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  • Fuel' s light awareness

    A traffic light turns yellow.  Do you slow down or speed up? Do you play it safe, or do you take a chance? What if chancing it compromised the mission, endangered the environment or resulted in loss of life?The traffic light by the Fuels Management building, which is located along Tully street

  • Disabled employee's hiring a "win-win" for workforce, AFSOC

    Peter Hoffman is a program analyst who has worked with the 720th Special Tactics Group for nearly a decade. Mr. Hoffman is critical to the future capability of AFSOC Airmen, and he is also a quadriplegic, the result of a car accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down more than 25 years

  • Reef dining facility HEATs up for lunch

    While Airman 1st Class Nathalyn Forget, 1st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, had eaten at the Hurlburt Field Reef Dining Facility before, she'd been told her lunch on Sept. 30 would be special. It wasn't because she was at the only buffet-style dining facility in the Air

  • Augmentees "backbone" of Operation Homecoming

    Operation Homecoming, when deployed Airmen return to Hurlburt Field, produces moments that could make even the steeliest NCO tear up. Though these events are poignant, there is another element that, while not as moving as the gatherings inside the hangar, is just as demonstrative of the

  • Single parents invited to relate, share at support group

    There are many jobs in the Air Force that could compete for the title of being the toughest. Whether it's flying multi-million-dollar aircraft, jumping out of planes over enemy territory or conducting a press conference, many jobs demonstrate the pressures associated with serving in the

  • The J-Team: Air Commando engineers "Always There, Anywhere"

    If you've ever flipped a light switch, driven on a paved road or even flushed a toilet on an Air Force base, you've benefited from the technical know-how and practical expertise of a civil engineer. Civil engineer squadrons perform vital services at Air Force bases around the world. Most civil

  • The future of Finance: PiPs and E-Finance

    When Air Force members move to different duty stations or come back from temporary duty assignments, one of their first stops used to be the Finance office.  However, Air Force Finance offices around the globe are moving to a new, electronic way of doing business.  Instead of driving and talking to

  • TAP helps Airmen transition to civilian life

    Airmen planning to separate or retire are encouraged to participate in the Air Force transition assistance program to help them make informed decisions on life after active-duty service.The Department of Defense partners with the Department of Labor and Veterans Affairs to provide TAP workshops at

  • TSP: Easy as 1-2-3

    There are many acronyms associated with military life: OPSEC, AFSC, MRE, GPC, TDY, etc. It's often understandable for first-time service members or outside observers to get confused in the alphabet soup that can make up service members' conversations. However, there's one acronym that few people can

  • Crash course in defensive driving

    "It's basically an ambush from hell and you all are going to experience it," said Ken DeVries, 371st Special Operations Combat Training Squadron defensive driving training instructor. The defensive driving exercise which took place on the Eglin Range, Fla., July 23, is part of the tactical force