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  • 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

  • AFSA offers free memberships, volunteer opportunities

    The Paul Revere Chapter of the Air Force Association recently presented Hanscom's Air Force Sergeants Association, Chapter 161, with a $2,000 check to help support AFSA's many community service functions and enlisted support programs.The chapter voted to use the money to support Hanscom's junior

  • Newest version of DCGS Integration Backbone improves intelligence sharing

    The October 15 release of version 2.0 of the Distributed Common Ground System Integration Backbone, or DIB, continues to improve on its current capabilities.The DIB consists of a common set of services and standards that are used across the DCGS community to facilitate sharing intelligence,

  • Operation Pumpkin commences on Oct. 31

    Halloween can be a fun holiday for the kids, but for parents, trick-or-treat time can be a little scary. Concerns about children's safety - whether they are out in the neighborhood or back at home with bountiful bags of goodies - can cast a spell on the evening's festivities. Following a few safety

  • Activities planned to honor military families

    November marks National Military Family Month and organizations across the base are busy planning events to recognize, honor and support the many sacrifices military families make throughout the year. According to the Armed Services YMCA website, the organization established Military Family Month in

  • A little goes a long way with CFC

    With three weeks remaining in this year's Combined Federal Campaign, base personnel may be interested to know what their donations can provide for a community in Eastern Massachusetts. Employees who donate a single dollar per week can provide twelve elementary school students tutoring by trained