Articles

  • AAFES: Giving back to Hurlburt

    The Army & Air Force Exchange Service manages several businesses at Hurlburt Field like the mini mall, clothing sales and the auto pride center. But did you know that every time someone makes use of these facilities a percentage comes directly back to the base? "AAFES dividends contributed more than

  • AFSOC Chiefs' Orientation sheds light on leadership role

    More than 20 top enlisted members got a crash course in what it means to be an Air Force Special Operations Command chief master sergeant through the AFSOC Chiefs' Orientation held here Jan. 22-25. The senior master sergeants and chief master sergeants who attended the orientation came from AFSOC

  • Honor Guard rolls out online request process

    The Hurlburt Field honor guard now utilizes the Web to provide customers a new way of reserving their services. A new link on the honor guard Web site allows members of Hurlburt and the community to request their participation at funerals, retirement ceremonies, weddings and other venues requiring

  • Fit Eagle Competition brings out 'best of best'

    The 4th Special Operations Squadron team won first place during the 17th Annual Fit Eagle competition Feb. 9 at the Aderholt Fitness Center. Sixteen teams participated in a variety of events that included a 5K run, pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups, sit and reach, tug o' war and a mystery event - the

  • Motorcycle safety saves lives

    Hurlburt's Air Commandos are our most valuable assets. This is clear in the Special Operations Forces truth that "Humans are more important than hardware," and in our wing Aimpoint of "Taking best care of our wingmen, families and resources." The 1st Special Operations Wing has recently seen an

  • The making of an air commando

    I had never heard the song before, but the melody was vaguely familiar: "Swamp rat, swamp rat, where do you hi-ide? "Come out in the open and I'll be your guy-ide." The raspy voice bounced off the tall pines in Kisatchie National Forest in central Louisiana: I'm a friendly guerilla who'll take you

  • Airman found dead Jan. 31

    A master sergeant from the 1st Special Operations Component Maintenance Squadron was found dead Jan. 31 in Pensacola. Master Sgt. Eric Einan, 45, was found dead near Seventh Avenue and Maxwell Street after his car was discovered by Pensacola police department a few hours earlier at Seventh Avenue

  • 1st SOMXG secretary mourned

    A memorial service was held Thursday for Sandra Kay Waters, 1st Special Operations Maintenance Group, in the Hurlburt Chapel. Mrs. Waters, who passed away last week from cancer, helped Col. Socrates Greene, 1st SOMXG commander, take care of the men and women of the 1st SOMXG. She was awarded the Air

  • ‘Holy Smokes’ Fire consumes 262 acres near Hurlburt

    Fire consumed 262 acres of Eglin Air Force Base property Jan. 31 following a 720th Operations Support Squadron training session on a range just outside Hurlburt Field. No one was injured, but clouds of light brown smoke rose from the blaze for more than three hours. According to environmental

  • Deployed site pauses for Chapman memorial

    I was in country for a little over week, but nothing defined my role in this war or my place in the Air Force more than this one night. It was late in the afternoon as we gathered up for formation. Support personnel and special operators from all the joint services stood side by side as we waited