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  • Cannon Exchange contributes to MWR

    Shoppers are typically not surprised to find the vast selection and savings at Army & Air Force Exchanges throughout the world. However, shoppers at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., may be surprised at just how many dividends the Exchange has issued allowing the 27th Special Operations Force Support

  • National Fitness Month: To do and to coach MMA

    - In celebration of National Fitness Month, athletes from Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., will be spotlighted each week during the month of May 2013. "Just bring heart and water, nothing else," he said. "Don't think; let me do the thinking."Master Sgt. Claude Lawson, 27th Special Operations Force

  • Cannon behind the scenes: Skilled AFREP technicians save funds

    *This feature is the twenty-first in a series of Air Commando highlights at Cannon. Don't let a good thing go to waste - what some Air Commandos might think belongs in the trash may be in better hands with the Air Force Repair Enhancement Program technicians.Under the approving authority of Col.

  • Hurlburt Airman revisits recovery with Lt. Dan

    Lt. Dan, as Forrest Gump film actor Gary Sinise is affectionately known, may not actually be a member of the military, but he treats each service member he meets with the deep-seated respect that should be given to a brother-in-arms. For Hurlburt Field's Tech. Sgt. Christofer Curtis, a CV-22 flight

  • Fallen Airman honored in America and Afghanistan

    Exactly one year after his death in Afghanistan, members of Air Force Special Operations Command USAF Special Operations School gathered Feb. 25 to dedicate a place of learning to a beloved teacher.Lt. Col. John Darin Loftis was shot and killed by an Afghan while sitting at his desk on Feb. 25, 2012

  • Who turned the lights out?

    Imagine putting brakes on a car. Now turn the lights off and grab a flashlight. Putting brakes on any vehicle has its challenges, but doing so on an aircraft weighing over 100,000 pounds and worth more than $100 million that doesn't belong to you can increase the stress more than you think.The Air

  • A page from the past: Decoding the war

    Pearl Harbor - the great catalyst that sent a nation, heart-broken and enraged, into a second world war, this time to end the fascist oppression caused by a charismatic dictator. It was during this fight that the U.S. Marine Corps developed a secret weapon, an unbreakable communication code made

  • 24 SOW strengthens force through resiliency programs

    Special Tactics Airmen have held the forefront of combat operations for more than a decade, undertaking the most dangerous missions. These mission-ready operators are the first ones there. They cannot be mass produced and are in great demand.The U.S. Special Operations Command's Preservation of the

  • 007: The spy who loved spec ops

    Quartermaster "Q" supplied Skyfall's 50-year anniversary James Bond with a radio and a Walther PPK handgun, but Sean Connery's 007 relied on an Air Commando for some of the bigger stuff.Retired USAF Lt. Col. Charles Russhon, one of the founding Air Commandos assigned to the China-Burma-India theater

  • Roth versus traditional TSP

    Due to the wide scope of the Thrift Savings Plan, the focus of this article has been narrowed down to how this program functions for active duty military members. To get more information on the TSP outside of these parameters, visit their homepage. Recent changes with the Thrift Savings Plan, such