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  • Preventing Burns

    As part of Burn Awareness Week recognized earlier this month, the 66th Civil Engineering Division Fire Emergency Services team is providing safety information relating to scald burns for the community.Scald injuries are painful and require prolonged treatment. They may result in lifelong scarring

  • AFMC's enlisted Airmen honor commander with Order of the Sword

    In an event steeped in medieval symbolism and military tradition, Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger was inducted into the AFMC Order of the Sword during a ceremony Feb. 5, 2015, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.The Order of the Sword is the highest honor the

  • Volunteers needed for Caring for People forum

    Volunteers are invited to participate in a Caring for People forum March 11 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hanscom Conference Center to collect community feedback on issues that affect personnel here.According to organizers, the goal of the forum is to strengthen base family support services and

  • Some temporary, seasonal, intermittent employees eligible for FEHB

    Some temporary, seasonal and intermittent employees are now eligible for coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits program (FEHB), said Office of Personnel Management officials.Temporary, seasonal or intermittent employees who anticipate working 130 or more hours per month for 90

  • 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