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  • JCB's goal to correct, deter youth violators

    With children out of school for the summer soon, the upcoming months mark one of the busiest periods for the 66th Security Forces Squadron. In the past, the number of incidents - both minor and major offenses - involving youth on base have spiked once school is dismissed.To help reduce that trend,

  • Base historian captures Air Force-level recognition

    Randy Bergeron, installation historian, has earned a share of the Dennis F. Casey Award for Excellence in Periodic History in the Albert S. Simpson Category for co-authoring the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's periodic history last year.Bergeron was recognized for superior historical

  • Nature's hazards: Mosquito-borne diseases

    Mosquito bites can be annoying, but they can also cause serious viral diseases, such as Zika, West Nile, Chikungunya and Dengue. If an infected mosquito bites a bird or mammal, including humans, it can transmit the illness to them.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, West

  • AFMC's new command chief focused on Airmen and their families

    Family and fellow Airmen have been the keys to success in Chief Master Sgt. Jason France's Air Force career of 26 years and counting. As the new command chief of Air Force Materiel Command, France plans to keep them a priority."I wouldn't be where I am today without the support of my family and the

  • June is National Safety Month

    The Air Force Safety Center and 66th Air Base Group join the National Safety Council in highlighting June as National Safety Month.According to the NSC, the goal for National Safety Month is to raise awareness of what it takes to stay "Safe For Life," and focuses on reducing the leading causes of

  • Airman aims high through astronaut program

    An Life Cycle Management Center program manager is one step closer to being selected to the NASA astronaut program following the Air Force's Astronaut Nomination Board results earlier this spring.Maj. Angela K. Motlagh, who works in the Battle Management Directorate here, was inspired to apply for

  • Hanscom committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions

    The 66th Logistics Readiness Squadron recently unveiled Hanscom's first plug-in electric hybrid vehicle and charging station here.The vehicle, a Ford Fusion Energi sedan, complies with President Barack Obama's federal government directive to become more energy efficient with the Department of

  • Hanscom, Lincoln communities mark HMS completion

    Local and state representatives attended an official ribbon cutting ceremony today to mark the completion of a new $34 million Hanscom Middle School here.The school replaces a 1950s-era middle school and has a contemporary environment."The design of the school is visionary and contains many flexible

  • ADR program ensures conflict resolved at lowest level

    For Hanscom military and civilian federal employees experiencing conflict in the workplace, assistance is available through the Alternative Dispute Resolution program run by the Equal Opportunity office here.The Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996 is the foundation of the Hanscom ADR

  • EPRs heading in the right direction

    The Air Force's top enlisted leader addressed the new enlisted performance report and gave insight to feedback he's received during his latest edition of CHIEFchat at the Defense Media Activity on Fort George G. Meade.Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody encouraged Airmen to forget about