June 15, 2020 Class is back in session for AU's Barnes Center After a short break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education has begun virtual in-residence remote courses, June 1, 2020. The courses currently in session are the Chiefs Leadership Course and three Noncommissioned Officer Academies: Airey, Vosler and Kadena.
June 12, 2020 AFIT’s CSRA achieves historic milestones with DL classes, international student internship during COVID-19 constraints The COVID-19 restrictions have brought many changes and challenges for the students, faculty and staff of the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Center for Space Research and Assurance. One immediate challenge was switching all in-person classes to distance learning; something that has never been
June 5, 2020 The Future of Enlisted Professional Military Education The panel of chief master sergeants from AU answered both pre-submitted questions and questions asked during the event addressing concerns for current and future enlisted PME classes.
March 25, 2020 Maxwell-Gunter moves to HPCON Charlie in response to COVID-19 MAXWELL AFB, Ala. -- At the direction of the installation commander, Col. Patrick Carley, Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Annex have moved to Health Protection Condition (HPCON) Charlie from HPCON Bravo.HPCON Charlie indicates a substantial threat of disease for personnel due to a local or
Feb. 26, 2020 Air University SOS students breaking down barriers for female Airmen An enthusiastic group of Squadron Officer School students at Air University are dedicated to redesigning the maternity uniform and researching other initiatives aimed at making women less inclined to leave the service earlier than planned.
Jan. 22, 2020 AF Assistant Secretary visits Maxwell to address housing improvements The Honorable John W. Henderson, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Energy, toured privatized housing units Jan. 14, 2020, during a visit to Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.The visit was a part of Air Force senior leadership’s mission to improve the safety and
Nov. 20, 2019 Testing strengths: 19th AW demonstrates distributed operations Airmen from the 19th Airlift Wing flew to Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Nov. 15 through 17, 2019, to demonstrate distributed operations as a part of ROCKI 20-01, the wing’s semiannual full spectrum readiness exercise.
Sept. 24, 2019 Civil Air Patrol to provide IT training to Keesler AFB technical school graduates A memorandum of understanding was signed earlier this month by Civil Air Patrol national commander, Maj. Gen. Mark Smith, and Rich Aldridge, program executive officer for Business and Enterprise Systems at Maxwell Air Force Base-Gunter Annex, that will provide information technology training to
Sept. 17, 2019 188th Airman named adjunct instructor at AF First Sergeant Academy Master Sgt. Robert M. Stephens, a first sergeant with the 188th Medical Group, is the first Airman to complete the adjunct faculty selection process and become fully-certified to instruct the new curriculum at the First Sergeant Academy.
Sept. 10, 2019 Amidst mass shooting, Airman saves life in Odessa, Texas An Air Force Reserve member was working in a civilian capacity in Odessa, Texas, on August 31, 2019, and helped provide life-saving first-aid to a woman suffering from three gunshot wounds.