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  • Program gives students chance to earn while they learn

    The Student Career Experience Program, or SCEP, is an employment program that provides high school and college students valuable work experience in the Defense Commissary Agency with the potential for non-competitive conversion into permanent employment. Am I eligible to participate? Yes, if you: ·

  • Air Force historian visits, tours facilities, explains mission

    Dick Anderegg, Air Force Director of History and Museums Policies and Programs, visited Kirtland AFB Aug. 21 and 22. Mr. Anderegg, a member of the Senior Executive Service, provides policy and guidance to four key components of the Air Force history program: the Air Force Historical Research Agency;

  • Medical Group takes motorcycle safety mentorship ride to Madrid

    On Aug. 23 we formed up at the Medical Clinic's parking lot at 8:30 a.m. The weather was absolutely excellent for the ride. It was a mentorship ride to assist the less experienced riders on basic riding safety and how to ride in a group. Lt. Col. Doreen F. Wilder, 377th Medical Support Squadron

  • T-Shirt Shop offers customer service, variety

    If you haven't been to the T-shirt Shop in the BX concessions lobby across from the Art Gallery and Flower Shop, you're in for a big surprise. There is a lot more to the place than the name implies. They even sell Emmrod fishing poles which are small and compact and can land up to a 25 pound fish.

  • COMMENTARY: Voting, the cornerstone of democracy

    The November general election is coming faster than you know. In less than 70 days, millions of Americans will have the opportunity to vote for a new president, vice president and almost 500 federal representatives. Yet, many Americans will not even vote because they feel their vote will not make a

  • Albuquerque Reads program needs volunteers

    The Albuquerque Reads program is ramping up for the 2008-09 school year. The program involves community volunteers tutoring disadvantaged Kindergartners on reading skills, once a week for about an hour. These kids are at Title-1 schools (meaning the majority of students come from impoverished

  • Excess baggage fees on official travel covered on voucher with receipt

    Airlines are scrambling to make up the money lost due to high fuel prices, and one of the ways is with baggage fees. Some airlines waive the fees for servicemembers and some do not. A servicemember traveling on official business, including deployments, can still receive full reimbursement for

  • Special leave accrual sell back clarified

    A provision in the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act allows an additional one-time special leave accrual sell back for enlisted service members who desire to sell back up to 30 days of SLA. With the operations-tempo today's Airmen are faced with, this is a unique opportunity for members to

  • Air Force’s top cop visits

    Brig. Gen. Mary Kay Hertog, director of security forces for the Air Force, paid a visit to Kirtland AFB Aug. 18 and 19. As director, she is the central figure for force protection in the Air Force and responsible for more than 30,000 active duty and Reserve security forces worldwide. She provides

  • SBIR Program seeks to increase portfolio

    Since 1984, the federal government has supported small businesses that were often at a disadvantage when competing against larger corporations for federal contract opportunities. Under the Small Business Innovation Research, or SBIR, program, companies with fewer than 500 employees are eligible to