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  • Network migration under way at Cannon

    The latest transformation for 27th Special Operations Wing will be the migration of its network services from Air Combat Command to Air Force Special Operations Command. The migration began October 19 and once it is completed on October 31, users of the Cannon unclassified network will share the

  • Cannon to focus on Air Force Family

    There are so many ideals, synonyms, and definitions that come to mind when someone is asked to describe the Air Force Family. To one individual the Air Force Family is their flight, squadron, group of inner circle colleagues that share the same passion and career field within the Air Force. For

  • 73 SOS Airmen return home

    A C-130W taxied to a stop and as the doors of the tail ramp opened Airmen, assigned to the 73rd Special Operations Squadron, clad in tan flight suits, made their way off the aircraft. Minutes passed as spectators, wing leadership and families awaited the arrival of a C-17 Globemaster III, carrying

  • No cost to low cost - tips to lower bills

    October is Energy Awareness Month  and the 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron offers these no-cost/low-cost tips on how to reduce household utility bills. No cost tips: - Adjust your thermostat - for every degree you adjust your thermostat you can save up to 5 percent. Recommended

  • Community notes

    NAF AuctionA Non-Appropriated Funds auction will be held Oct. 17 starting at 9 a.m. at Bill Johnson Auctioneer, just off U.S. Highway 70 on the left shortly before you get to Portales. Hundreds of items ranging from boats and campers to copiers will be auctioned.Cell phone driveRecycle you phones

  • Cannon's EMT Rodeo branded a success

    The fall season offers football, falling leaves and beautiful scenery. Lesser known during this time of the year is the annual EMT Rodeo, hosted on Oct. 2 by the 27th Special Operations Medical Group, now in its third year here. Since its inaugural in 2007, Cannon's Emergency Medical Technician

  • Executive Order bans texting while driving for federal employees

    In an executive order issued Oct. 1, President Barack Obama banned federal employees from text messaging while behind the wheel on government business. "With nearly 3 million civilian employees, the federal government can and should demonstrate leadership in reducing the dangers of text messaging

  • Cars thunder into Cannon auto show

    When a caveman held up the first 9/16" open-ended wrench, he might have thought to himself, "Self, this is good. Now all I have to do is wait for my brother-in-law to invent the Model -T (Rex), and then I can show it." Fast forward a couple of millennia and the descendents of that caveman gathered

  • Parents at the front line against kids' obesity

    According to the Journal of American Medicine, nearly 32 percent of American children between 2 and 19 need to lose weight to avoid chronic conditions such as diabetes and heart disease. Military families aren't exempt; a 2005 survey reported that nearly 20 percent of Department of Defense teenagers

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