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  • VA Hospital gives soldiers early holiday

    They're helping veterans everyday in their facility but their care goes beyond the hospital. Staff at the West Texas VA Medical Center in Big Spring, Texas, and the Big Spring community teamed up in June to give deployed servicemembers an unexpected holiday with Operation Soldier Holiday

  • Maxwell launches video, audio podcasts

    Maxwell Air Force Base entered the world of portable news as it launched a series of podcasts online June 28.Podcasting, a method of publishing broadcasts via the Internet, allows users to subscribe to a feed of video and audio files, listen to them on their computer and load them on a portable

  • Air Force trauma care consolidates with Army

    The Air Force's only Level 1 trauma center, Wilford Hall Medical Center, discontinues trauma services here July 1.All severely injured trauma patients from San Antonio, Bexar and surrounding counties, and South Texas, will go to nearby Brooke Army Medical Center or University Hospital in San Antonio

  • AETC's senior enlisted leader examines predeployment training

    Air Education and Training Command's command chief master sergeant visited Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst June 14-17 to gain first-hand knowledge of the Air Force predeployment training conducted here.Command Chief Master Sgt. Robert Tappana visited the 602nd Training Group (Provisional),

  • Dental leaders break ground on new clinic

    A groundbreaking ceremony took place June 24 beginning to begin construction of a 32,680-square foot facility to replace MacKown Dental Clinic, home of Air Force dental residency training."The new clinic will be almost double the size of the current facility, which was built in 1952," said Col. Jay

  • Dental residents, fellow graduate from AF training program

    Twenty-four dentists, representing four branches of military service, graduated from the 59th Dental Training Squadron's residency and fellowship program June 24 during a ceremony in the Gateway Club here.The Air Force, Army, Navy and Canadian graduates represented six residencies and one

  • Fallen Nomads honored on Khobar Towers anniversary

    Approximately 100 people gathered here June 25 to remember the 12 Airmen who made the highest sacrifice in service to the United States 14 years ago today.A terrorist attack at Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, resulted in 400 casualties among civilian and military personnel. The 33rd Fighter

  • New military working dog facility built to highest "green" standard

    In an effort to be environmentally friendly, the 56th Security Forces Squadron military working dog section is currently undergoing green construction, which began in January with an estimated complettion date at the end of July. While the project did not cost enough to be required to be green, the

  • Fitness Management System off limits in July

    The 2010 Air Force Fitness changes will be implemented in the Air Force Fitness Management System July 1. Because of this change, system user maintenance will be preformed July 1-9, and Air Force Personnel Center representatives are asking that only people designated as "Super Users" and "Fitness