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  • Antiterrorism: Travel security

    The men and women who serve in the Department of Defense and their family members are our most vital resource. Terrorists have reached new levels of organization, sophistication and violence, often targeting DoD personnel and their families.Their tactics and techniques are always changing and are

  • Resiliency in youth

    Resiliency is a trait children inherently have when first born. Babies display varied levels of hardiness right from birth. For example, babies that should thrive sometimes do not, while other times, fragile babies beat the odds and live.More than that, though, people are also born with an innate

  • Former Airman sentenced to 18 years in drunken-driving death tells story

    He was born into an Air Force family, moving around from Florida, to Okinawa, then to Oklahoma."My parents were strict," said Lane Wyatt, a former airman first class and client-systems technician stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.His father, a retired Air Force major, started off

  • How do you 'spend' Christmas?

    It was October. My wife and I knew Christmas was near, because the holiday decorations had hit the shelves of local retailers and, as reality set in, we both understood that the few remaining weeks before the big day would be checkered with trips to the mall, late nights sifting through sales in

  • Holiday reflection illuminates successful year

    Despite the increased activity the holiday season often brings, this time of year also presents an opportunity for reflection. I would like to thank all AFMC personnel for your exceptional dedication and professionalism in meeting our mission of equipping our Air Force for world dominant airpower. I

  • Holiday greetings from the base commander

    It's hard to believe, but another year is coming to an end, and the holidays are upon us once again. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for all you've done. Although it was midway through the year when Misty and I arrived at Hanscom, I immediately noticed the hard work and dedication of

  • Antiterrorism during the holiday season

    The holiday season is here and many people will be getting together to spend quality time with loved ones.This should be undisturbed time, free of phone calls from work, or even having to come in to work to deal with an issue that could have been avoided if adequately planned for ahead of time.Many

  • Airmen Powered by Innovation program launches new site

    Your enthusiasm and ingenuity continues to be our Air Force's number one weapon system! In April of this year we launched the Airmen Powered by Innovation program aimed at turning your ideas into real cost savings for our Air Force. Since coming online API has received and reviewed more than 2,400

  • How did we lose this young Airman?

    She was an Airman Leadership School distinguished graduate, earned staff sergeant her first time testing, received all 5s on her Enlisted Performance Reports and took part in two deployments. Clearly she was a high-performing Airman. But, in her words, the Air Force had made it clear it didn't want

  • Understanding reveille, retreat and taps

    Reveille, retreat and taps is played each duty day over the base giant voice system. Are you familiar with the protocol for each when played?Reveille is played as a bugle call to signal the beginning of the duty day on base. Retreat is played to mark the end of the duty day and precedes the playing