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  • Pulse on AF force management June 19

    Several factors have resulted in fewer Airmen eligible for current and upcoming involuntary force management boards.Air Force leaders recently decided to bolster manning for nuclear-related career fields, an intention to make adjustments to account for budgetary uncertainties tied to proposed force

  • 2013 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report

    The 2013 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report For MWRA Lexington Hanscom AFB (Public Water System Identification (PWSID) Number 3023002).This report is an annual snapshot of the drinking water quality delivered by Hanscom Air Force Base. Under the "Consumer Confidence Reporting Rule" of the

  • Understanding your role in preventing sexual assaults

    Dr. Alan D. Berkowitz, a psychologist and leader in the development of social norms theory and the bystander intervention approach, spoke to personnel here June 13.During three sessions in the O'Neill Auditorium, Berkowitz discussed, "The Role of Your Leadership in Reducing Sexual Assault and Other

  • Officials break ground for new middle school

    A groundbreaking ceremony was held at the construction site of the new Hanscom Middle School here June 16. Base leadership, along with congressional delegates, the Army Corps of Engineers and Town of Lincoln school officials marked the next step in the modernization of Hanscom schools. "This project

  • MPS Increment IV reaches full deployment

    Battle Management program executive officer Steven Wert recently declared full deployment of the Mission Planning System Increment IV, Joint Mission Planning System, or JMPS, ushering in a new generation of capabilities for mission planners."Now that MPS Increment IV is fully deployed and

  • Resiliency training comes to Hanscom

    As part of the Comprehensive Airmen Fitness philosophy, master resiliency trainers here have begun training unit resiliency trainers in an effort to continue Hanscom's commitment to take care of Airmen and their families. Unit resiliency trainers undergo a three-day workshop and are taught

  • Some AFSCs removed from eligibility for retention boards

    Fewer Airmen than originally expected will meet involuntary retention boards this summer and fall, Air Force officials said June 13.Air Force leaders eliminated approximately 4,000 Airmen from eligibility for the upcoming boards at Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James's direction to bolster

  • Airmen can change how the Air Force does business

    Creative, motivated Airmen are the key to changing how the Air Force does business, and every Airman has an equal opportunity to make a lasting contribution through the Airmen Powered by Innovation program, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.Launched in April, API was initiated thanks to the

  • Clarifying the facts about detainee flights

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE, officials flew five detainee flights into Hanscom Field, a Massachusetts Port Authority-run facility, earlier this spring. Contrary to published reports, no detainees were ever housed at Hanscom AFB or released. ICE transferred detainees to