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  • Decide to quit smoking on Nov. 18

    The American Cancer Society's slogan marking the 35th Great American Smokeout on Nov. 18 is "Help Create a World with Less Cancer and More Birthdays."Smokers are encouraged to use the date to make a plan to quit, or to plan in advance and quit smoking that day. The cancer society's website offers a

  • Division makes donations to local children’s hospital

    A partnership with a sad beginning is now bringing smiles to many faces.On Nov. 3, members of the Aerospace Management Systems Division provided donations of portable media players, hand-held video game systems, video game controllers and video games to Children's Hospital Boston."We got involved

  • ESC teams with warfighters to bring improved capabilities to the field

    Warfighters will soon have a more complete view of their battlespace with the planned November release of the newest version of an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance planning and management tool. Known as EMPIRE-A, the Evolved Mission Planning Interface to Raise Enterprise-level

  • Hanscom once again among best places to work in Massachusetts

    For the third year in a row the Boston Globe has named Hanscom Air Force Base as one of the best places to work in Massachusetts, recognizing the competitive pay and benefits of employment and the strong quality of life at the base.The Globe, Boston's major metropolitan daily newspaper, announced

  • ESC engineers bring innovation to AFRL Commander's Challenge

    Four Electronic Systems Center engineers were among 15 junior Air Force Materiel Command personnel chosen to participate in the 2010 Air Force Research Laboratory Commander's Challenge, a two-team competition where each team designs, develops and demonstrates a solution to an urgent warfighter

  • Local celebrations held to honor veterans

    A number of Veterans Day celebrations will be taking place in the area on Nov. 11 and local town officials invite Hanscom community members to join with them as they pay tribute to veterans.In Bedford, Veterans Day ceremonies will take place starting at 12 noon at Veterans Memorial Park, on Great

  • Hanscom hosts job fair

    The Hanscom Air Force Base Airman and Family Readiness Center will host a job fair on Nov. 12 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Hanscom Conference Center. Several local public and private organizations will be in attendance, hoping to fill a wide variety of occupations."The benefits of hosting a

  • Health and Benefits Fair coming to Hanscom

    With federal employees soon able to change their health and benefit plans during "open season", the Health and Wellness Center (HAWC) will host a Health and Benefits Fair at the Minuteman Club on Nov. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to educate the community on new programs for the upcoming year."Too often

  • Hanscom gives a lot of TLC

    For the second year in a row Hanscom has been named the Air Force Materiel Command's small base with the most losers. Fortunately, losing is good when it comes to weight and Hanscom lost the most during the 2010 Team Lean Challenge. The Team Lean Challenge is an AFMC initiative designed to promote

  • Hanscom CGOCs earn top regional honor

    The Hanscom Company Grade Officers Council was selected as the Eastern Region Company Grade Officers Council of the Quarter for July through September 2010. The team was selected out of 30 eastern region councils and will go on to compete at the national level. The council was chosen based on their