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  • Flu shots to be available for civilians as well as military

    This year, flu vaccine will be made available to Air Force Materiel Command's civilian workforce in addition to active-duty personnel and their family members.Given the negative impact of the flu on workforce health and workplace productivity, AFMC Commander Gen. Donald Hoffman approved the purchase

  • Energy Awareness Month kicks off with Industry Days

    Energy awareness is emphasized each year during the month of October, and this year is no different. Civil Engineering, in conjunction with Operational Contracting, is gearing up for Industry Days Oct. 12 and 13. From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at the Hanscom Conference Center, utility providers,

  • Bath Salts: A dangerous new drug trend

    There is a dangerous new trend in street drugs that should have everyone concerned and on the lookout. Bath salts are emerging as a new way to get high by imaginative abusers, but "bath salts" labeled as Ivory Wave, Tranquility and Blue Silk are not products a bather would legitimately use to relax

  • Transition presentation to be held Oct. 26

    An annual lecture on transition, "Marketing Yourself for a Second Career," will be held Oct. 26 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in the O'Neill Auditorium, Building 1612.Sponsored by Hanscom's Airman and Family Readiness Center and presented by The Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), the session

  • ESC provides modern air traffic control system for Iraq

    The Electronic Systems Center completed work in September that improves and upgrades Iraq's air traffic control system.The completion of this foreign military sales effort involved the delivery of two new air traffic control tower systems along with state-of-the-art radar and ATC-tower simulators to

  • Hanscom sergeant and fiancée win wedding contest

    On Sept. 26, after seventy-two thousand votes were counted and judges' votes tallied, it was announced that Tech. Sgt Andrew Limes of the 66th Security Forces Squadron, and his fiancée, Lauren Joyce, are the winners of "A Wedding to Remember."Sergeant Limes and Ms. Joyce were one of three finalist

  • Youk's Kids and Reach Out and Read team up for military book drive

    Youk's Kids, Red Sox infielder Kevin Youkilis' children's advocacy organization, and Reach Out and Read, the nationwide school readiness program, together are hosting a book drive to support military families in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.To kick off the book drive, books were collected at

  • Sportsguards: Not just for football players

    When people think of wearing mouthguards or sportsguards for athletics, they usually think of football and boxing. However, sportsguards should be used for almost every sport. Basketball has one of the highest rates of facial and oral injuries among all sports. This was brought to light last year by

  • Monument to fallen Jewish chaplains visits Hanscom

    The Hanscom community is invited to preview a memorial honoring fallen Jewish military chaplains during a tour stop at the base Exchange Sept. 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The monument will be formally dedicated on Oct. 24 at Arlington National Cemetery and is currently taking an east coast tour to

  • Results, not systems, targeted at annual Net-Centric Conference

    The ninth annual Net-Centric Operations conference held here Sept. 12 featured a robust group of speakers and panelists who focused on how to provide critical information more quickly, securely and cost-effectively.The conference was sponsored by the Patriots Roost Chapter of the Association of Old