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Sparky, senior leaders welcome students back to school

Sparky the Fire Dog welcomes students back to school at Hanscom Air Force base, Mass., Aug. 28. Col. Jorge Jimenez, installation commander, Chief Master Sgt. Jason Vollmer, installation command chief, along with members of the 66th Security Forces Squadron and Fire Department, also greeted children as they arrived. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Wyatt)

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Hanscom Airmen return as Armed Forces Sports soccer champions

2nd Lt. Brandon Cobb, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center program manager, competed for the Department of the Air Force team at the 2025 Armed Forces Men's Soccer Championship, July 30. (courtesy photo)

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Hanscom Airmen return as Armed Forces Sports soccer champions

1st Lt. Tyler Johnson, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center program manager, competed for the Department of the Air Force team at the 2025 Armed Forces Men's Soccer Championship, July 30. (courtesy photo)

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Hanscom Airmen return as Armed Forces Sports soccer champions

1st Lt. Michael Neacsu, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center program manager, competed for the Department of the Air Force team at the 2025 Armed Forces Men's Soccer Championship, July 30. (courtesy photo)

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Service dog supports Hanscom AFB fire dispatcher

Bentley, a full-time service dog, sits outside of the fire station at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Aug. 8. The Americans with Disabilities Act recognizes the importance of service animals in assisting individuals with disabilities in the workplace. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)

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Service dog supports Hanscom AFB fire dispatcher

Dina Safa, Hanscom Air Force Base Fire Department emergency services dispatcher, poses for a photo with her service dog, Bentley, outside the fire station at Hanscom AFB, Mass., Aug. 8. The Americans with Disabilities Act recognizes the importance of service animals in assisting individuals with disabilities in the workplace. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)

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Brothers Louis and Liam Phan graduate together from Warrant Officer School

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Louis Phan, right, and Warrant Officer Liam Phan, brothers and Massachusetts natives, stand together on stage after graduating from Warrant Officer Training School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., March 13. They are a part of the first cohort, second class, to graduate from the program since its reactivation. (Courtesy photo)

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2025 Patriot Golf Course Club Championship

John “Jay” Carey, Patriot Golf Course manager, left, stands with 2025 Club Champion, Capt. Joshua Wu, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center project manager, following this year’s championship tournament in Bedford, Mass., Aug. 10. The 2025 Patriot Golf Course Club Championship was held Aug. 9-10. Eligible players included veterans, active duty, and the public. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andrew Lane)

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2025 Patriot Golf Course Club Championship

A golfer lines up a putt on a green during the 2025 Patriot Golf Course Club Championship in Bedford, Mass., Aug. 10. The championship tournament was held Aug. 9-10 to veterans, active duty, and members of the public. The course, operated by the 66th Force Support Squadron, was voted the Best U.S. Military Small Golf Course in 2023 by the Air Force Services Center. The Patriot Golf Course provides recreational activity for all skill levels through their nine-hole regulation course, driving range, and club house. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andrew Lane)

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Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Trent Davis, Air Force and Space Force chief of chaplains, gives a keynote speech at the annual Air Force Chaplain Corps Summit in Arlington, Va., Aug. 11, 2025. Davis announced the Chaplain Corps' new motto, 'HC Ready!', that focuses on fortifying the warfighter spirit, developing Chaplain Corps leaders and capabilities, and generating Religious Support Team readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Emmeline James)

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Airmen compete for GAFPB slot

Maj. Jonathan Buckingham, Command, Control, Communications and Cyber Warfare acquisition program manager, swims laps while competing for a chance to earn the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Aug. 12. The three-day competition includes a 100-meter swim, a timed flexed arm hang, pistol qualification, 1,000-meter run, sprint test, first aid evaluation, road march, and Nuclear, Biological, Chemical protective gear test. Three Hanscom AFB Airmen will earn the opportunity to receive the badge. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)

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Airmen compete for GAFPB slot

Maj. Kellen Curry, a contracting officer, holds a timed flexed arm hang while competing for a chance to earn the German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Aug. 12. The three-day competition includes a 100-meter swim, a timed flexed arm hang, pistol qualification, 1,000-meter run, sprint test, first aid evaluation, road march, and Nuclear, Biological, Chemical protective gear test. Three Hanscom AFB Airmen will earn the opportunity to receive the badge. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jerry Saslav)

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Monthly enlisted promotion ceremony held

Lt. Col. Gabriel Almodovar, left, 66th Air Base Group deputy commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Jason Vollmer, right, installation command chief, stand for a photo with enlisted Airmen promoted during a promotion ceremony at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., July 31. The monthly ceremony recognized the promotions of six Team Hanscom Airmen advancing to the next highest rank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)

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Master Sgt. Lamar Valentina, 313th Recruiting Squadron, enlisted accessions flight chief, poses for a photo at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Valentina was diagnosed with renal medullary carcinoma, a rare kidney cancer, in 2019. Since then, he has stepped into the public eye as a speaker and has continued to advocate for Airmen. (courtesy photo)

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Strike-out cancer

Master Sgt. Lamar Valentina, 313th Recruiting Squadron, enlisted accessions flight chief, left, stands with his doctor, Bradley McGregor, M.D., during an event at Fenway Park, Boston. Valentina was diagnosed with renal medullary carcinoma, a rare kidney cancer, in 2019. Since then, he has stepped into the public eye as a speaker and has continued to advocate for Airmen. (courtesy photo from Jimmy Fund)

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In 2021, Master Sgt. Lamar Valentina, 313th Recruiting Squadron, enlisted accessions flight chief, was able to attend his graduation ceremony in-person at Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ. Valentina was diagnosed with renal medullary carcinoma, a rare kidney cancer, in 2019. Since then, he has stepped into the public eye as a speaker and has continued to advocate for Airmen. (courtesy photo)

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Team Hanscom to celebrate staff sergeant selects

Air Force officials selected 15,894 senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant out of 47,007 eligible for a selection rate of 33.81 percent in the 25E5 promotion cycle. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)

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FSS youth coordinator attends DoD-wide Conference

Justin Oliver, 66th Force Support Squadron youth coordinator, and Victoria Reidling, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Youth of the Year, pose for a photo at the Joint Forces Teen Council, held in Washington D.C. in June. The Joint Services Teen Council brought together teens from youth programs from all branches of the armed forces to strengthen leadership skills, share concerns, and influence policies impacting military families. (Courtesy photo)

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How a Death in the Family May Affect Your TRICARE Coverage

A death in the family is a TRICARE Qualifying Life Event. This means that surviving family members have 90 days to make eligible health plan changes, as described in the TRICARE Qualifying Life Events Fact Sheet. Here’s what else you need to know.

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UMass Lowell students connect to Premier Cloud One via internship

SAIC Cloud One software engineer interns pose for a group photo at the UMass Lowell Applied Research Corporation's Northstar Campus in Lincoln, Mass., July 10. The team of interns are working together to build a cloud agnostic Kubernetes cluster to host applications, tools, and security around them. (U.S. Air Force photo by Mark Herlihy)

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