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  • 66 MDS encourages secure messaging use

    Patients seen by the 66th Medical Squadron here are able to request and provide information to their health care team through a patient portal called MiCare Secure Messaging.Since the Air Force Medical Service first introduced it in 2012, MiCare has allowed for a more secure exchange of health

  • Hanscom Airmen and local Girl Scouts continue Cookies for a Cause tradition

    Hanscom volunteers and the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts gathered here March 19 to distribute approximately 18,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to six military and veteran organizations.An estimated 450 Girl Scouts and their families, along with  more than 20 military and civilian volunteers

  • AFMC executive director reflects on career start, successes after 34 years

    What began as uncertainty toward the possibility of an Air Force career transformed into a 34-year commitment for Air Force Materiel Command Executive Director Michael A. Gill, who retires April 1 after spending three years in the command's top civilian post."We all talk about retirement, but you

  • Fitness assessment schedule in effect April 1

    The 66th Force Support Squadron Fitness Assessment Cell has issued guidance on how fitness assessments will be conducted during spring, summer, and fall weather conditions here, in accordance with Air Force Instruction 36-2905.Like during the winter months, the weather can be unpredictable in New

  • Olson to speak at ROTC awards luncheon

    Major General Craig Olson, C3I and Networks program executive officer, will address a Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship luncheon at the Doubletree Hotel in Bedford, Massachusetts, April 8 at 11:30 a.m.The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Lexington Concord Chapter and

  • AFAF campaign starts March 21

    The 2016 Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign will take place here March 21 through April 29. The goal for this year's Hanscom campaign is $39,552.The AFAF is an Air Force-wide annual fundraising campaign to assist past and present Airmen and their families through unexpected challenges and financial

  • Base to host military retiree information session, luncheon

    Retired service members from all branches of the military are invited to attend a Military Retiree Appreciation Day scheduled April 22 at the Minuteman Commons.This year's event will begin with an Information Services session from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., followed by a luncheon. Military retirees,

  • Team Hanscom annual award winners announced

    Military and civilian Airmen were recognized in 16 categories during the Team Hanscom Annual Awards Ceremony at the Hanscom Conference Center March 15.More than 60 nominees from across the installation competed. Among the organizations included are the 319th Recruiting Squadron, 66th Air Base Group,

  • Hanscom clinic recognizes Patient Safety Awareness Week

    The 66th Medical Squadron will recognize Patient Safety Awareness Week March 14 through 18 to promote patient health care safety to the community. The theme for this year's campaign is "United for Patient Safety.""The purpose of our involvement in Patient Safety Awareness Week again this year is to

  • Hanscom home to Civil Air Patrol squadron, wing

    Members of the Hanscom community ages 12 and older can learn more about aviation and careers in aviation, space or in the military by attending one of the Civil Air Patrol's monthly meetings held here.The Hanscom Composite Squadron is part of the Massachusetts Wing Civil Air Patrol program and