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  • Ceremony recognizes 58th SOW annual award winners

    During an annual awards ceremony Feb. 8 at the Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid, members of the 58th Special Operations Wing were recognized for their contributions to the wing.Congratulations to the following winners:58th Operations Group Airman of the Year - Airman 1st Class Megan Lenz (58th

  • 377th MDG garners prestigious award

    Kirtland's 377th Medical Group was deemed the best of 66 military treatment facilities Air Force-wide and received the 2013 Surgeon General's Award for Best Clinic of the Year. "Every member of the 377th Medical Group should stand tall, as it took the entire team - military, civilians, and our

  • Kirtland sergeant saves man from choking

    The first time Tech. Sgt. Martelli Major performed the Heimlich maneuver outside of training, he saved a man's life.Major, who works in the 58th Maintenance Group, was attending a leadership course in October at the Robert D. Gaylor NCO Academy in San Antonio when he came across a dire situation."My

  • AFRL Scholar creates winning design

    Air Force Research Laboratory Space Scholar Daniel Osuna finds that hard work pays off in amazing ways. Last summer, as an intern with the AFRL Scholars program, Osuna's project was to design a new entrance for the AFRL Phillips Space Conference Center. Kirtland's Civil Engineer Division approved

  • Youth Center offers spring baseball league

    Kids looking for a way to be active this spring have an opportunity with a baseball league.The youth center is holding registration for their annual youth baseball league. "Last year we had a pretty good turnout with six teams for one league and four teams for another league, giving us almost 100

  • Parenting class offers strategies for helping teens make healthy decisions

    February is National Teen Dating Violence and Prevention Month, and the Department of Justice's Office of Violence Against Women has released statistics on teen dating and violence and the statistics are startling. · 33 percent of female teens in dating relationships have feared for their safety; ·

  • Honor Guardsman of the Month: Senior Airman Donald Vedral

    HONOR GUARDSMAN OF THE MONTH - January 2014Name: Senior Airman Donald VedralUnit: 898th Munitions SquadronDuty title: Maintenance workerJob description: Performing limited life component exchanges to preserve our nation's stockpileHometown: Dallas, TexasCareer goals: Graduate from the Community

  • Kirtland's fourth quarter graduates recognized

    Congratulations to the following Team Kirtland members on completing a degree or certificate program during the fourth quarter of 2013, AFMC's "Year of the Graduate."The goal of YoGrad was to inspire those considering or currently working on an education plan to start, continue or complete that

  • AFMC promotes American Heart Month

    February is American Heart Month. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report approximately 600,000 Americans die from heart disease each year -- that's one out of every four deaths. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women, but heart disease is preventable and