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  • CFC wrap-up event planned

    With a little more than a week left in Hanscom's Combined Federal Campaign, organizers have planned a CFC culmination event at the Minuteman Commons Dec. 11 scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.A basket auction, a chili cook off, and a cookie contest are a few of the events scheduled. "This final event will

  • Going home for the holidays

    Thanks to Operation Homefront, a C3I and Networks Directorate Airman will travel home this month for the first time since joining the Air Force nearly two years ago.Airman 1st Class Robert Beaver, a knowledge operations manager, originally from Hilliard, Fla., says that while his younger siblings

  • Acting deputy defense secretary named

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Dec. 3 that President Barack Obama has appointed Christine H. Fox to serve as acting deputy defense secretary.Fox is a "brilliant defense thinker and proven manager," Hagel said.Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter departs Dec. 4, and Fox is scheduled to assume

  • Fitness fundamentals

    Are you bored with your exercise program? Are you achieving the results you want? Or, are you unclear as to where to begin? The Health and Wellness Center has a class designed to answer these questions and more. "Fitness Fundamentals" provides an overview of how to set up an exercise program and

  • Open invite: Q&A with AFLCMC's executive director

    All Hanscom members are invited to attend a brown bag lunch with AFLCMC's executive director Patsy Reeves.This will be an informal and relaxed event where attendees can bring their lunch and listen to Ms Reeves' speak on career development insights. It will also be a great opportunity for anyone to

  • New DOD instruction aims to streamline acquisition process

    In one of his last acts as deputy defense secretary, Ash Carter signed a memorandum putting in place a DOD instruction designed to streamline the acquisition process, Pentagon officials announced Dec. 2.DOD Instruction 5000.02, entitled the Operation of the Defense Acquisition System and signed Nov.

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

    Whether going over the river or through the woods or along America's highways during the upcoming holiday season, drinking and driving can result in serious or deadly consequences. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 10,332 people were killed in crashes involving drunk

  • ALS class 14A graduates

    Airman Leadership School held its graduation ceremony for Class 14A at the Minuteman Commons Nov. 22. Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Enoch Woodhouse II, a native of Boston, Mass. and an original member of the Tuskegee Airman was the guest speaker.ALS is a five week-long Air Force program designed