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Dec. 19, 2018
Operation Holiday Cheer warms hundreds of hearts

The scale of the operation was measured in the hundreds: more than 150 volunteers, more than 800 families, more than 600 toys, more than 300 pounds of ham and potatoes, more than 100 gallons of posóle. These were the estimates as people, food, presents and entertainment began to stack up at Fire
Dec. 19, 2018
Kirtland Outdoor Recreation hosts open house

Outdoor Recreation hosted an open house here, Dec. 19, 2018.
Dec. 18, 2018
Having the confidence to save a life outside the emergency room

“I heard a breath--a gasp--leave his body,” said Master Sgt. Charles Phillips, 705th Combat Training Squadron superintendent. “There was no confidence in my body at that moment. I had to do CPR on this guy or he was not going to live.”
Dec. 18, 2018
Pentagon releases new BAH rates

The 2019 Basic Allowance for Housing rates, slated to take effect in January, were released by the DoD this week.
Dec. 17, 2018
Kirtland Fire Dept. trains, graduates new firefighters

The Kirtland Air Force Base Fire Department swore-in six new firefighters in a ceremony here Dec. 14. The group of cadets completed training at Kirtland, in a Fire and Emergency Services Training Academy program developed by the KAFBFD.
Dec. 14, 2018
Sullivan takes command of 415th SOS

Lt. Col. Joey Sullivan took the 415th Special Operations Squadron guidon during a change of command ceremony here Dec. 14. Col. Richard Carrell, 58th Operations Group commander, was the presiding officer.
Dec. 14, 2018
Airman Leadership School class 19-2 graduates

Kirtland’s Airman Leadership School Class 19-2 graduated Dec. 13 in a ceremony at the Mountain View Club here. Airman Leadership School prepares junior enlisted Airmen to become NCOs in the U.S. Air Force. ALS instructors and Kirtland enlisted leaders took 24 Airmen through the first rung of
Dec. 14, 2018
Airman 1st Class Ana Baynes, Diamond Sharp Winner

Airman 1st Class Ana Baynes, 377th Security Forces Squadron defender, was awarded the November Diamond Sharp Award for her actions off duty in performing the Heimlich maneuver when she saw an elderly man choking.
Dec. 12, 2018
Dec. 16 marks 60th anniversary of Vandenberg’s first nuclear-capable ballistic missile launch

On Nov. 6, an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., down the Western Test Range over the Pacific Ocean. The launch was supported by members of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, especially the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems
Dec. 10, 2018
Trees for Troops

The two-day Trees for Troops event provided free Christmas trees for members of Team Kirtland. Last year the program delivered 17,400 Christmas trees to 70 U.S. military bases; 250 trees delivered to four international bases; and is in its 14th year.

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