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  • Ladies' Night Out

    Massages, makeup, manicures and munchies lured more than 100 women to the Hurlburt Field Chapel Dec. 2 for Ladies’ Night Out. The inaugural event was sponsored by the Protestant Women of the Chapel, and treated the ladies to a full range of pampering experiences. “We thought this would be a good

  • Satety coalition explains crime prevention tactics

    They let ordinary people know what thieves are thinking and how they steal, scam, mug, carjack, rape, invade, pick pocket and much more. The Public Safety Coalition is giving ‘Street Smart’ briefings in the base theater for all base people and spouses at 8 and 10 a.m., and 1 and 3 p.m, Wednesday and

  • CDC expansion

    Hurlburt Field leaders and children broke ground on the new child development center annex at 9 a.m. Tuesday. The $702,000 project, awarded to Artic Pipe & Materials, is scheduled for completion in about six months. “If anyone knows what it takes to go from an idea, to a design, having it contracted

  • Airman muscles competition

    When 5-year-old Troy Saunders saw Tom Platz – the man known most for his sculpted legs in the bodybuilding world – his mind was made up. “It made me want to have muscles like that,” said Master Sgt. Troy Saunders a transportation specialist with the 435th Materiel Maintenance Squadron. “From then

  • For children's sake

    The 6,700-square foot, $2.1 million addition to the Hurlburt Field Youth Center opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday, signifying an improvement for Hurlburt Field children and the before-and-after school programs offered. “It’s been a long time coming, and I thank 16th Services Squadron

  • Reflect on accomplishments, focus on 2006

    What a year it has been. Just think about it. The year began just as the three previous years – Air Commandos doing what they do best, continuing to support the Global War on Terrorism. We started off at a sprint, and the pace only got quicker. Hurricane season started off quickly as the first named

  • SFS Airman receives Bronze Star

    A security forces individual mobilized augmentee was presented a Bronze Star Wednesday by Col. Clifford “Skip” Day, 16th Mission Support Group commander. Tech. Sgt. Gary Barrow, a Fort Walton Beach native, and combat arms training and maintenance instructor with the 16th Security Forces Squadron,

  • Male, female athletes of year announced

    One shoots at targets, the other at strikeouts, but both are the Air Force Services Agency’s Athletes of the Year for 2005. Maj. Roger Sherman, a special assistant to the commander of U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the 2005 Male Athlete of the Year. He is a member of the

  • Tax statements

    Service members, military retirees and annuitants and federal civilian employees paid by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service can expect to receive their 2005 tax statements by mail soon, a DFAS official said. In fact, most retirees and annuitants already may have received theirs, with the

  • New internet blog trend threatens OPSEC

    Operational security is not something that should be put on the back burner and taken lightly. With an Internet connection, Airmen can send and post messages around the world instantly after an event happens. Details can be transmitted back to family and friends in the form of e-mails, and with new