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  • Straight Talk: 66th Air Base Group is here to serve

    So this is what they meant by the term New England Winter. Wow! I am learning a great deal about snow and ice and shoveling these days. I appreciate everyone's patience with us while we get the base cleared. I know we don't have all the parking spots opened back up yet, but we are working on it.

  • Straight Talk: Community help

    Question: I was wondering if there is a service on base where families of deployed spouses and single parents may get help with maintaining housing responsibilities in base housing?I am housesitting for a family on base and I am overwhelmed with the amount of snow needing to be shoveled from the

  • Straight Talk: Happy New Year!

    Happy New Year! I hope everyone enjoyed a safe and healthy holiday season. We have lots of great events lined up for this week. Jan. 7 is First Friday at the Minuteman Club. It will feature a buffet that's free for members and $5 for nonmembers. Next Friday, Jan. 14, we will have a breakfast to

  • Protecting our information: An achievable resolution for a New Year

    Last year certainly provided everyone an opportunity to be educated on the global attention we receive and the serious impact that occurs when our information is not handled correctly. There is complexity created with all the various kinds of information available and all the handling categories you

  • Holiday greetings from the Electronic Systems Center Commander

    It's hard to believe, but another year is coming to an end, and the holidays are upon us once again. The past year was a year of change for those of us in the Electronic Systems Center and at Hanscom, but despite that change, we kept our focus on our vision: "War-winning information systems...on

  • Straight Talk: Electric cars

    This is the last Straight Talk before the end of the year, so I wanted to take the opportunity to wish you all a safe and joyous holiday season. The year has been full of blessings for me, and I am looking forward to a happy and healthy 2011. We are kicking off the new year with yet another way for

  • Straight Talk: New fitness class and parking lot safety

    Most everyone starts their New Year's fitness resolution in January, but why not start yours now? Pledge to get yourself to the gym one more day a week during the holiday season or add ten extra sit ups to your routine. Do something to encourage yourself to maintain good fitness habits right now

  • What is safety leadership?

    Every day we influence the people around us in a positive or negative way by what we say or don't say, do or don't do. Being around people who promote and practice safety creates a safer environment for everyone. People who are careless or don't feel they have time for safety create an unsafe

  • Straight Talk: Construction crews using Vandenberg Gate

    I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving. The holiday season is in full swing now and I love the festive spirit. Have you dropped by the Minuteman Club to see the decorations yet? If not, then Dec. 3 is First Friday and a perfect time to stop in for a visit. A buffet dinner is open from 5 to 6

  • Accountability and face time help us get back to basics

    In September, Gen. Donald Hoffman, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, launched a new campaign known as 'Hold the Line,' aimed at reinvigorating the command's maintenance of standards, discipline and service culture.Throughout AFMC, and especially here at Hanscom, one can easily see why basic