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  • Car Club Autocross dates released

    The Sports Car Club of America is hosting four two-day Autocross events on Columbus Air Force Base's SAC ramp in 2015 for Team BLAZE members.The event occurs through the year on base and allows drivers to race their personal vehicles around a track, allowing them to hone their personal capabilities

  • Hunt Housing holds town hall

    A town hall meeting for base residents was held April 14 at the Columbus Club on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.During the meeting, members and attendees discussed annual surveys, pest control, fire protection and prevention, how to fill out a work order -- and armadillos in base housing."We

  • Take action, be prepared for tornado season

    At the direction of President Obama, the Federal Emergency Management Agency created the America's PrepareAthon! campaign. The goal of this campaign is to provide opportunities for public and government employees to learn more about the immediate hazards that affect their bases and communities.The

  • Sexual assault survivor: One Airman's story

    Sexual assault is a hot topic -- one addressed in annual training and at commander's calls throughout the Air Force -- yet the details of victims' stories are seldom mentioned. This is understandable. These crimes against service members are intensely personal. Also, as many survivors have learned,

  • Baugh takes command of 14th OSS

    Col. James Boster, 14th Operations Group Commander, passes the 14th Operations Support Squadron guidon to Lt. Col. Matthew Baugh, the new 14th OSS Commander during a change of command ceremony April 9 at the McAllister Fire Station on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Baugh was previously the

  • Sexual assault prevention: moving beyond awareness

    Every April since 2001, the nation has focused its attention on sexual assault awareness and the impact this crime has on those who have experienced it. This year, the Department of Defense deliberately renamed the annual effort Sexual Assault Awareness and PREVENTION Month. I want to take this

  • Sexual assault survivor: 'You are not alone'

     I remember the day like it was yesterday. My heartbeat echoed in my head as I attempted to dry my sweaty hands on my jeans. I was 21 years old, sitting in a Korean court room, waiting to be questioned by prosecutors. How I ended up there was unreal. Just a few months earlier I was happy; I had a

  • Kowalski teaches AF family values at graduation

    Lt. Gen. James Kowalski, Deputy Commander, U.S. Strategic Command Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, visited Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, April 3, to speak at Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 15-07's graduation ceremony.As an accomplished B-52 pilot and an experienced leader as