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  • February is American Heart Month

    February is American Heart Month. The National Institutes of Health reports that more than one million people in the United States have a heart attack each year. Of the people who die from heart attacks, about half die within an hour of their first symptoms and before they reach the hospital.When a

  • Hanscom teen named Youth of the Year

    A longtime member of Hanscom's Youth Center, who logged more than 150 hours of community service in 2014, was named the Military Youth of the Year Jan. 20 and will now compete at the state level.Seventeen year old Brenna Gonsalves, a senior at Bedford High School, has been a member of Hanscom's

  • College planning night scheduled on base

    Officials on base have partnered with Bedford High School to hold a College Planning Night at the Airman and Family Readiness Center Feb. 24 from 6 to 7 p.m. for high school juniors interested in attending college.This presentation with the Hanscom school liaison specialist and Bedford High School

  • Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland selected to host AFIMSC headquarters

    Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, was selected as the host base for the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center (AFIMSC) Headquarters.Air Force officials chose the installation after analyzing operational considerations, installation attributes, economic and environmental factors at

  • Team Hanscom announces quarterly winners

    More than 40 nominees from across "Team Hanscom" were recognized during a fourth quarterly awards ceremony at the Hanscom Conference Center Jan. 20.Nominees were from the 319th recruiting Squadron, 66th Air Base Group, Battle Management and C3I and Network Directorates, Joint Personal Property

  • "Super Frenzy: House Divided" coming to Minuteman Commons

    A free "super" party is set for Feb. 1 at the Minuteman Commons where the entire family can watch the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks.Throughout the Commons, large screens will be set up to celebrate "Super Frenzy: House Divided." Doors will open for club members at 4:30 p.m., 5:30

  • Hagel: Fight to end sexual assault must be 'personal'

    Efforts to eliminate the baneful issue of sexual assault "must be personal," Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in closing remarks at the Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention Summit Jan. 16.Hagel said the military community is unique in its raised standards and the expectation that service members

  • Air Force Fitness Management System II up, accessible

    The new Air Force Fitness Management System - AFFMS II - is now up and accessible via the Air Force Personnel Center Secure Application, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.AFFMS II enables Airmen to review their fitness history and records through July 2010."The previous system was taken off

  • SecAF, CSAF discuss future of the Air Force

    Senior leadership addressed the key issues, priorities, initiatives and challenges facing the Air Force during the State of the Air Force press briefing, Jan. 15 at the Pentagon.Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, focused on the Air