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  • Officials urge Team Kirtland to use caution around coyotes

    The Kirtland Air Force Base Natural and Cultural Resources Office reminds Team Kirtland that the base's more than 52,000 acres is mostly undeveloped and has a large number of coyotes."Our coyote population is not out of control yet, but it is growing," said Dustin Akins, cultural and natural

  • Workshop for military parents and children

    The Museum of the American Military Family and Brats without Borders present "A Life in Transit: Growing Up Military," a workshop for military parents and their children age 12 and up, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Nov. 10 at the Kirtland AFB Chapel. Mobility, deployment, the culture shock of

  • Honorary commanders inducted

    Team Kirtland recognized 21 Albuquerque community leaders Nov. 1 at the annual Honorary Commanders Assumption of Command Ceremony at the Mountain View Club. Five new honoraries were inducted and Stuart Purviance, executive director of the Kirtland Partnership Committee, was inducted into the

  • CFC in final stretch

    The Team Kirtland Combined Federal Campaign is in the final stretch. The latest tally shows the installation has raised more than $373,000. Our 2012 goal is $435,000. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, countless CFC-based organizations provide relief in the form of food, shelter and resources to

  • KADD volunteers save lives

    For the past eight years, five volunteers have staffed an office on the bottom floor of dormitory 20352 every Friday and Saturday from 10:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m., waiting for the telephone to ring to achieve the next save.In 2012, 777 intoxicated individuals have received a ride home, but each program

  • Veterans Day honors a truly elite group

    Because we are Airmen, and are surrounded by the military on a daily basis, it can sometimes be easy to forget how incredibly significant it is to be a veteran. The approximately 22 million living veterans in this country make up only about 7 percent of the population. And less than 1 percent of

  • 377th Dental Squadron helps fight against tooth decay

    Xylitol is a funny-sounding word that packs a powerful punch when it comes to reducing tooth decay.The natural sweetener is in many items that most people come into contact with often. This includes several of the fruits and vegetables we eat daily, as well as the bark from certain trees, and

  • AFRL plays major role in historic near-space jump

    For more than nine minutes Oct. 14, an international audience watched as Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner egressed from a capsule 128,000 feet above the earth and fell toward the planet reaching speeds of 834 miles per hour, to become the first person to break the sound barrier outside a

  • FEHB holds open season, fair

    Federal Employees Health Benefits Open Season runs from Nov. 12 through Dec. 10. Open season elections will go into effect Jan. 1. The annual FEHB Open Season Benefits Fair will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 14 in the Consolidated Support Building, Building 20245, Room 120. Health benefits provider