Exceptional Hanscom teen wins Youth of the Year honor

Hanscom teen Derrick Pizarro was recently selected as Youth of the Year for the base and competed against other Boys & Girls Club members for the Massachusetts Youth of the Year title and a $1,000 college scholarship. As the new Youth of the Year for Hanscom's Youth Center, this 15-year-old is a

Privately owned weapons require proper registration and storage

With many new families arriving at Hanscom, it's important to know the guidelines and restrictions for having weapons on base. All personnel residing in dormitories, Visiting Officers' Quarters (VOQ), Visiting Airmen Quarters (VAQ) and Temporary Lodging Facility (TLF) are not authorized to store

FSGLI covers family members

On Nov. 1, 2001, Family Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (FSGLI), was established for spouses and dependent children of servicemembers insured under the SGLI program.FSGLI provides a maximum of $100,000 of life insurance coverage for spouses, not to exceed the amount of SGLI coverage the

U.S. Rep. Tsongas visits Hanscom

Tuskegee Airmen honored at bridge dedication

Members of the community, including the Patriot Honor Guard, came together July 17 to dedicate a bridge over Morton Street in Dorchester on American Legion Highway to honor the many contributions made by the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II.Last spring, Mayor Thomas M. Menino provided the

Hanscom makes fit families a focus

For the past several years, Hanscom has been helping families get out and get fit courtesy of the Air Force's FitFamily program. With many more events in the works, staff at the Fitness and Sports Center as well as the Youth Center are reaching out for more family participation. "The Air Force wants

Library closing, computer access still available

The library will be repurposing its facility starting July 23 in preparation for the Hanscom STARBASE program arriving this SeptemberSTARBASE is a youth educational program sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. Students participate in "hands-on, minds-on"

Feds Feed Families food drive underway

Food banks across the country are facing severe shortages of non-perishable items, just as summer begins and children are left without school nutrition programs. Hanscom volunteers are organizing a food collection for the 2012 Feds Feed Families food drive campaign with the placement of marked

School and camp physical season begins

In Massachusetts, children ages 4 to 17 are required to have physicals for initial enrollment in school and in most summer camps. They are also necessary for participation in sports programs, which require updated physicals every 13 months.The clinic will offer school physical appointments Monday

Online medical services now available through MiCare

The Air Force Medical Service is ready to begin patient registrations for MiCare, the military's online confidential secure messaging service. This system has been shown to significantly reduce the number of phone calls between patients and providers, increase patient satisfaction and save time for