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  • Flu shots still available

    Flu vaccines are still available for all available beneficiaries at the 27th Special Operations Medical Group. If you have any additional questions, contact your Primary Care Manager at (575) 784-2778 or the Immunizations Clinic staff at (575) 784-4040. Hours of operation are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

  • Enjoy winter, but keep it safe

    As we enter the harshest part of the year, please consider some cold-weather related safety concerns as you and your family go about your daily business. While our average winter temperature is 45 degrees, we often experience lows in the single digits with an associated wind creating a wind-chill

  • AF automates active-duty assignment notifications

    The Air Force is automating active-duty assignment notifications for Airmen in the ranks of lieutenant colonel and below beginning Jan. 21. Airmen will receive an e-mail notification about their new assignments and have seven days to acknowledge their assignments through the Virtual Military

  • Air Commandos hope for big losses in 2011

    More than 50 people attended the Cannon's Biggest Loser kickoff Jan. 10 at the base fitness center.  In the program, teams of four compete in a six-week program for total weight loss.Weigh-ins took place Jan. 3-10 and have until Jan. 18 to lose pounds, using healthy weight loss techniques, before

  • Travel office closed Jan. 17

    Potomac Falls Travel will be closed  Jan. 17 in observance of a federal holiday, the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. Individuals traveling Jan. 14-18, must pick up their airline tickets no later than Jan. 13. For assistance after hours, call 1-800-867-4510.

  • January a cold, snowy month

    January typically receives the coldest weather of the winter here. Precipitation events can be rain or snow (and sometimes both at the same time), and are generally created by broad synoptic storm systems. The average January is characterized by about four or five strong cold fronts during the

  • Don’t miss out on scholarship opportunity

    The application deadline for the 2011-2012 General Henry H. Arnold Education Grant Program is March 11, 2011. To get the application from the Air Force Aid Society's website, go to  www.afas.org, and look under Education and Arnold Grant. Fill out the application, print it, attach the required

  • The Four Risks You Didn't Know About Cervical Cancer

    You may have heard that a virus called HPV is a risk factor for cervical cancer, but did you know taking birth control pills can be one too?While the best way to survive cervical cancer is to catch it early by screening regularly with a Pap test, here are four lesser-known risk factors for this