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  • Renovations reduce wait times in VA emergency room

    Average wait times in the VA's emergency room has been drastically reduced.Maureen Casey, 377th MDG's Health Care Plans & Analysis director, said wait times have dropped to under an hour. They were as high as two hours with 10 percent of patients leaving before being seen. "This reduction in wait

  • Basic Allowance for Housing with dependents recertification

    An Air Force-wide Basic Allowance for Housing recertification for Airmen currently receiving with-dependent rate BAH began March 1 and is scheduled to be completed by December. Due to discrepancies found in the BAH recertification process during a recent Department of Defense-wide audit, the Air

  • AFRL researcher a role model for budding scientists

    "I get to spend half my time thinking about molecules and half my time thinking about satellites," said Dr. Jaime Stearns, head of a space chemical lab in the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles directorate at Kirtland. "In order to develop a new technology for a satellite, we have to

  • Six Team Kirtland members make senior master sergeant promotion list

    Congratulations to six Team Kirtland members who were selected for promotion to the enlisted rank of senior master sergeant.The promotees are:Andrew Bessette - Air Force Inspection AgencyDawn Couey - Air Force Inspection AgencyEric Granzberg - 58th Aircraft Maintenance SquadronJames Karmann - 512th

  • Air Force Assistance Fund: Airmen helping Airmen

    The Air Force Assistance Fund, an annual effort to raise funds for the charitable affiliates that provide support to Air Force families in need, is underway.The fundraiser occurs once a year for six weeks, and it is the only campaign allowed to solicit and collect contributions from federal

  • AFRL salutes award winning employees

    The Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy and Space Vehicles Directorates  recently held the AFRL Phillips Research Site 2013 Annual Awards ceremony to recognize employees who had distinguished themselves during the past year. Dr. David A. Hardy, director of the Directed Energy Directorate,

  • Kirtland earns Tree City USA status, plants new tree

    Kirtland achieved Tree City USA status and received a new tree in celebration of Arbor Day.A new Modesto Ash was planted March 14 at the southwest side of the Mountain View Club in recognition of Kirtland attaining Tree City status through the Arbor Day Foundation.  Kirtland has achieved that

  • 58th OSS packs 3,000 pounds for 1,000 foot fall

    What the 58th Operations Support Squadron does to prepare a package for training airdrop is by no means simple. And, according to Master Sgt. Shaun Seredni of the 58th OSS, the Airmen who learn to rig these packages may never do anything like this again in their Air Force career.Kirtland is one of

  • Marine unit trains in Ospreys at Kirtland AFB

    When it comes to training like you fight, there is no better place to train for the dry, dusty environment then in the mountainous and desert terrain of Albuquerque, N.M., just outside of Kirtland Air Force Base.More than 150 Marines from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 departed for