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  • Airman 1st Class Brianna Brown, 14th Flying Training Wing Honor guardsman, salutes the flag during the presentation of Colors at the 2015 Veterans Day Ceremony Nov. 7 in Columbus, Mississippi. During the ceremony, Alice Stallworth Lancaster, Regent of the Bernard Romans Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, read 22 names of those who did not return and who are listed on the right plaque of the monument. Afterward Col. John Nichols, 14th Flying Training Wing Commander, spoke on what Veterans Day meant to him before he laid a wreath on the memorial and offered a salute to close the day’s event with Harry Sanders, Lowndes County Board of Supervisors President, and Vice Columbus Mayor Gene Taylor. For story and more photos, see pages 8 and 9. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class John Day)

    Columbus community comes together to honor veterans

    Members of Columbus Air Force Base and the City of Columbus came together Nov. 7 to honor veterans who are serving or who have served in the U.S. armed forces.Despite the unfavorable weather, the ceremony successfully assembled supporting community members, veterans, and several distinguished visitors. The distinguished visitors included State
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    Columbus community shows appreciation on Veterans Day, year round

    The community surrounding Columbus Air Force Base supports the members of the base and local veterans in many ways. Businesses of all sorts offer discounts to both currently serving service members and to veterans. Some of these businesses also offer special discounts to both parties on Veterans Day.Veterans Day Alarm One: Free upgrade for military
  • Maj. Oscar Corredor, Aerospace Medicine Flight Commander, exams a patients eye Sept. 22 at the Columbus Air Force Base medical clinic. The optometry clinic is well equipped with the latest technology to fully assess the health of the visual system. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Daniel Lile)

    Optometry: key to mission support

    You can breathe with an iron lung, and you can run with a prosthetic leg, but the one thing you can’t do is see with a glass eye. The medical professionals at the optometry clinic work hard to ensure the two irreplaceable organs in your head stay healthy.The 14th Medical Operations Squadron optometry clinic serves Team BLAZE’s Airmen, dependents,
  • Anthony Landry and Kelly Simpson introduce themselves at the first workshop of the reintegration and marriage retreat held by the Airman and Family Readiness Center April 8-11. In addition to their training, both instructors were familiar with military life. Mr. Landry is a retired Army lieutenant colonel and Mrs. Simpson is the wife of a retired Air Force JAG. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jacob Corbin)

    Better than best friends: retreat strengthens marriages, eases post-deployment reintegration

    Military members at times face long periods away from family and loved ones that may cause stress and difficulties in relationships. A new program, spearheaded with a retreat held April 8-11, is aimed at improving resiliency and easing reintegration by strengthening the bonds of a relationship both before and after a deployment. The retreat, held
  • Col. Barre Seguin, 14th FTW commander, speaks with Dr. Del Phillips, Columbus Municipal School District Superintendent, Col. Ken Bryson, 14th MSG commander, and E.J. Griffis, 14th FTW school liaison officer, Jan. 13 inside the cafeteria of the newly constructed Columbus Middle School on Highway 373 outside Columbus AFB. The new school will begin housing students Jan. 19 and is estimated to have just over 1,000 students attending it this year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jacob Corbin).

    What can SLO do for you?

    Parents often want to make sure their children have the best education they can get, and with some of the challenges and opportunities that come with military life finding the best options can become all too confusing. That's where the School Liaison Officer comes in.SLOs can be found at several bases, and are a great resource for helping parents
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