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  • Peer-led group helps combat veterans cope

    Army veteran and Sandia National Laboratories employee John Boehm thought it would be a good idea for his fellow veterans to get together and talk over their combat experiences and the difficulties they had after coming home.He thought he was doing a good deed for his fellow veterans, not himself.

  • Kirtland to host crime prevention workshop Sept. 5

    Crime is on the rise in Albuquerque, and the base wants to help its members protect themselves.Kirtland is presenting a crime prevention and safety awareness workshop Sept. 5 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the 377th Air Base Wing Presentation Center.Dinah Dziolek, a key spouse member, requested the

  • Tops in Blue to perform in Albuquerque Sunday, August 24

    The Air Force's "Tops in Blue" entertainment ensemble will perform a free concert at 6 p.m. Sunday, August 24, at the Kiva Auditorium in downtown Albuquerque.The event is open to the public and tickets are not required. Kiva Auditorium is located on the upper level of the West Complex at the

  • Contaminated dirt removed from bulk fuel facility

    Tons of soil were excavated from the bulk fuels facility at Kirtland on Aug. 7 as part of a effort to remediate the fuel plume. Some 1,700 cubic yards of soil will be removed from an old fuel loading station in the area where an underground leak was discovered.The work is expected to be completed in

  • Legal Notice

    Col. Tom D. Miller, 377th Air Base Wing commander, regretfully announces the death of Senior Airman Malcolm Romain, 58th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Anyone having claims against or indebtedness to the estate of Airman Romain should contact 1st Lt. Jonathan Bradley, summary courts officer, at

  • Medical Group hosting focus groups to solicit ideas, feedback

    In order to improve the quality of medical and dental care provided, the 377th Medical Group is holding four focus groups. Leadership would like these groups to help them determine where they are meeting customer needs and where they may need to redirect actions and energy.  They are seeking candid

  • Blazing a path from Ghana to the AF

    It's a long way from Ghana to Kirtland.To see Eric Amissah, an unassuming, decorated lieutenant colonel -- currently deputy division chief at the Kirtland-based Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center -- one would not sense the journey that took him from Ghana to a successful military

  • AFRL officer serves country, community

    For Capt. Chana Greene, an Air Force Research Laboratory scientist, the past eight years the Air Force has given her what she wanted: a job with meaning and purpose."I was destined to be an engineer or a scientist as the daughter of a math teacher and nuclear engineer," Greene said.Greene arrived at

  • Leader of Kirtland’s pharmacy lands prestigious award

    Kirtland's pharmacy is in good hands.Lt. Col. Derek Larbie, flight commander of the 377th Medical Group's pharmacy, received the American Hospital Association's 2013 Federal Health Care Executive Special Achievement Award. The award recognizes uniformed and non-uniformed federal health care leaders

  • Local lawyer doing marathon Grand Canyon hike for vets

    Matthew Vance didn't follow in his father's footsteps and serve in uniform. But now, he's stepping up to help those who did, in a very big way."My path was different when I was younger," he said, "but sometimes I wish that I had (served) and I respect those who do."Vance was an Air Force brat and