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

Space Fence design moves into next phase

The Electronic Systems Center released a Request for Proposal announcement October 20 for the next phase of a program that will revamp the way space objects and debris are identified and tracked.The Space Fence program, with a total anticipated value of more than $3.5 billion, will deliver a system

Addressing fraud