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  • CJR program suspended until further notice

    The Career Job Reservation program has been suspended by the Air Force until further program guidance becomes available.Any Airmen who was in a constraining career field with a February 2014 date of separation will not receive a CJR. For those four-year enlistees with a TAFMSD of February 2010 and

  • Kirtland resident’s haunted creation to benefit Boy Scout Troop 85

    One Kirtland resident's dedication to his charitable Halloween event aims to not only give the base community a scare or two, but also benefit the Boy Scouts.For the past month, Bruce Hendrix, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, has been spending his free time building a sizeable haunted house in

  • Commentary: National Day of Remembrance

    Since 2009, the United States Senate has annually designated Oct. 30 a National Day of Remembrance for nuclear weapons workers. On Sept. 18, 2013, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed Senate Resolution 164 designating Oct. 30, 2013, the fifth National Day of Remembrance to recognize the sacrifices of

  • Competition teaches students about cyber security

    In coming weeks, teams of Albuquerque high school students will participate in a national competition designed to help them learn to protect computer system and networks. Their success will depend, in part, on the efficacy of Kirtland and Sandia National Laboratories mentors who have helped teach

  • Giant tailgate party planned for UNM-AFA football game

    Fans of Air Force football should plan on joining a giant tailgate party in advance of the New Mexico - Air Force Academy football game Nov. 8.Capt. Daniel Benfield, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, is planning the party for cadets, former graduates, Kirtland personnel and Air Force

  • AFRL University Nanosatellite Program celebrates satellite launches

    Excitement was in the air recently when two of the Air Force Research Laboratory's  University Nanosatellite Program satellites were successfully launched at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on a SpaceX Falcon 9 1.1 rocket. Cornell University's CUSat and the University of Colorado Boulder's Drag

  • Unused, expired medications wanted — no questions asked

    Team Kirtland members who have unused or expired medications will have an opportunity to get rid of them safely this month. The semiannual Drug Enforcement Agency National Prescription Take-Back Day is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 25 at the 377th Medical Group clinic lobby and Oct. 26 at

  • FDA warns against dietary supplement

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers to stop using OxyElite Pro, a dietary supplement, because of suspected links to acute hepatitis. The FDA, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Hawaii Department of Health are investigating reports of acute