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  • Single Airman Initiative reconnecting Airmen with base services

    The Single Airman Initiative has gained popularity since its inception in October 2011.The Air Force-wide program is designed to reconnect Airmen with certain services an Air Force base provides."It's geared toward the single Airman, but it is open to the whole base populace," said Joni Van Meir,

  • Rambo comes home

    Staff Sgt. Marcus Moreno, 377th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler and Rambo, an MWD, were among the last U.S. military members to leave Iraq following the conclusion of Operation New Dawn in December 2011.Rambo was one of the final two MWDs to leave Iraq. Moreno and Rambo

  • Exchange construction moves garden center to Mini Mall

    Exchange customers looking to spruce up their gardens will now have to shop at a different location.Due to the construction of a new Exchange Mall, the garden center has been relocated to the furniture store at the Mini Mall, at Frost Avenue and First Street."We had to move the garden center because

  • AFAF launches March 5

    Capt. Nicholas Weightman, 377th Medical Support Squadron, is the Kirtland Air Force Base installation project officer for the 2012 Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign. The drive seeks donations for the four charitable affiliates that directly benefit the extended Air Force family. He said the local

  • Griffin Memorial Golf Tournament March 9

    The Rising 6 organization invites Team Kirtland to take part in a golf tournament for the upcoming Staff Sgt. Griffin Memorial. The 4-player scramble will be March 9 at the Tijeras Arroyo Golf Course, with show time at 9:30 a.m. and tee off at 10 a.m. For more information, contact

  • KAFB to host National Prayer Breakfast March 9

    The Kirtland AFB National Prayer Breakfast will be at 7:30 a.m. Friday, March 9, at the Mountain View Club. Tickets are $5 and attire will be uniform of the day. The guest speaker will be Col. Harry Mathis, AFMC command chaplain. Contact the chapel at 856-5691 or 377ABW.HC@kirtland.af.mil to reserve

  • Housing customer services hours change

    Beginning March 1, walk-in customer service hours will be reduced to four days a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wait times for walk-in customers may increase due to the reduction of customer service staff; however, customers may call 846-8217 in advance to schedule

  • KIRTLAND WARRIOR

    RANK/NAME:Airman 1st Class Jamahi Prado CuevasUNIT:377th Medical Support SquadronDUTY TITLE: Readiness technicianHOMETOWN:Carson, Calf. ACCOMPLISHMENTS:Member of the Kirtland Air Force Base Honor Guard. "I am blessed to have my position in the hospital. I love being part of something greater than

  • Recycling materials the correct way

    When people at Kirtland Air Force Base properly use recycling bins, they contribute raw material to a production cycle that takes items collected here for processing into other useful products.That system works well, according to the base's solid waste program manager, Katrina Wheelock. "We

  • Spouse earns annual AFMC award

    Patricia Sulham, wife of Major Clifford Sulham, has been named the 2012 AFMC Connie Yates Spouse of the Year. Sulham will compete at the Air Force level for the prestigious Joan Orr Spouse of the Year award. She volunteers as a key spouse for Air Force Research Laboratory.The Key Spouse program is