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  • Program offers struggling vets help, not jail

    New Mexico Veterans Integration Centers have a new program aimed at getting veterans help instead of jail time.The local nonprofit has added a jail diversion program to its transitional housing program. Fermin Ortega, transitional housing manager and Army veteran, said VIC received money from the

  • Hundreds brave chilly temperatures to honor veterans at local ceremony

    The streets around Kirtland came alive with activity to honor America's veterans on Wednesday, Veterans Day.A parade crewed by vintage military vehicles, a sizable contingent of Albuquerque police and droves of young Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps members from local high schools set off from

  • Kirtland Warrior: Airman 1st Class Joseph Bryant

    Kirtland WarriorName:  Airman 1st Class Joseph BryantSquadron: 377 Medical Support SquadronDuty Title: Pharmacy TechnicianHometown: Fremont, MichiganGoals: Bryant is currently working on his second set of CDCs.  His goal is to meet or beat the score of 91 percent he attained on his first EOC

  • Commentary: Heroes are everywhere

    As we approach Veterans Day, I am reminded that those of us wearing the uniform have a special bond with those who have worn the uniform -- our veterans.We share an identity that transcends any differences we may have. We unite in a duty to serve and sacrifice for our great nation, to ensure liberty

  • DLA reviews responses to ESPC opportunity at Kirtland

    The Defense Logistics Agency released a notice of opportunity recently for an energy savings performance contract, or ESPC, for improvements in energy efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and is currently reviewing responses from multiple energy

  • Kirtland boy throws first pitch at Cubs game

    Julian Leonard may look like a normal toddler, but the little guy recently had an experience most people never do: He threw out a ceremonial first pitch at a Chicago Cubs game.He's also been battling cancer for almost his entire life.Two-and-a-half-year-old Julian is the youngest child of Jessica

  • Air Force, NMED to host public information meeting Nov. 17

    The Air Force and the New Mexico Environment Department will host a public information meeting Tuesday, Nov. 17, at the African American Performing Arts Center to provide an update on the Kirtland Air Force Base Bulk Fuels Facility leak cleanup activities.The meeting runs from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Prior

  • Military support group serves local VA patients

    An organization called Solders' Angels is ramping up efforts to help veterans at the Raymond G. Murphy Veterans Administration Medical Center and is seeking local volunteers tto participate.Vicki Sarracino, Soldiers' Angels vice president of field operations, said they are bringing in a

  • USAFA's band Blue Steel visits New Mexico

    "Shut Up and Dance" by Walk the Moon. "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten.The U.S. Air Force Academy Blue Steel band played those songs and a few more Friday outside the Student Union Building at the University of New Mexico. The performance, like all of the band's shows, was free and open to the