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  • Use safe practices around fireworks, grills

    Every year Americans look forward to summer vacations, camping, family reunions, picnics and the Fourth of July. Summertime, however, also brings fires and injuries. Annually, more than 8,000 Americans are injured by fireworks and grill fires. More than half of these injuries occur during the first

  • New base project to provide HOPE

    The 1st Special Operations Wing is in the midst of implementing an initiative to aid Airmen and their families throughout all phases of the deployment process. Project HOPE SOS!, which stands for Helping Our People Excel/Endure Special Operations Sustainment, is a holistic helping concept created to

  • Spouse coined for quick response

    A Hurlburt Field wife was at the right place at the right time June 4 when she witnessed an unusual accident. Mindi Acree was the only one to witness a 41-year-old male repeatedly ram through a fence around 10:15 p.m. The suspect broke through the fence area on Martin Luther King Jr, Blvd. and

  • 20th SOS completes final mountain training

    The 20th Special Operations Squadron and the 1st Special Operations Helicopter Maintenance Squadron have completed the final MH-53 mountain training exercise in the Appalachian Mountains in western Virginia and southern West Virginia. Approximately 90 operations and maintenance personnel arrived in

  • Hearts Apart educates spouses about hurricanes

    Two things are certain at Hurlburt Field - deployments and hurricane season. When the two collide, and the spouse of a deployed Airman is left to deal with both issues, it can make for a pretty stressful situation. That's where Hurlburt Field's Hearts Apart program comes in. While their usual events

  • Services NCO wins AF award

    An Airman with the 1st Special Operations Services Squadron received the Air Force Hennessy Travelers Association Award of Excellence May 17. Staff Sgt. Janice Ladd earned the award for her work as a shift leader at the Riptide Dining Facility. "She is an amazing NCO who has made an immediate impact