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  • Media Advisory: CANNON INVITES MEDIA TO CRISIS RESPONSE EXERCISE

    Cannon invites interested news media to a natural disaster-response exercise during one day of the week of Feb. 23-27. The base is required to perform emergency-management type exercises at least once a quarter. To encourage more realistic scenarios, the base Inspector General's office provides the

  • Dealing with Post-Combat Issues

    Whether gone for two months or two years, returning from combat is grueling. Service members readjusting back into society need time to recover from the stress of a highly charged war zone. Most adapt well after some time; however, if problems continue and interfere with daily activities, it's time

  • Tornado safety key to surviving severe weather season

    While there are many types of natural disasters, one many people fear the most is tornados. Capable of producing winds as high as 300 mph and softball-sized hail, tornados can throw cars hundreds of feet, uproot trees and lift houses off their foundations. On the evening of March 23, 2007, the giant

  • Cannon ammo Airmen ready for gunship arrival

    The 27th Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight completed new training on the Combat Aircraft Parking Area here Feb. 6 to ensure they are ready when additional aircraft arrive. Twenty-six Airmen make up the flight that is responsible for supplying live and training

  • Soldier father, Airman son change American military with selfless service

    Benjamin Davis is a small street in Clovis, and where it makes a hard curve, is a street sign that seem confusing. It appears to intersect with itself. What is not confusing, however, is the fact that the street  is named after two large men who helped change conditions for African-American in the

  • Crew chiefs dedicate careers to their aircraft

    Dedicated is an adjective most of us would use on our résumés, but for eight Air Commandos the word 'dedicated' is part of their job title. They are the Dedicated Crew Chiefs, responsible for "their" MC-130W Combat Spear, from the moment it touches the ground, to the second it lifts off on a

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