State health officials urge residents to take precautions against tick bites and Lyme disease this spring

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is encouraging residents to stay vigilant against tick bites when they're outdoors this spring and summer. Ticks are present in the environment anytime temperatures are above freezing, but they're especially active as temperatures get warmer in spring

Annual ‘Volunteer Salute’ to be held June 13

The 2012 Hanscom Volunteer Salute will be held June 13 at the Hanscom Conference Center from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The volunteer salute and reception lunch are free to all base volunteers and their supporters, whether they volunteered one hour or 1,000 hours on base or off base, in the past year. The

Memorial Day remembrance

Initiative could help improve ISR operators’ processes

The Electronic Systems Center Command and Control Constellation program recently held an operational demonstration in Bedford, Mass., to evaluate a new prototype capability to improve command and control of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data.The prototyping initiative, called

AFMC command chief reflects on 30-year career 'adventure'

Air Force Materiel Command's top enlisted sergeant will end his military career June 1, 2012, bringing to a close a career that he says launched a "great adventure" around the world.Chief Master Sgt. Eric Jaren, AFMC's command chief, will say goodbye during a retirement ceremony at the National

Speed of cyber focus of HRA meeting

Flexibility with, and the future of, cyber acquisition was the emphasis of a presentation by Col. Bill Polakowski, Cyber Integration Division deputy, to the Hanscom Representatives Association May 22 at the Minuteman Commons."The message is cyber [acquisition] changes quite a bit each month as

Hanscom celebrates police week

Photo feature: This week at Hanscom, May 23

Critical days of summer campaign kicks off

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer and it also kicks off the Air Force's 101 Critical Days of Summer safety campaign. The theme for this year's safety campaign is, "Safety - It's Personal" and runs May 25 through Sept. 4."This year's theme is a reminder that safety is everyone's

Youth teen council expands

The Hanscom Teen Council is a group of high school students who meet each Monday afternoon at the Youth Center to discuss a variety of topics that impact base teens not only today, but as they prepare for life after high school.Next school year, the teen council will expand to include eighth grade