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  • Volunteers honored for 'planting seeds of kindness'

    Hundreds of Air Commandos gathered at the Soundside Club May 1 to recognize 50 individuals and groups as part of the 2013 Volunteer Recognition Ceremony. The ceremony, themed "Hurlburt Volunteers Plant the Seeds of Kindness," highlighted the combined contributions of volunteers to the military and

  • Children in Crisis show their appreciation for troops

    Dozens of children from Families Count prepare care packages for deployed troops at the Children in Crisis clubhouse in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., April 23, 2013. "The children pick a different community service project each semester," said Courtney Ruiz, Families Count intern case manager from

  • Tuition Assistance is back for 2013

    Air Force Military Tuition Assistance officially restarted for the continuation of the 2013 fiscal year, April 10.On March 11, Chief Master Sgt. James Cody sent out an Air Force-wide letter informing and explaining the suspension of the program, which stated, "Effective 1700 EST, 11 March, active

  • Hurlburt Field Airmen raise awareness about sexual assault

    Airmen from Hurlburt Field and other volunteers participated in a walk for sexual assault awareness and distributed information to beach goers at Fort Walton Beach, Fla., April 20.April is the month of sexual assault awareness and members of Team Hurlburt have been working hard to get the word

  • Doolittle Raiders greet, inspire Air Commandos

    Exactly 71 years ago to the day they and their fellow Airmen turned the tide of the U.S. war effort, three World War II legends spoke to dozens of Hurlburt Airmen at the 319th Special Operations Squadron auditorium April 18. Lt. Col. Richard Cole, Lt. Col. Edward Saylor and Staff Sgt. David Thatcher

  • 1 SOMDG updates policy, affects non-active duty enrollees

    New changes to the TRICARE enrollment policies in the 1st Special Operations Medical Group at Hurlburt Field, Fla., will affect retirees and their dependents who receive care at the clinic for the remainder of this fiscal year and possibly beyond. Changes include requests for eligible retirees and

  • X-citing upgrade at base radiology

    The staff of 1st Special Operations Medical Support Squadron held a briefing to announce upgrades in radiology equipment at the Hurlburt Field Medical Clinic on Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 15.The new updates to the radiology room, now fully operational and available to Hurlburt Airmen and their

  • 2012 1st SOW Annual Award winners announced

    Congratulations to the following Air Commandos named the 2012 Annual 1st Special Operations Wing Award winners at the Hurlburt Field Soundside Club April 11. 1st Special Operations Wing Airman of the YearAirman 1st Class Rayna Yamamoto, 1st Special Operations Communications Squadron1st Special

  • Ceremony commemorates Month of Military Child

    Hurlburt Field children and Airmen gathered for the proclamation-signing cremony, delegating April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Month of the Military Child at the Youth Center Gym on Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 3. The proclamation was signed by Col. Douglas Dudley, commander of the 1st

  • Children answer call of nature

    Children from the Hurlburt Field Youth Center participated in a tree planting exercise near the Artisan Well on Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 29. "It's a missing generation," said Catherine Goss, operations clerk of the Hurlburt Child Development Center and nature program advocate for the Air Force.