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  • "High-speed" Airman selected for FBI National Academy

    "Are you ready to go?"Those were the first words Lt. Col. Kenneth O'Neil, 17th Security Forces commander, asked right before notifying Capt. Brian Copper, 17 SFS operations officer, that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had selected him to attend the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va."I

  • AFA offers volunteerism, “Airmen helping Airmen”

    The Fort Concho Chapter 305 of the Air Force Association, a professional military organization, will hold its next meeting June 21, 4 p.m. at the officer's lounge in the Goodfellow Event Center.AFA membership isn't required to come check out the organization, and if you're looking for an opportunity

  • Pedestrian Safety

    As I drive around the base, I have noticed some behaviors recently by motorists and pedestrians that are unsafe and unlawful. Pedestrian rules of the road can be found in Goodfellow Air Force Base Instruction 31-204, Air Force Motor Vehicle Traffic Supervision, and the Texas Traffic Code.Many people

  • Learning Resource Center offers linguistic support

    On any given day, you can walk into the 17th Training Support Squadron's Language Resource Center and see Army, Marine Corps and Air Force linguists talking to an instructor on a computer terminal or a television screen. That's right; technology has hit the LRC as Goodfellow linguists study a myriad

  • May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month

    According to the United States Census Bureau in July 2004, there was an estimated 14 million U.S. residents who admitted to being of Asian descent, comprising five percent of the total population.One word to describe Asian/Pacific Americans is diversity. Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Filipinos,

  • How not to be accused of sexual assault

    We often see information on how not to be a victim of sexual assault. One of the things that I have received significant feedback on in the past months is the need for an article on how not to be accused of sexual assault. The first thing to address is; is consent given? The Department of the Air

  • Summer is coming - is your lawn ready?

    When folks find out I have a degree in Landscape Architecture, usually the next comment from their lips is "what do you know about lawns?" Over the past three weeks, approximately thirty people have stopped me and asked the same question. This makes me believe there are more people out there who

  • Never shake a baby!

    Never shoot a baby. Never stab a baby. Pretty obvious statements, right? But many people who would never dream of deploying lethal weapons against a small child are surprised to find facing a parent's worst nightmare when they use a not-so-obvious weapon: their own hands! Never shake a baby! Shaking

  • Honoring two great American Soldiers

    There is something new over the main entrance of the 344th Military Intelligence Battalion Headquarters Building on West Vance Street: the names of two great American Soldiers who laid down their lives for their comrades while serving their country. During a dedication ceremony later this year, the

  • Operation KIDS

    On Saturday, the Vance Deployment Center was packed with a rough and ready crowd, prepared to deploy anywhere in the world. Clad in camoflague, they paid rapt attention as Col. Richard Ayres, 17th Training Wing commander, briefed them on their next move."We're going to take you out to a big C-130