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  • Cyberspace commander speaks to graduates

    "You can never be less than you are on the inside. And you can never be more than you are on the inside," said Brig. Gen. Mike McClendon, Commander, Air Force Global Cyberspace Integration Center, Langley AFB, Va. General McClendon was the keynote speaker at the graduation for Specialized

  • Operations Group to host semi-annual career day

    Aircraft and aircrews representing the spectrum of Air Force missions will descend upon Columbus AFB Nov. 3 to provide students, instructor pilots and their families with first-hand accounts of each airframe's role in current global operations. Aircraft are scheduled to begin arriving on Friday

  • TRICARE benefits for a newborn

    The 14th Medical Group wants to clarify the steps that must be taken to ensure a newborn receives full medical coverage under TRICARE. New parents have 60 days from the date of birth or adoption to enroll their new child in TRICARE Prime. Otherwise, on day 61, the child will be covered by TRICARE

  • OSS beats MDG for flag football championship

    A large crowd of flag football enthusiasts came to watch the 14th Operations Support Squadron team #1 compete against the 14th Medical Group for the intramural flag football championship game Oct. 11. Familiar faces such as Col. Susan Hall, 14th Medical Group commander, Col. Mark Brown, 14th Mission

  • Boy Scouts interact with servicemembers

    Seventeen troops of local Boy Scouts visited CAFB Friday through Sunday during a camporee at SAC Lake. While at CAFB the scouts were able to learn more about the military lifestyle by interacting with many of the BLAZE Team members. The more than 160 scouts were given a military working dog

  • BLAZE Team launches ORI preparation effort

    "It is not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference," said Paul "Bear" Bryant.Fall in the South means one thing - football and plenty of it. Everyday teams prepare for a weekend challenge on hundreds of gridirons across the region. The 14th Flying Training Wing began

  • JROTC students get taste of AF life

    Forty-five Columbus High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps students toured Columbus AFB Oct. 2. The purpose of the tour was to familiarize the students with Columbus AFB and to introduce them to the Air Force lifestyle. After arriving on base, the students received a wing

  • How aware are you about breast cancer

    According to the American Cancer Society's latest breast cancer facts and figures, two million women in the U.S. have been diagnosed and one million do not yet know they have breast cancer. An estimated 211,300 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in the U.S.