Articles

  • Air Force alters leave program

    The Air Force recently implemented four major changes to the leave program, with one of the biggest perks being an increase in the amount of leave an Airman is allowed to carry over every year. "These changes will reduce paperwork and ultimately provide more rest and recuperation time for Hurlburt's

  • Son thanks 20th SOS for taking care of their own

    Many people say the most important thing in special operations is the group of people that surround you. Some folks from the 20th Special Operations Squadron have brought that mantra home from the battlefield and are finding the results very inspiring. Jarmal Riley, the son of a 20th SOS member that

  • Commandos capture softball championship

    The Commando Softball team travelled to Orlando recently to participate in the 2008 Amateur Softball Association Men's National Military Invitational with the intent to win. And win they did. "It was the first year ASA hosted a national military tournament, and we wanted to show off how talented

  • Homeland defense goes virtual

    The 705th Combat Training Squadron at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., is hundreds of miles from Hurlburt Field. But the squadron, which is part of the 505th Distributive Warfare Group at Kirtland and the 505th Command and Control Wing at Hurlburt, stays intrinsically connected through the virtual

  • Lightning safety shouldn't be taken lightly

    An Airman from the 1st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was struck by lightning at Pensacola Beach, Fla., July 13. He was struck while attempting to get out of a thunderstorm's path and into safety. The Airman was transported to the hospital and died from his wounds one week

  • When sirens blare: Don't ask why, take action

    As the steady, three-minute siren rang out, some people looked at one another with shrugging shoulders while others on Hurlburt Field knew what to do and where to go. Shortly after, several phone calls flooded the command post as people tried to figure out what was going on. This scenario is true,

  • 1st SOMDG Airman lives volleyball dream

    Airman 1st Class Thomas Read from the 1st Special Operations Dental Squadron recently represented his squadron, the Air Force and the United States while living his dream. Airman Read had a goal of playing volleyball on the Air Force team. With the support of his commander, Col. James Schumacher,