Articles

  • 505th CCW Recycling Day to help kids afford school

    The 505th Command and Control Wing announces a "Recycling Day" to raise money for kids and the base May 30. The highly successful concept of a recycling day was initiated by Mr. Richard Williams, 505th CCW civil engineering facilities director, to increase local awareness of the Hurlburt Field

  • Northern Edge 2008: Testing real vs. virtual training limits

    Approximately 5000 U.S. active duty, National Guard and Reserve Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen participants were asking "is it real or is it virtual" Monday at Alaska's largest military training event for joint forces called Northern Edge 2008. The overall goal for Northern Edge is to conduct joint

  • Remembering Kristallnacht 70 years later

    A Holocaust Remembrance event will be held at the base chapel May 14 at 9 a.m. The guest of honor will be Dr. Gail Wallen from the Jewish Family and Children's Center in Tucson, Ariz. Guest speakers include Wanda Wolosky and Walter Feiger who survived the Holocaust and will speak about their

  • 1st SOW proves satisfactory during information assurance inspection

    The 1st Special Operations Wing's information assurance program received a satisfactory rating after a thorough inspection April 1 - 11. The biennial inspection, also known as the Information Assurance Assessment Program was conducted by a team of eight people from Air Force Special Operations

  • Airmen add color to deployed environment

    When the Taliban took power in 1996, they imposed a new way of life and removed basic freedoms for the people of Afghanistan. Among those freedoms was the banishment of art. For more than a decade, art has been missing from this society. So a group of 39 artists from Task Force MED wanted people to

  • 1st SOW joins state, federal partners to promote motorcycle safety

    One out of every nine road fatalities accounted for last year in the United States involved motorcycle riders. This steady increase in fatalities over the past decade represents one of the nation's greatest challenges. Motorcycle fatalities now account for 11 percent of total road fatalities and

  • Commando Auditorium opens its doors

    After being shut down last year due to poor movie attendance, the base theater has reopened its doors with a fresh makeover, a new name and a revised purpose. A ribbon-cutting ceremony April 28 celebrated the official opening of Commando Auditorium. Now owned by the 1st Special Operations Mission

  • Hurlburt remembers Operation Eagle Claw

    On Nov. 4, 1979, 53 Americans were taken hostage by militant Iranian "students" at the United States Embassy in Teheran, Iran. Thus, began a period of 444 days in which these Americans were held captive. That same day, the highest levels of the U.S. government made a commitment to return the

  • Alcohol: Sex offender weapon of choice

    Studies show that the weapon most often used to commit a sexual assault is not a gun or a knife. Offenders use alcohol and other incapacitating substances much more frequently to coerce and incapacitate victims in acts of sexual violence. As a result, social scientists are revising their theories

  • Record recycling profits create scholarship opportunities

    The Hurlburt Field Recycling Center has established two $1,000 scholarships for area high school seniors interested in environmental issues. Under the Hurlburt Recycles for Education scholarship program, the center will award these scholarships for expenses at a college or university in Florida.