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  • DBIDS System to enhance security at Laughlin

    A more secure system to authorize access to Laughlin should be up and running soon. Once the Defense Biometric Identification System, or DBIDS, is installed, gate guards will use hand-held devices to scan ID cards to instantly know if base access is authorized. Master Sgt. Jason Raven is overseeing

  • Danielle's Frozen Custard Shop opens at Laughlin

    The Laughlin community has a new dining option on base. After celebrating its grand opening Friday Nov. 6, Danielle's Frozen Custard is officially open for business. Owner Sharon Medina originally opened her shop in Del Rio but said she decided to relocate to Laughlin after realizing that 95 percent

  • SUPT Class 10-02's graduation

    All Laughlin members are invited to attend Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 10-02's graduation ceremony in Anderson Hall at 10:00 a.m. this Friday, Nov. 20. If unable to attend the ceremony in person, a live web cast for has been prepared to view the graduation. Below is a link and set

  • Laughlin cops return safe and sound

    Five combatants from the Global War on Terrorism, who are also members of the 47th Security Forces Squadron, returned home after seven months away Nov. 15.Staff Sgt. Martin Ferguson, Airmen 1st Class Marisel Kigembe, Joshua Prange, Jacob Southall and Gregory Booth returned from Al Udeid Air Base in

  • Former Laughlin employee wins scholarship

    A sophomore at the University of Texas at San Antonio and former summer employee of Laughlin was awarded a $1000 scholarship here Nov. 6.Cody Mitchell, who is in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at UTSA, won an essay contest with the theme of 'The High Cost of Freedom' and earned $1000

  • Deployment opportunities available for civilians

    Whether it's helping Iraqis with reconstruction projects or assisting Afghans with their motor pools, the Air Force relies on its civilian work force to help meet its global mission requirements. And the Air Force is not alone. In 2007, more than 1,100 Department of Defense civilians volunteered to

  • Married Senior Airmen reenlist together

    The winding road of Senior Airmen Luis and Angeles Perez's lives, who have been Air Force members for four years and husband and wife for a little more, took another positive turn Oct. 30. A few minutes after 9 a.m., they took turns raising their right hand in the wing conference room and signed up

  • The importance of exercise

    Americans will seemingly try any diet to lose weight, drink anything to give them energy or take any pill to help them sleep. They spend fortunes on these products in a time when the American dollar is hard to come by. The irony is that all this can be obtained through daily strenuous activity --

  • Changes to H1N1 referral requirements

    A temporary change has been made to referral requirements when obtaining the H1N1 immunization. Effective Oct. 1 through April 30, all TRICARE Prime beneficiaries do not need to obtain a referral from their primary care manager in order to receive the H1N1 immunization. This change will allow

  • Laughlin holds WWII fighter pilot reunion

    Several members of the highly-decorated 434th Fighter Squadron, including a double ace, visited Laughlin and its Airmen recently as part of their annual squadron reunion. Among other events, the former fighter pilots conducted a veterans' panel at Anderson Hall on Oct. 22 to share stories with