Fire department spreads Christmas cheer

The Fire Department Christmas Cheer and Toy Donation Drive is still accepting toys and food for its 28th annual drive. Toy donations will be accepted at Fire Station 1 at Wyoming Boulevard and F Street and Fire Station 2 located on San Mateo Boulevard through Monday. The event will take place

AFA lets enlisted Airmen take the LEAD

To those who were unable to be admitted into the Air Force Academy, try not to cringe when reading the next sentence. Every year, seats in the academy are left empty because nobody applied to sit in them. These seats were allocated for the best of the best of the enlisted corps of the Air Force, but

Homecoming

APS opens science, math school

For parents here looking for an alternative to the traditional education system offered in Albuquerque, there is a unique charter school that caters to gifted high school students who are academically inclined in the math and science arenas. Albuquerque Institute for Mathematics and Science@UNM is a

Lasers, microwave technology among AFRL's Directed Energy Directorate's works

For as long as we've been around, we've looked to the heavens for guidance, for divine assistance and for the answers to those glittering and twinkling objects that move with the rising and setting of the moon.We've also tried to unlock the secrets to nonlethal options in battle and stumped

New director announced for AFRL's Directed Energy Directorate

Susan J. Thornton will become the new director of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate, Air Force officials announced Nov. 22.Beginning Jan. 1 as director, Ms. Thornton will oversee a workforce of more than 800 military and civilian scientists, engineers, contractors and

58th TRS project officer takes AF-level award nomination

For the second consecutive year, Jeffrey McCampbell, project officer for the 58th Training Squadron, is Air Education and Training Command's nominee for the Air Force Productivity Excellence Award.Last year he won the Air Force-level award. For 2006, squadron leaders believe he will be making the

Nuclear surety inspection draws closer

The key to passing a nuclear surety inspection is preparation. Inherent in that preparation are three essential ingredients: leadership, teamwork and training.Nuclear capable units that have done well on their inspections began by planning well in advance. Those units emphasized nuclear surety on a

VA hospital gets new director

George Marnell has been named director of the New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System in Albuquerque. Mr. Marnell arrived at NMVAHCS on Nov. 1, following the departure of Nathan Geraths, interim director.Mr. Marnell comes to NMVAHCS from Roseburg, Ore., where he served as director of the VA

No cell phones while you drive

Cities around the country have done it, Santa Fe has done it and so has Kirtland. If you are driving, you must use a hands-free device to talk on your cell phone or risk getting a citation.For civilians stopped for violating this rule, they will be issued a DD Form 1805, U.S. District Court