Runners conquer Boston Marathon

The weather forecasters predicted dire conditions - winds gusting at 30 or more miles per hour and icy, driving rain. Some called it a "monster nor'easter." The 32 determined runners, hailing from various locations and military services, still showed up at Sports and Fitness Center here at 6:30 a.m.

Intense focus, professionalism on display at 'ORI Survivor' competition

After several rounds of intense competition, the 554th Electronic Systems Wing stood as the 'sole survivor' of the April 5 installment of Hanscom's Operational Readiness Inspection 'Olympics.' Last Thursday's event was billed as the ESC ORI 'Survivor' Competition because it loosely followed the

'Plethora of challenges' discussed at MAC Breakfast meeting

The Electronic Systems Center is working hard to deliver the power of information to air, space and cyberspace, Executive Director Fran Duntz told a mixed audience of government and industry personnel this morning. Speaking at a Military Affairs Council breakfast meeting at Max Stein's restaurant in

ESC Small Business Programs director offers 'free' advice at local forum

Bill Donaldson offered some 'free' advice to the dozens of small business representatives attending a local forum last week. And the first thing he suggested was to "take advantage of all the free advice that the federal government makes available." "Of course it's not really free," he added.

ESC Focus Area champions take strategic view

A select group of Electronic Systems Center senior leaders is working to lay the right foundation for successfully and sustainably implementing a list of key focus areas ESC Commander Lt. Gen. Chuck Johnson put forth earlier this year. These champions, named by General Johnson, are charged with

ESC system nabs 45 tons of narcotics in Afghanistan

An effort between the 350th Electronic Systems Group and one of its small-business partners has yielded a big pay-off for U.S. and coalition forces waging the Global War on Terror. The Afghanistan-based fusion center they developed has helped officials seize more than 45 tons of narcotics and

DCGS Integrated Backbone deploys to sites one year ahead of schedule

Next month the final of five core Air Force Distributed Common Ground System sites will incorporate the DCGS Integrated Backbone, bringing on the DIB deployment one full year ahead of schedule and transforming common technologies into tools that bring added speed and lethality to intelligence

Readiness skill put to test

Take me out to the ball game

HMS staffer, student recognized by Bedford organization

A Hanscom Middle School staff member and an HMS student were recognized by the Violence Prevention Coalition of Bedford, Mass., April 10.HMS Social Worker Doreen Maloof and eighth grader Fallon Perreault, 13, received awards during the VPC's 10th anniversary breakfast for fostering the VPC mission