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  • Deployed Hanscom captain rushes home, arrives to see triplets born

    While every child's birth could be considered unique and dramatic, few deliveries involve three babies, a deployed father-to-be, support from two U.S. Air Force bases and an international race against time. When Jennifer Geisel went into labor on May 2, as her husband, Captain Andrew Geisel, 651st

  • Father, son win tourneys, bond through tae kwon do

    Matching father and son jackets and belts are usually considered unfashionable. For two base residents, however, owning matching clothes is a matter of pride because the items serve as a testament to their superior tae kwon do skills. This year, Army Sgt. 1st Class Tim Bell and his 8-year-old son,

  • Hanscom civilian's swim club propels triathlete to Beijing

    Dig Deep. It's one of those athletic buzz words we hear in post-game reports and interviews used to describe an athlete or team excavating their inner motivation and pulling something out that helps them win the race, make the game winning catch, or score the title-clinching goal. This year's

  • Deployed Captain celebrates wife's birthday from AOR

    Missing significant family events is one of the sacrifices deployed servicemembers have to make in support of the mission. When Sandy Nearing turned 40 on August 29, her husband, Capt. Louis Nearing, 630th Electronic Systems Squadron Information Technology program manager, was serving in the Area of

  • Aero Club welcomes new manager

    The Hanscom Aero Club offers the chance to gain an incredible flying experience and with new manager Steven Bates, the club has many initiatives underway to help it grow and expand. The Hanscom Aero Club is a FAA certified and VA approved flight school and is recognized as one of the best in the Air

  • Retiring group commander: serve those you lead

    For Col. Michael Graham, outgoing Commander of the 751st Electronic Systems Group, the decision to retire was hard to make, but he takes solace in knowing that he's leaving at the genuine high point of his career. "For an acquisition officer to serve as a large system program director, that's the

  • 551 ELSG commander retires after 26 years of service

    Decades after being told he would not serve as an Air Force officer, 551st Electronic Systems Group Commander Col. Doug Railey has proven the odds wrong on multiple counts when he retires July 1 after 26 years of service. "Being a group commander has been a true privilege, and command is a job that

  • Mission, people rank as top priorities of new 350 ELSG commander

    When needing to meet a challenge head on, Col. Bill Cooley heeds the words of General of the Army George C. Marshall, who said, "fix the problem, not the blame." Colonel Cooley, the newest commander of the 350th Electronic Systems Group, in fact, considers that advice central to his leadership

  • 350 ELSG commander retires after 28 years of Air Force service

    It was a lifestyle that Col. Steve Webb found hard to resist despite his pilot father's good-natured advice to look beyond an Air Force career, since having less than 20/20 vision might not translate into success in a flier's world. Enamored with the military life he had always known, the 350th

  • Hanscom SMSGT represents AF in culinary showdown

    An alternate Pentagon was the setting for an ambitious military collaboration April 19, when military chefs from all five services, including Hanscom's own Senior Master Sgt. Mark Veomett, converged on Salt Lake City, Utah, to prove their gastronomic prowess and emerge victorious from the Freedom