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  • Commandos basketball, more than just a game

    The Hurlburt Field Commandos men's basketball team dominated the court Nov. 19 with another win against the Eglin Eagles at the Hurlburt Field Aderholt fitness center 101-81.The Commandos are part of the Southeastern Military Athletic Conference, consisting of six Air Force teams and one Navy team.

  • 1st SOLRS Airmen Haul U.S. out of Iraq

    IRAQ - Staff Sgt. William Clarkson and Senior Airman Ryan Baker, vehicle operators with the 70th Medium Truck Detachment, recently deployed to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia from the 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. Clarkson and Baker, have a job

  • No longer a 'Loss': World War II survivor receives Purple Heart

    Nearly 70 years later and after trekking 60 miles over unforgiving terrain on what would infamously become known as the Bataan Death March, retired Tech. Sgt. Pete Loss is receiving the Purple Heart for the hell he endured as a prisoner of war in the Pacific theater of World War II. Colonel Jim

  • 505th TRS commemorates Marine Corps birthday

    To honor the 236th U.S. Marine Corps birthday, Marines stationed at the 505th Training Squadron celebrated with a cake-cutting ceremony Nov.11."This day has special significance for all Marines," said U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Gilberto Gonzalez, Marine liaison for the 505th TRS. "It makes them feel

  • Commando Airmen run by the thousands

    More than 3,000 1st Special Operations Wing Airmen ran 2.6 miles past C-130s and other aircraft in a wing-wide formation run on the flightline Nov. 7, at Hurlburt Field Fla. 1st SOW leadership organized the run to build morale and promote high physical training standards."The wing run was put

  • Airmen complete CCAF degree

    Team Hurlburt members gathered at the Soundside club to celebrate the academic achievements of 316 enlisted airmen who earned their associate degrees from the Community College of the Air Force during a graduation ceremony Nov. 10, 2011. Graduates underwent months and years of technical training,

  • Hurlburt Field announces chief promotions

    Congratulations to the following Hurlburt Field Airmen selected for promotion to chief master sergeant. The complete list can be found at the Air Force Personnel Center Web site: http://www.afpc.af.mil/promotions/chief/index.asp1st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance SquadronTodd BoyleAir Force

  • Hurlburt Field announces civilian workforce reductions

    The Air Force has eliminated 100 positions in base support career fields at Hurlburt Field as a result of a Department of Defense-wide initiative to reduce civilian manpower to fiscal year 2010 levels in order to meet the President's fiscal year 2012 budget. This process is part of an on-going