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  • 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

  • A very merry master sergeant

    Col. Stephen Clark, 27th Special Operations Wing commander, presented Tech Sgt. Daniel Cruz of the 20th Special Operations Squadron with an unexpected STEP, or Stripes for Exceptional performers, promotion to master sergeant, Dec. 22 here.A limited number of STEP promotion slots are released each

  • Spouse's Club sponsors cookie drive

    The Cannon Spouse's Club made more than 10,000 cookies Dec. 16 for Airmen stationed here.The cookies were made Dec. 16 at the base chapel and were handed out Dec. 17 by first sergeants.The first sergeants picked up the cookies and dropped them off in Airmen's rooms as a treat for the holidays.

  • AFAS grant program lessens education cost concerns

    Concerned about the soaring cost of higher education for your children? Perhaps the Air Force Aid Society can help. Under its General Henry H. Arnold Education Grant Program, the Society awards $2,000 each to selected applicants. The program continues to be offered to dependent sons and daughters of

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