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  • 377th Medical Group wins EMT rodeo

    Airmen from the 377th Medical Group took first place overall Oct. 9 at the annual Emergency Medical Technician Rodeo at Cannon AFB, N.M."The purpose of the event is to allow medical technicians to use their EMT skills in a competitive format," said Tech. Sgt. Michael Charles, Kirtland team captain.

  • AFOTEC gets new commander

    The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center held a change of commandceremony here Oct. 22 as Maj. Gen. David J. Eichhorn assumed command of the centerfrom Maj. Gen. Stephen T. Sargeant. Lt. Gen. William L. Shelton, the assistant vice chief of staff of the Air Force, presided.As a certified

  • CGOC visits Trinity Site, VLA

    Fourteen officers, family members and friends of the Team Kirtland Company Grade Officer Council took a group road trip Oct. 2 to the Trinity Site and the Very Large Array.Located on what is now White Sands Missile Range, the Trinity Site was where the world's first nuclear bomb test occured and is

  • Red Ribbon Week wraps up

    Red ribbons are generally associated with birthday gifts and Christmas presents. Butduring the last week of October, it becomes a symbol for drug awareness education.Red Ribbon Week in October kicks off annual drug prevention programs, highlighting continuing prevention, early intervention and

  • Health benefits open season begins Nov. 8

    Federal employee health benefits open season runs from Nov. 8 through Dec. 13. Open Season elections go into effect Jan. 2.The annual FEHB Fair will be Nov. 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Consolidated Support Building, Room 120.Health representatives will answer questions and discuss changes for

  • Facebook advisory

    The social networking site Facebook added the new feature "Places I Checked Into". This feature displays your location to "friends" when you log into the site. This has the potential of putting Facebook users at risk by drawing attention to their whereabouts. If used at a deployed or sensitive

  • Departing Directed Energy Directorate leader reflects on duties

    Since February 2007, Susan J. Thornton has served as the director of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base. next week, she starts her new position as director of the Engineering and Technical Management, Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air

  • Tactical Satellite-3 wins award

    During the third annual C4ISR Big 25 Awards ceremony conducted in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 12, Tactical Satellite-3 and its primary payload, the Advanced Responsive Tactically-Effective Military Imaging Spectrometer, earned the Top 5 honor in the Sensors category.TacSat-3, administered by the Air

  • Wounded Warrior reflects on experiences

    Kirtland Air Force Base's first annual Wounded Warrior luncheon was Oct. 12 at the Mountain View Club. The event, part of Wounded Warrior Month, featured Senior Airman Michael Malarsie as the guest speaker, who was injured in Afghanistan while assigned to an Army unit as a tactical air control

  • New AFSC commander looks to the future

    Maj. Gen. Greg Feest took charge of the Air Force Safety Center in a Sept. 1 ceremony.During a recent interview, General Feest looked to the future of AFSC and spoke of his goals for the organization."Our vision here in the Safety Center is to have a world-class safety organization, protecting and