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  • AF ensures command visibility on substantiated sex-related offenses

    Air Force officials announced a new policy requiring the inclusion and command review of information on sex-related offenses in personnel service records Sept. 30.The change was directed in the fiscal year 2014 National Defense Authorization Act, requiring the services to document this information

  • AF integrates TAP into new military lifecycle model

    The redesigned Transition Assistance Program is in its third and final stage and will be integrated into the new Department of Defense Military Lifecycle model, Air Force Personnel Center officials said.The MLC, which will be implemented Oct. 1, is the latest in a series of improvements to the

  • Working smoke alarms save lives

    The Hanscom Fire Department will recognize Fire Prevention Week Oct. 5 through 11 by reminding all base employees and residents to test their fire alarm monthly.This year's Fire Prevention Week theme is "Smoke Alarms Save Lives: Test Yours Every Month." Along with firefighters and safety advocates

  • EFMP families, providers invited to workshop

    Hanscom's Airman and Family Readiness Center, in conjunction with Specialized Training of Military Parents, or STOMP, is hosting a two-day workshop Oct. 21 and 22 at the Hanscom Conference Center from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. as part of the Exceptional Family Member Program.According to STOMP, one in 10

  • Prevention is the best medicine for enterovirus D-68

    With recent cases of the respiratory illness enterovirus D-68 being reported in multiple states within the U.S., doctors want to ensure all the members of the military community are informed and safe when confronting this illness.If the proper precautions and prevention methods are followed, the

  • Phased rollout to improve enlisted evaluation system

    The Air Force chief of enlisted force policy outlined the implementation of the new enlisted evaluation and promotion systems at the 2014 Air Force Association's Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition here Sept. 17.Developed in 1968, and implemented two years later, the existing Weighted

  • AF officials respond to off base sewage leak

    The Air Force is responding to a sewage leak adjacent to Hartwell Avenue in Lexington.  The source of the sewage appears to be an Air Force-owned pressurized pipe, referred to as a force main, which has now been deactivated. Contractors hired by the Air Force will be hauling sewage from Hanscom Air

  • National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day planned

    The 66th Security Forces Squadron and Drug Enforcement Administration will provide Hanscom personnel an opportunity Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to prevent prescription drug abuse and theft by providing a turn in collection point on base.The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is scheduled

  • Combating insider threat through the Continuing Evaluation Program

    What do the Navy Yard shooting by Aaron Alexis, the Fort Hood shooting by Nidal Hasan and the thefts and unauthorized release of classified material by Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden all have in common? According to after-action and investigation reports, all of the personnel exhibited signs of

  • Roll Call: The Evolution of PME

    The Air Force senior enlisted Airman released the latest installment of Roll Call, outlining the way forward for enlisted professional military education."The science of education is changing before our eyes," said Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James A. Cody. "The blended learning approach