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  • Legal office helps Laughlin members during tax season

    Beginning Jan. 22, the 47 FTW Legal Office will be available to help military members file their 2007 tax returns. Free H&R Block TaxCut software is now available to military members online through Military One Source (www.militaryonesource.com). You can use the software from home, at work, or in

  • Friend, or foe? Blue Force Tracker to clear fog of war for next Afghan PRTs

    Where am I? Where are my buddies? Where's the enemy? Do my buddies know where I am? Those are the questions battlefield warriors ask themselves each day, and Blue Force Tracker's answers can mean life and death. For the members of Provincial Reconstruction Teams 1 through 12 here training in prep

  • Bioenviromental engineers compete in AIr Force level CBRN challenge

    A team of bioenvironmental engineers from Laughlin, who took top honors in Air Education and Training Command's Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Challenge last quarter, competed in the Second Annual CBRN challenge held at Brooks City-Base, Texas, this month. The team comprised of

  • Laughlin FSS member wins at Air Force

    Adding to an exciting year within Laughlin's Force Support Squadron, their very own Rosemary Capozziello was recently recognized with the presentation of an Air Force level award. The award recognizes the top intermediate civilian personnel manager in the Air Force for 2007. Mrs. Capozziello, who is

  • Airman spread holiday cheer, learns life lesson

    By the time a couple Laughlin members, a group from Ruben Chavira Elementary School and I knew it we were on dirt roads with desolate homes in an unfamiliar region of Mexico. Then there it was, Casa de Hogar Manantial de Amor Orphanage. This was the home we had set out to visit to help a few less

  • Mission Possible: PRT leaders begin training for year in Afghanistan

    Drawn from the farthest-flung corners of the military universe, Provincial Reconstruction Team commanders and senior staff descended on Fort Bragg, N.C., to begin training for their upcoming year in Afghanistan's rural villages, districts and provinces. The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and lone Marine

  • Laughlin SFS member wins AETC honor

    Although a newly promoted staff sergeant, Staff Sgt Adam Battin continues to receive accolades for his outstanding performance as a Senior Airmen, and he was recently named AETC Security Forces' Outstanding Flight Level Airman of the Year. The AETC Award recognizes the outstanding achievements and

  • Carbon monoxide -- the silent killer

    The months of December and January are the peak season for carbon monoxide related calls. A study conducted by the National Fire Protection Association said an estimated 61,000 responses were made in 2005. According to the National Safety Council, 200-300 unintentional-injury deaths a year are due

  • AETC Special Duty Assignment Team set to visit Laughlin

    If you've ever wanted to have the opportunity to recruit sharp individuals into the Air Force as an Air Force Recruiter, or mold civilians into airman as an Air Force Military Training Instructor, the AETC Special Duty Briefing Team can answer any questions you may have concerning these challenging