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  • Town Hall meeting to focus on upcoming housing projects

    The demolition of 278 Gemini Housing units, an asbestos abatement plan in 250 Chavez Manor units and the relocation of 90 military families will be the focus of two town hall meetings on Feb. 28. Base personnel and their families are invited to the meetings that will begin at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. at

  • MEO merges with EEO

    The Military Equal Opportunity and Equal Employment Opportunity offices have merged as of Jan. 1, and are now known as simply Equal Opportunity.The Air Force is the first branch of the military to implement the new merger and pending the results, may be put into place in other military branches,

  • ALS Class 2008-C graduates

    Congratulations to the 22 Airman Leadership School Class 2008-C students who graduated Feb. 7. John L. Levitow Award Winner Senior Airman Travis Harper, 712th Maintenance Squadron (Provisional) Distinguished Graduate Senior Airman John Castle, 27th Special Operation Support Squadron Academic

  • Try this "Shirt" on for size

    "We put out fires," said Master Sgt. George Childers, 27th Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron first sergeant. Sergeant Childers was speaking of the day-to-day routine, or lack thereof, of a first sergeant, who is also often referred to as the "shirt," "first shirt," or

  • AFSOC commander: A different sound of freedom flies over Cannon

    Lt. Gen. Donald C. Wurster's visit here Jan. 28-30 marked his first as the commander of Air Force Special Operations Command. General Wurster, who took command of AFSOC in November 2007, toured the base and Clovis to meet with Airmen and community leaders in town. "I am impressed with what I've

  • Brush up kids, self on dental hygiene

    Dental care is one of the most unmet needs among American children. Statistics show that over 50 percent of children ages 5-9 have at least one cavity or filling since tooth decay occurs faster in children than adults. Surprisingly, tooth decay is the most common childhood disease, five times more

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