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Security Forces Center wins CSAF Excellence Award
October 11, 2007 — Recently, the Air Force Security Forces Center Headquarters In-Lieu-Of Cell was awarded the Air Force Team Excellence award for its combat training reorganization efforts. "Our cell is made up of... MORE

Creating a Legacy
October 8, 2007 — MORE

Local Boy Scout Troop 475 gathered at the Randolph Recreation Park at Canyon Lake Sept. 29 to support the Environmental Flight’s Wildflower Seeding Legacy Project, funded by the National Public Lands Day organization, which grants funding to support environmental initiatives. This is the third year the flight has been awarded funding to plant native wildflower seeds with the intent of the flowers reseeding and repopulating naturally in the future. The boy scout troop earned service hours while learning the importance of native wildflowers to the ecosystem. (U.S. Air Force photo by Matt Kramm)

MTI team graduates first Iraqi air force class, returns home
October 5, 2007 — The Inaugural Team of Lackland Military Training Instructors, which deployed six months ago to begin training Iraqi air force recruits, received a warm welcome home Sept. 28 and praise for their... MORE

Courtland, AETC race to second place finish
October 5, 2007 — Kellie Courtland, 37th Training Wing, culminated her fifth trip to the Air Force Marathon by helping the Air Education Training Command Women's Relay Team take second place overall in the open... MORE

Eagles fall to top-ranked Flatonia
October 5, 2007 — The Stacey High School volleyball team faced the number one team in their district, and the number one 1-A team in the state according to SASports.com, the Flatonia Bulldogs on Oct. 2. The junior... MORE

Med Ops wins coed softball title
October 5, 2007 — The 59th Medical Operations Squadron coed softball team finished their perfect season Sept. 26 with a 14-11 win over the 149th Air National Guard, making them the coed softball base champions. "It was... MORE

Randolph Youth Center club fosters leaders through outdoor activities
October 5, 2007 — Because of a Randolph Youth Center program, teenagers will develop life skills through outdoor activities and games. The Training Responsible Adolescents In Leadership club, known as TRAIL, meets... MORE

Oktoberfest celebrates sacrifice, efforts to mission
October 5, 2007 — Randolph's annual Team Randolph appreciation event takes place Oct. 19 starting at 7 a.m. at Eberle Park. This year's Oktoberfest includes various sporting events and tournaments, food, live music and... MORE

Book about Vietnam-era ‘sky cops’ presented to 12th Security Forces Squadron
October 5, 2007 — Thousands of Air Force security policemen served their country during the Vietnam War, but their stories of valor and dedication to duty have not received widespread attention. This week a veteran... MORE

Randolph firefighters, base community observe Fire Prevention Week
October 5, 2007 — Saving lives will be the focus of Team Randolph fire personnel when the base observes Fire Prevention Week, Sunday through Oct. 13. Randolph firefighters hope to educate base members on fire safety... MORE

Scholarship options available for military children
September 28, 2007 — Students face many challenges when deciding what college to attend. Scholarships are one way to take some of the financial burden off of those challenges. "Finding and applying for scholarships should... MORE

MSS wins Flag Football Base Championship
September 28, 2007 — The 37th Mission Support Squadron won the Flag Football Base Championship Sept. 25, 19-7, after a hard-fought two-day series against the 93rd Intelligence Squadron, the Black Knights. "Everyone came... MORE

37th Mission Support Squadron receiver Shad Clark tries to evade two defenders from the 93rd Intelligence Squadron in the Sept. 24, 2007 game at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (USAF photo by Robbin Cresswell)

Eagles soar in district opener
September 28, 2007 — The Stacey High School Eagles volleyball team opened district play at home Sept. 21 in convincing fashion, beating the Waelder High School Wildcats in four games. The Eagles had trouble in the first... MORE

PHC takes over Randolph housing Oct. 1
September 28, 2007 — Pinnacle-Hunt Communities, LLC, assumes all management responsibilities for on-base housing on Randolph Monday, as a result of the successful closing of the Housing Privatization Initiative. The... MORE

Key Spouses Program takes care of families of deployed
September 28, 2007 — With deployments becoming more frequent in today's Air Force, Randolph officials recently adopted a new program to help those family members left behind to fight it out on the home front. The first... MORE

Second Lt. Kirstin Gipper, 12th Operations Support Squadron, participates in an activity during the Key Spouse’s training Sept. 18.

Celebration finishes with cake-cutting ceremony
September 27, 2007 — Team Lackland celebrated the Air Force's 60th Anniversary Sept. 17 in the Lackland Base Library. The cake cutting ceremony officially ended the week-long series of festivities, marking the official... MORE

Col. Bob LaBrutta, 37th Mission Support Group commander, cuts a cake with Airman Basic Zachary Bruhn, 342nd Training Squadron, at the Lackland Base Library Sept. 17, 2007. The cake-cutting ceremony officially ended the week of festivities held in honor of the service's birthday. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

Well wishes for a safe mission
September 27, 2007 — MORE

Brig. Gen. Darrell Jones, a former 37th Training Wing commander, says goodbye Sept. 13, 2007, to Senior Airman Brock Elton, 37th Civil Engineer Squadron. Lackland Air Force Base Airmen from Wilford Hall Medical Center, the 37th Training Wing and the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency left for deployments overseas for four to six months. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

Blood donor center saves lives by the pint
September 21, 2007 — One pint of blood donated at the Lackland Blood Donor Center can be in the Southwest Asia war zones within 14 days and save up to two lives. "Our primary mission is to save lives in Iraq and... MORE

Program turns improvement ideas into cash
September 21, 2007 — People have ideas all the time, and many of them go unrewarded. The IDEA program, a government run program, was designed to change all of that. The Innovative Development through Employee Awareness... MORE

CFC campaign kicks off with breakfast
September 21, 2007 — Some 350 key workers and senior leaders from across Team Lackland gathered for breakfast Sept. 12 to kick off the base's 2007 Combined Federal Campaign. Guest speaker for the morning was William Moll,... MORE

William Moll, chairman of Clear Channel Television, shares a laugh with his audience at the Combined Federal Campaign kickoff breakfast Sept. 12, 2007, at the Gateway Club on Lackland AFB. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)