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  • Open season for FEHB enrollment starts Nov. 10

    The Federal Employees Health Benefits Open Season is upon us.  This is the time that Air Force civilian employees are authorized to enroll in an FEHB health plan through open enrollment or make changes to their health insurance benefits.  The FEHB Open Season runs from Nov. 10 to Dec. 8. During the

  • Vigilance and reporting: Our best defenses against terrorism

    In response to our country's increased involvement in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and its supporters have stepped up calls, through social media campaigns and other venues, for supporters to violently attack United States' interests including service members and their

  • What to know about Ebola

    Ebola has been prominent in the daily news after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently confirmed the first case in the United States.  Even though Ebola continues to capture the world's attention, the possibility of contracting Ebola in the United States is quite remote. Casual

  • Air Force and NMED to host public information meeting Oct. 23

    The Air Force and the New Mexico Environment Department will host a public information meeting Thursday, Oct. 23, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., to provide an update on cleanup activities related to the Kirtland Air Force Base Bulk Fuels Facility site.The quarterly event has been moved to a new venue this

  • Balloonists bring joy, wonder to children on base

    No one avoided talking about the giant, pink elephant at Hardin Field. In fact, it was the only thing the children from the Child Development Center on Gibson wanted to discuss.Nelly-B, a special shape balloon, and its crew were on base Friday morning. Paige Stubbs, the assistant director for the

  • Flu vaccine now available at the 377th Medical Group

    The flu vaccine is now available, in shot or mist form, at the 377th Medical Group for active duty and TRICARE eligible beneficiaries.Receiving a flu shot (or mist) is the best way to protect yourself and your family members from the influenza virus during the upcoming flu season.  Influenza is

  • Sandia team shows off work in solar power

    Sandia National Laboratories recently gave a glimpse of future uses of solar power.Vipin Gupta, co-lead of Sandia's Materials, Devices and Energy Technologies division, recently spoke at TEDx ABQ, the local incarnation of TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) Talks. The presentations -- which

  • Nuclear Science Week to be celebrated at museum

    The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, located just past Kirtland's Eubank gate, will be a center of activity for a national commemoration of nuclear science later this month.Nuclear Science Week, being held for the fifth year at sites across the country, had its start at the local