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  • JPPSO passes along summer moving tips

    With the busy summer moving season in progress, the Joint Personal Property Shipping Office would like to pass on some key moving tips to the base community.The Defense Personal Property System, or DPS, provides direct and empowered communications between the servicemember and the Transportation

  • AtHoc, 'Giant Voice' alert personnel to critical information

    AtHoc, an interactive warning system used by government agencies and other civilian companies, allows Hanscom senior leaders to inform base personnel of urgent weather-related information, base closures or delayed openings via phone call, text message or email. These capabilities are offered through

  • BSC development team convenes in August

    The Biomedical Sciences Corps development team will convene Aug. 18-22 to consider qualified BSC officers for advanced academic degrees, Air Force Personnel Center officials said July 17. Interested, eligible officers must submit an "intent to apply" email to AFPC by July 31, and updated,

  • Consumer tips on avoiding scammers

    Service members and their families can be easy targets for scammers, and financial education is key to prevention, said the deputy director of the Pentagon's office of family policy and children and youth.In an interview with DOD News, Navy Cmdr. Peter Hoegel noted that July 16 is Military Consumer

  • Contracting director joins SES ranks, rejoins Air Force

    Retired Col. Scott A. Kiser, recently selected as the Air Force Life Cycle Management's new director of contracting here at Hanscom, also officially became a member of the Senior Executive Service in a July 9 ceremony on base.The achievements follow a highly decorated military career - one that

  • With people-focus, new commander looks to ensure mission strength

    Col. Michael A. Vogel, who took over as 66th Air Base Group commander July 10, is anxious to begin working with the members of Hanscom and the surrounding communities who greeted him so warmly upon his arrival."I've been in the Air Force, both enlisted and as an officer and even as a dependent, most

  • Roll Call: One Air Force

    Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James A. Cody released the latest installment of Roll Call, explaining to Airmen the importance of being "one Air Force" that encompasses active, Guard, Reserve and civilian Airmen. "The dynamic may seem different," Cody said. "It may look different and in some

  • LEAP application window opens

    The Language Enabled Airman Program is accepting active-duty officer and enlisted applications July 15 - Aug. 22. Those intending to submit applications must register their intent to apply by Aug. 8. Officer candidate students in their senior years may also apply. LEAP is a career-spanning program

  • ALS Class 14E graduates

    Ten Airmen and two members of the Coast Guard recently completed the first professional military education for enlisted members during a graduation ceremony July 11 at the Minuteman Commons. ALS is a five-week Air Force PME class designed to develop Airmen into effective front-line supervisors. The

  • Air Force announces changes to headquarters organization

    Air Force leaders announced changes to headquarters staff manning and organization today.The Air Force will create efficiencies by deactivating and realigning organizations at Headquarters Air Force, Major Commands, Numbered Air Forces and Field Operating Agencies, resulting in savings of $1.6