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  • Base Bulletin - week of May 5

    * Spouses are invited to events marked with This Week Schriever community stays vigilant Neighborhood Watch is a residents' program with Security Forces for a safer community. It's not just a program to report

  • Public service week honors civilian contributions to AF

    Public Service Recognition Week, which runs from May 1-7, provides an opportunity to recognize more than 2 million public employees who protect the nation through service in the armed forces. More than 176,000 of them are Air Force civilian full-time, part-time, term, temporary and non-appropriated

  • 14th TES participates at AFCEA Cyberspace Symposium

    For the seventh year in a row, the 14th Testing Squadron, an operational testing squadron that partners with the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center here, participated in the gathering of both industry and governments combined known as the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Cyberspace

  • AFSPC Commander outlines vision for command at Space Symposium

    General John E. Hyten, Commander of Air Force Space Command, delivered a speech at the National Space Symposium here April 12, focusing on multi-domain operations, his command objectives and a vision for the future of the space enterprise.General Hyten began his presentation with a video

  • Mystery escape room coming to Schriever

    As part of the 2016 Recharge for Resiliency program, Schriever Air Force Base applied, and was notified in February, it had received approval to create something growing in popularity across the country. Construction of the installation's first escape room will begin soon, with game master training

  • AF New Parent Support Program helps families care for infants and toddlers

    (This is the third AFMS article for the Military Children's Health Month series) Vital to children’s health is development which occurs in the early years –from birth to age 3. As newborns grow into infants and infants become toddlers, they go through a series of developmental milestones such as

  • Reserve Commander Highlights 19 SOPS to Congress

    Every year, the commanders of Reserve forces testify infront of Congress to discuss their Fiscal Year budget requests. This year,during the March 16th budget hearing before the Senate Appropriations Subcommitteeon Defense, Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, the dual-hatted Chief of the Air ForceReserve and

  • Phishing scams not just online

    While military members are accustomed to learning about online phishing attempts through annual training, they must also be aware of other attempts to glean money and/or personal information from them as well.Scammers, posing as members of the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, are calling local

  • Green dots expected to populate Schriever

    Get ready, Schriever--the Air Force's new violence prevention program, Green Dot, is set to roll out in April and its goal is to inspire Airmen to become active bystanders and create a positive change. "Green Dot is a prevention strategy that is

  • Evolution of GPS: From Desert Storm to today's users

     In a desert, it's easy to get lost. There are no roads, no signposts, nor vegetation to give locational clues.That was the grim situation facing U.S. and coalition forces during the 1990-1991 crisis in the Persian Gulf, known as Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.Sometimes called "the first space