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Chief Academic Training Advisor Master Sgt. Susan Boyd led a group of approximately 30 airmen sewing quilts for wounded soldiers and airmen.  311th students and staff members write messages of hope and inspiration on quilt squares for service members wounded in action. Quilts for wounded soldiers
On a Friday night in December, when most Defense Language Institute students are out to dinner or a movie, a group of a dozen 311th Training Squadron students gathered for a quilting bee. Led by Chief Academic Training Advisor Master Sgt. Susan Boyd, the students are part of a group of approximately 30 airmen who sew quilts for wounded soldiers and
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2007
The commander of the 17th Training Group, Col. Scott George, and Mr. Wallace Boston, President of the American Public University System and American Military University, sat down to sign a memorandum of understanding Tuesday. Intel course grads get credits toward degrees
Military students who attend intelligence technical training at Goodfellow will be able to receive college credits toward Bachelors and Masters degrees for those courses through the American Military University's graduate and undergraduate studies programs. A memorandum of understanding was signed Tuesday by the commander of the 17th Training
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2007
GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Department of Defense Fire Academy students extinguish a jet fuel fire on a large frame aircraft trainer here recently. The 68-day course challenges students both physically and mentally. Goodfellow's Firefighter Apprentice Course, ranked No. 1 in the world for fire training, trains about 2,000 students a year including allied forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michele G. Misiano) Fire school dishes out world-class training
Sixty-eight training days. Four a.m. wake-ups and two-mile runs. "Large frame burns" searing at 1,200 degrees. Smoke. Heat. Noise. The firefighter trainees at the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy here endure exhaustive training in an effort to be the best. Dozens per year can't keep the pace, requiring them to pursue other career
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2007
Army Pvt. Christopher Fitzpatrick returns to Goodfellow Tuesday after visiting his family in Davenport, Iowa.  Private Fitzpatrick was one of more than 600 students scheduled to arrive via bus at the base commissary parking lot Tuesday, marking the end of the Holiday Exodus period. Back on base

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2007
Default Air Force Logo 17th Medical Group Airmen receive AETC awards
Two 17th Medical Group Airmen were recently awarded Air Education and Training Command honors. Master Sgt Annette WhitenackMaster Sgt Annette Whitenack, Aerospace Medicine Flight Chief, was awarded the Olson/Wegner Outstanding Medicine Award in the senior NCO category. Sergeant Whitenack was recognized for her superior leadership and job
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2007
Sonja Stephens, SAMS Place facility manager, folds a child’s blanket prior to placing it along with other items at the children’s area inside Bldg. 137.  Ms. Stephens has been the facility manager since the fall of 2006. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Luis Loza-Gutierrez.) SAMS Place reopens for business
SAMS Place reopened its doors Thursday after spending a little more than a year at its current location in Bldg. 137, across from the base parade field. SAMS Place plans to continue helping servicemembers and their families like it has done before. Originally known as the Airman's Attic, it was renamed SAMS Place June 28, 2006. "We wanted to give
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2007
Default Air Force Logo New Arts and Crafts Center in the works
If people go knocking on the door to the Arts and Crafts Center, they'll notice something different-- the doors are locked and nobody's home. That's because the center has temporarily relocated to Bldg. 144 while a new and improved center is under construction. The construction phase of the project began this week is scheduled to take at least 14
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2006
Default Air Force Logo Goodfellow financial analyst named AETC/FM Civilian of the Quarter
Cory Lelek, 17th Comptroller Squadron non-appropriated funds financial analyst, was recently recognized by Air Education and Training Command as the Financial Management Civilian of the Quarter - Level II for the second quarter of 2006 (April - June). "Winning the award was an honor considering the caliber of people in the financial management
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2006
Default Air Force Logo Force shaping update
As a military member, the needs of the force always come first. The longterm goals of the Air Force's Force Shaping plan span out until 2011 and everyone - active, Guard, Reserve, and even civilians - will be affected. Thus, it is important to understand why the upcoming cuts are going to happen and what one's options are. The Air Force is
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2006
Default Air Force Logo 17 CES civilian receives recognition at 2nd AF level
Charles Kirking, 17th Civil Engineering Operations Flight Chief, was recently recognized at the 2nd Air Force level as the Civilian of the Quarter, GS-10 and above, for the term of April - June 2006. On Aug. 31 Col. Scott Bethel, 17th Training Wing commander, notified Mr. Kirking of his accomplishment at a wingsStaff meeting. Mr. Kirking's response
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