66th ABG recognizes quarterly award winners

    66th Air Base Group officials announced the group's top enlisted, officers and civilians during a 2nd Quarter Awards Ceremony held at the Brown Building July 18.Congratulations to the following winners in each category.Airmen of the Quarter: Senior Airman Lauren E. Parsons, 66 CPTSNCO of the

  • JPPSO passes along summer moving tips

    With the busy summer moving season in progress, the Joint Personal Property Shipping Office would like to pass on some key moving tips to the base community.The Defense Personal Property System, or DPS, provides direct and empowered communications between the servicemember and the Transportation

  • AtHoc, 'Giant Voice' alert personnel to critical information

    AtHoc, an interactive warning system used by government agencies and other civilian companies, allows Hanscom senior leaders to inform base personnel of urgent weather-related information, base closures or delayed openings via phone call, text message or email. These capabilities are offered through

  • BSC development team convenes in August

    The Biomedical Sciences Corps development team will convene Aug. 18-22 to consider qualified BSC officers for advanced academic degrees, Air Force Personnel Center officials said July 17. Interested, eligible officers must submit an "intent to apply" email to AFPC by July 31, and updated,

  • Consumer tips on avoiding scammers

    Service members and their families can be easy targets for scammers, and financial education is key to prevention, said the deputy director of the Pentagon's office of family policy and children and youth.In an interview with DOD News, Navy Cmdr. Peter Hoegel noted that July 16 is Military Consumer