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  • Shop smart, avoid holiday debt

    As holiday anticipation shifts from ghosts to gifts, it's especially important this year to stay within a sensible budget while taking advantage of holiday sales and finding the perfect gifts for loved ones. While it can be difficult to resist the holiday season's "spending crazies," overspending

  • Hanscom privatized housing sold to HP Communities

    Hanscom's privatized housing project has been sold to Hunt Pinnacle (HP) Communities LLC, along with privatization projects at Little Rock, Moody and Patrick Air Force Bases. The sale and assumption of operations and management of the projects was announced Nov. 4 by the Deputy Secretary of the Air

  • Gen. Carlson assesses career, command and caliber of Airmen

    The caliber of people joining the U.S. Air Force today is better than ever before, Gen. Bruce Carlson, commander of the Air Force Materiel Command, said in an interview Oct. 30, during his final official visit here. General Carlson is scheduled to retire Nov. 21. "They know what they're coming into;

  • Airmen train Afghan cops

    Three Airmen trained and graduated 900 Afghan National Police in Nangarhar, Nuristan, Kunar and Lagman provinces, an area also called N2KL, during a nine-month deployment as part of a Department-of-State-owned program that provides a secondary-level of professional police officer education at the

  • Federal personnel: avoid ethical pitfalls during holiday season

    It's that time of year again when the leaves have changed and the kids have gone back to school. Before we know it, the holidays will be upon us. The holiday season brings holiday parties, holiday decorations and gift exchanges -- not just among family and friends, but also among federal employees.

  • Time to turn in CFC donations, campaign wraps up Nov. 14

    Hanscom's Combined Federal Campaign is winding down. With a little over a week to go key workers will be out making their final push towards helping the base reach its goal of raising $237,000 for this year's drive. As of Oct. 27, Hanscom has raised $189,479 for the CFC. "It's crunch time," said