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Air University & Maxwell AFB News

  • Exercise week photos

    The latest exercise week was held Jan. 14-18 and included two simulations: active shooter and nerve-agent attacks. Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Annex holds various exercises throughout the year to help train Airmen and personnel on base to react quickly and effectively in the event of emergency

  • New initiative helps kids, spouses and teachers understand deployment

    In an effort to give kids, spouses and teachers a better understanding of the deployment process, the 42nd Air Base Wing is presenting its first annual KUDOs, SUDOs, TUDOs event - Kids, Spouses and Teachers Understanding Deployment Operations - at 8 a.m. Feb. 9 in building 1154, next to the

  • Clinic referral letters now available online

    Beneficiary referral confirmation letters can be sent by email instead of the U.S. Postal Service for selected beneficiaries. Beneficiaries will receive a generic email message instructing them to go to the secure Humana Military website to log in and retrieve their authorization letter. The reason

  • Lewis joins Team Maxwell as community support coordinator

    Created as a means to bolster resiliency for Airmen and their families, the new community support coordinator will be working to provide strength and support for Maxwell. The purpose of the community support coordinator is to provide a full-time focal point liaison to integrate resiliency and

  • Changes in TAP are helping Airmen adjust to civilian life

    According to military.com, about 15 percent, or 180,000, of service members choose to retire or separate from the military each year. With the current national unemployment rate at 7.8 percent, some veterans might find it difficult to land a civilian job.To help service members ease their way back

  • Reporting abuse is everyone's responsibility

    Silence can be deadly, and, according to officials, withholding suspicions of child abuse and failing to call Family Advocacy is a crime.Beverly Lesyea, Family Advocacy officer, said that everyone at Maxwell is a mandatory reporter when it comes to child abuse."For child abuse, there is no

  • The confidence conundrum

    People want to follow leaders who are self-assured. Few of us find value in working for or being led by those who are unsure of their own abilities or decisions. Confidence on the part of a leader, typically gained through experience and validation of technical and professional ability, inspires

  • Raising awareness of human trafficking crimes

    January has been declared the National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, by President Barack Obama, as an effort to convey exposure to the crime against humanity. Trafficking in persons has become the second largest criminal activity in the world after illicit drugs.In compliance with

  • Guardsman only legal scholar on SAASS faculty

    The only legal scholar on the faculty of the Air Force's graduate school for air and space power strategists is also the school's only Air National Guardsman.Lt. Col. David "Woody" Woodworth, a member of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard originally from Fishkill, N.Y., believes having a guardsman