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  • Straight Talk: Eating establishments on base

    Summer calendars are filling up. I hope you are getting in some much needed vacation days to de-stress and spend time with family. If you are staying in town, next week offers lots of events, starting with the housing resident's meeting (CIM) Tuesday, Family Night - with juggling - at the Commons on

  • Straight Talk: Children and pets in unattended hot cars

    I hope everyone is enjoying the summer weather and activities. We have lots of events ongoing around the base, and the local community has tons more. Don't forget First Friday at the Tavern, formerly the Patriot Lounge, today and next week is Tops in Blue. If you haven't met your new next door

  • Straight Talk: Highway signs for Hanscom

    I wanted to again thank the people that participated in the Air Force Caring for People (CfP) forum. Hanscom's CfP leads went to Washington, D.C., and met with Gen. Norton Schwartz himself to formulate the Air Force focus items. Many of these issues - child care, Exceptional Family Member Program,

  • Straight Talk: Tall grass at the dog park

    I hope everyone is enjoying a safe summer so far. We have so many new people moving in. Be sure to head over to your neighbor and say hello. Why not invite them to join you for lunch or share with them some of your favorite things to do in the area? Hanscom Services has a great website with all the

  • Straight Talk: Town Hall recap

    I want to thank those people who attended the base Town Hall meeting on June 28. We had a good turnout and talked about a variety of topics. I will host another Town Hall on installation issues in late September.For those of you who could not attend, here is a brief recap of some of the topics we

  • Straight Talk: Celebrating the Fourth of July

    Comment: Soon it will be the Fourth of July and I haven't seen any events on Hanscom being advertised. I'm new to the area. If I want to pay tribute to our independence, what is available to me?Response: Welcome to the area, where independence was born! Needless to say, there are a variety of events

  • Straight Talk: Fitness center facility

    Comment: My concern stems from what I feel is a lack of pride in our fitness facilities. I can only speak about the men's locker room, but there are several issues I feel important to bring to your attention. First is a lack of ventilation in the men's locker room. Fans are blowing, but I don't

  • My educational journey: Inspiration for education started with my mother

    My mother and I moved from Colombia, South America, to Florida when I was five years old. I was raised in a family where our financial status was well below average, but I was always taught by my mother the importance of education and seizing an opportunity when it presented itself. "Chances are, if

  • Straight Talk: Summer mischief

    Summer brings all kinds of wonderful things like sunshine, longer days and more family time with the kids out of school. Unfortunately, all that free time also allows more time for mischief. We have had multiple reports of bike thefts on base and even a few broken windows. Security forces has

  • Leadership tip from the chief: influencing and directing

    As I began my Air Force journey nearly 26 years ago, one of the most important and practical definitions I learned was the definition of leadership. I recall highlighting my promotion fitness examination study guide and making study cards to help me remember this simple, but important, definition.