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  • Kirtland offers activities in celebration of Police Week

    Kirtland is offering a host of events to commemorate the observance of National Police Week, which takes place May 15-21.In 1962, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as "National Peace Officers Memorial Day," and the calendar week in which May 15 falls as "National Police Week." Established

  • Media campaign to help promote responsible drinking

    A media campaign will soon hit Kirtland with the intent of enhancing resiliency by dispelling common misconceptions about alcohol behaviors thereby promoting responsible drinking.The campaign, called the Social Norms Project, capitalizes on the strong tendency of young people to conform to group

  • 58th SOW Airmen share training, first station

    Two of Team Kirtland's newest Airmen met each other for the first time in the recruiter's office in Orlando, Florida, completed training together and are now assigned to the same duty station."Neither I or the first sergeant have heard of something like this happening before, that two people go

  • Kirtland extends AFAF donation window to May 13

    Team Kirtland members will have two more weeks to donate to the Air Force Assistance Fund, as the deadline to donate has been extended to May 13.Currently, the base has raised almost $21,405, about 30 percent of its overall goal of $69,049.The annual effort raises funds to provide support throughout

  • Airmen and the Zika virus: What you need to know

    The Zika virus is one of the hottest topics making the news, and it is an infectious disease that can likely affect a very mobile military population.This disease is serious enough that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is acutely tracking its progress as the virus has made its way to

  • AFRL's Mission to Mars program takes flight

    Thirty-seven schools and 1,048 fifth graders recently simulated life on Mars and built their own life support systems. The Air Force Research Laboratory La Luz Academy Mission to Mars program celebrated its 22nd year on April 22. Students from across New Mexico gathered at the Albuquerque Convention

  • Tips to break a sugar habit

    Sugar is a simple carbohydrate that your body uses for fuel, but it has no other nutritional value and has been shown to have addictive properties. Today the typical American consumes more than 140 pounds of sugar a year, compared to only 10 pounds per year in the 1800's.  And it's no wonder, as