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  • Laughlin’s library encourages literacy for all

    Laughlin's Book Mark Library is offering a free summer reading program for students in pre-school through high school to promote literacy throughout the base.A Midsummer Knight's Read is a program created by the Department of Defense that encourages students to continue reading throughout their

  • Laughlin XLer -- Pete Myers

    Job title and unit: Attorney/Advisor, 47th Flying Training Wing Judge Advocate Office Hometown: Universal City, TexasFamily: Jennifer (wife)Time at Laughlin: Five monthsTime in military/civil service: 11 years Greatest accomplishment: Deciding to become a judge advocate general after eight years in

  • Christmas in July for Laughlin Airmen

    Laughlin's first sergeants are going above and beyond to make sure that Christmas comes twice for some and their Airmen are well taken care of.Christmas in July is a first-time program that provides gifts to 25 enlisted Airmen who are between the ranks of airman basic and senior airman and have

  • Advanced Fitness Program offers Laughlin members options

    Are you tired of your routine gym workout? Would you like to spice up your routine? Laughlin's new Advanced Fitness Program can help.The program begins July 11 at 9:30 a.m. in Building 360, which is Laughlin's old gymnasium, and will offer Laughlin members an opportunity to vary their workout

  • Laughlin Frame and Wood Shop hosts rain gutter derby

    Laughlin's Frame and Wood Shop will begin helping kids build boats for a rain gutter derby, scheduled to take place in September, every Saturday morning starting July 9 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The boat building will take place in Laughlin's woodshop where a professional woodworker will help the kids

  • Whether they fly or not, weather plays their part

    On June 5, 1944, a significant event was scheduled to take place but was put on hold due to predicted weather conditions, later leading to an infamous day in American history.The event was D-Day, which is famously known to have taken place June 6 of that year. The date change was because of a Royal

  • Commentary -- Get your drink on!

    As the summer months progress here at Laughlin, it's wise to review the importance of preventing heat stress. An important element to that prevention is to stay hydrated. Did you know that over 60 percent of the human body is made up of water and all of our major body systems rely on that water to

  • Laughlin family creates memory making movies

    Sitting across from each other, Tech. Sgt. David Reeves, his wife Lina and their daughter Amaris, smile and laugh together as excitement spreads across their faces when they remember scenes from their latest family film, The Newest Adventures of Poofminky and Sparkletoes. "Our movie is about a bad

  • With Fourth of July fun comes possible risk

    Independence Day is just around the corner and that means celebrations, picnics, parades, camping, relaxing at the lake, cookouts and family gatherings.However, fireworks won't play a major role in the holiday this year. Dry conditions from an ongoing drought here make fireworks, including

  • Laughlin Airman deploys, comes back a hero

    The mission at Laughlin is to train the world's best pilots and deploy mission-ready Airmen. As all who are assigned here know, even though Laughlin is a very small installation by comparison, it is home to some extraordinary Airmen who are instrumental in making sure the mission is completed. One