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  • Straight Talk: Safety First

    Question: I live in the Flintlock Ridge area of Hanscom Air Force Base housing. I'd like to ask if the large contractor construction fence located at the very top of the hill at the end of Patterson road could be moved slightly so that neighborhood children could continue to use the playground that

  • Straight Talk: Spam and speeding

    Question: I have noticed a major increase in spam and junk e-mail in my e-mail box, as well as in our common mailbox (CMB) in the last few weeks. For instance, although there was no spam in our CMB last night when I left the office at 7 p.m., this morning there were 63 junk emails in there. What

  • Honoring a hero on Sept. 11

    Sept. 11, 2001, will go on forever in the minds of people of this generation. It is a date that has produced sadness, but it has also produced countless heroes who gave their lives for the freedom of this country. This past weekend, there were nationwide remembrances and celebrations for these

  • Straight Talk: Graffiti, trash and the pool

    Q: As a concerned parent, I am writing to the Straight Talk line to seek assistance in resolving some issues with inappropriate graffiti and trash build up at Castle Park. The inappropriate graffiti is located in the yellow crawl tube that is closest to Vandenberg Drive. The trash issue involves the

  • Straight Talk: Renewable energy and grass cutting

    Q: Dear Straight Talk: hello, my name is Nicole and I am 13 years old. My house has solar panels and it makes a lot of energy. Today, I realized that Hanscom does not have any solar panels or wind turbines. Why is that? I know that there are a lot of places on Hanscom that are sunny all day and

  • Straight Talk: Labor Day Weekend Safety

    I want to take the opportunity to remind everyone to incorporate safety into your plans as you prepare for the holiday weekend. Labor Day weekend is a time to celebrate with family before the kids go back to school -- a time of barbecues and swimming, picnics and driving late after a long day in the

  • Straight Talk: Entry Control Procedures

    Q: On July 19, around 12:30 p.m. a contractor guard spent an inordinate amount of time with one vehicle. It appeared from his hand gestures and animation that it was not business, but a social discussion. Meanwhile, six or seven cars backed up at the gate. Although this is one instance, increased

  • Installation Entry Control: A Key Component of Integrated Defense

    Following the tragic shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, last November, the national media has highlighted many force protection incidents at military installations. In recent months, numerous incidents of attempted unauthorized entry, use of false identification, as well as potentially dangerous

  • Straight Talk: Car Questions

    Cars, cars, cars. What would we do without our cars? This week's Straight Talk focuses on some of the car questions I have received in the last few weeks. I have also had to sign off on quite a few speeding tickets of late and had folks relate some parking lot accidents as well. Stay alert! Q: The

  • Information protection connects with core values

    Every day it seems the news is filled with a variety of stories about official information making its way out of appropriate channels and onto the world's stage. Coupled with that is the constant reminder that others, our adversaries, want desperately to acquire our information as well. To the