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  • Toastmasters club speaks out on improving possibilities

    The ability to speak well in front of a group can be the key to a successful career, and possibly, a happier life. Those who are naturally fluent have an unfair advantage; but for the inarticulate there is help. The Hurlburt Toastmasters Club is celebrating the start of its fourth year of providing Hurlburt Field members the opportunity to improve

  • Bronze Stars, Purple Heart awarded to Airmen

    Two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart were awarded to three combat controllers from the 720th Operations Support Squadron at the 20th Special Operations Squadron auditorium here Friday. Tech. Sgt. Ryan Stanhope and Staff. Sgt. David Overton were both presented with Bronze Stars, and Tech. Sgt. Matthew Scheleich received a Purple Heart at the

  • Hurlburt mapmakers strut their stuff at expo

    The Air Force Special Operations Command Geospatial Community hosted a mapping expo from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at J.R. Rocker’s Tuesday. The community consists of AFSOC intelligence, the GeoBase and GeoReach programs, Special Operations Forces Planning, Rehearsal, Execution and Planning and the 720th Special Tactics Group. The community manages all
  • Keystone Club President and Hurlburt Field Youth of the Year Drake Sobania reads the Child Abuse Prevention Proclamation during the Hurlburt Field Family Fest April 15 in the Community Park. Col. Norman Brozenick Jr., 16th Special Operations Wing commander, and his wife, Lisa, look on while Jerry Romano, 16th Services Squadron, holds the microphone. April was declared the Child Abuse Prevention Month. (Photograph by Katrina Meyer)

    Keystone Club molds future leaders of America

    Some Hurlburt Field teens do more than just watch television and play video games. They volunteer to help at special base events, hold movie nights, pool parties and go on weekend trips. But most of all, they have fun. The Keystone Club is the reason these teens are so active. Located in the teen center, the club meets at 7:30 p.m. every Friday

  • Spectre Post holds barbecue thanking 16th SOW Airmen

    The Veteran’s of Foreign Wars Post 11367, also known as the “Spectre Post”, will host a free Military Appreciation Day barbecue on Saturday at their post in Navarre from noon to 4 p.m. “It’s a way for us to meet the men, women and children of Hurlburt Field and to show our thanks for what they do to carry on fight for freedom, said Karen Warden,

  • Get your motors running - Riding with Sentinels of Freedom

    Riding down U.S. Hwy. 98 on 700 pounds of motorcycle and feeling the 1,450 cubic centimeters of power, it’s easy to see the attraction that comes from cruising the road biker-style. Fridays is when the members of the Sentinels of Freedom motorcycle club meet for the weekly lunch ride. “We meet at The Soundside at noon Fridays,” said Tech. Sgt. S.C.

  • Safety office monitors seat belts, cell phones

    Sitting in the cab of the ground safety truck, Staff Sgt. Ed Lecuyer, 16th Special Operations Wing Safety Office, observes motorists, watches for seat belt and cell phone use violators. Using a counter, he marks off each vehicle. When a car enters with occupants who aren’t wearing seat belts, he makes a notation on a chart. “We’re trying to make

  • Honorary Commanders tour 16th Mission Support Group

    The 16th Special Operations Wing’s honorary commanders toured the 16th Mission Support Group May 11th. The tour was part of the honorary commander program’s plan to spotlight one of the 16th SOW’s four groups each quarter. With the vast and various missions performed by the 16th MSG, it was difficult to narrow down the facilities they would have

  • $30K awarded to three Airmen

    Three Hurlburt Field NCOs recently got approved to receive $10,000 each for their ideas, which saved the Air Force money. Master Sgt. Mark Gauthier, Air Force Special Operations Command A4, Tech. Sgt. Arnoldo Cuevas, 16th Civil Engineer Squadron, and Tech. Sgt. Matthew Wilson, AFSOC A4, combined are expected to save the Air Force more than $865,000

  • Best in Air Force 16th MSS Airmen, flights prove they’re unsurpassed

    Everyone that works on base has at one point or another had the privilege to work with one of the outstanding Airmen or flights that are part of the 16th Mission Support Squadron. Recently, two Airmen and two flights in the squadron won Air Force-level awards. The military personnel flight won the Gerrit D. Foster Jr. Award; the civilian personnel
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