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  • Sunday is Women's Equality Day

    Aug. 26, 1920 is an important date for the women's rights movement in the United States. On that day, Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby, with the approval of President Woodrow Wilson, signed the 19th Amendment into law, granting women suffrage -- the right to vote. Susan B. Anthony frankly stated

  • Remembering fallen heroes

    The term "random acts of kindness" can often seem trite and overused. But I would like to share with you an experience of how a random act of kindness at Hanscom truly made a difference. While participating in Memorial Day services in my hometown, I had the opportunity to speak with Kevin and Elaine

  • Workplace safety: preventing slips, trips, falls in office

    As a safety and health professional, I recognize that safety and health adds value to the work place. It's not just the right and socially responsible thing to do, it also saves critical resources. It saves money, avoids costs and maximizes returns on our most critical investment -- our Airmen. The

  • Long Road to "Outstanding"

    Sometimes, when people work hard to improve, they get impatient and discouraged. Progress can be slow and sometimes imperceptible. There may be set-backs and new, unforeseen challenges. As I prepared to write this article, I took a look at several old e-mails and briefings related to preparations

  • 66 SFS inspire community

    Inspiration strikes in many different forms; some people find strength in a song or phrase while others look to people, such as coworkers, friends, leaders or neighbors. The men and women of the 66th Security Forces Squadron should be, and are, inspirations to this community. They embody the warrior

  • Airmen's attitude can mean everything during base's June ORI

    Attitude is everything. It's what drives us to bring to life our core values of Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence in All We Do. In June, we will have the opportunity to demonstrate to ourselves and our leadership just how much we really embody those core values as we go into the

  • Importance of Arbor Day not limited to history books

    The fertile, forested landscape of Massachusetts may make some people discount the significance of the holiday, Arbor Day, and the message that planting trees is an important task of communities. Despite the high number of trees in the local area, Arbor Day has had a major impact on America's

  • Airmen participate in Bataan Memorial Death March

    Editor's Note: The following commentary was written by 2nd Lts. Felisa and Peter Dyrud, area Air Force Institute of Technology students; 2nd Lt. Joshua Neustrom, 551st Electronic Systems Wing; and Angela Lagdameo, Harvard University student. We were racing through the Newark, N.J., airport and

  • Work hard, play smart -- good motto?

    "Work hard, play hard" -- it's a phrase we've all heard and many Air Force organizations use it as an informal motto. The phrase communicates the notion that we are intensely committed to doing what it takes to get the mission done, but we're not one-dimensional, mission-only people -- we approach

  • Saving your time, money through Balanced Scorecard

    If you are a regular Hansconian reader, you've seen numerous articles regarding the Balanced Scorecard. Among other things, the Balanced Scorecard serves as a foundation for us to improve in important areas and one way to improve is to track performance. Two of our Balanced Scorecard objectives are: