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  • Lisa Leslie & Michael Lockwood: Balancing career and family

    Lisa Leslie and Michael Lockwood spoke in a joint presentation about choices, setting goals, and maintaining a balance between career and family Feb. 27 at the 21st annual National Character and Leadership Symposium.Leslie, who is a former professional women's basketball player, gold-medal Olympic

  • Rendering aid on Valentine's Day

    A cadet couple on their way back from dinner halted their evening to render aid to a soldier who was involved in a car accident on the corner of Academy and Dublin at approximately 8:45 p.m. Feb. 14.Cadet Third Class Sarenna Ortiz, CS-06, and Cadet Third Class Luis Morales, CS-35, were returning to

  • NCLS speakers available online during symposium

    The Air Force Academy's National Character and Leadership Symposium takes to the web this year, with live video of select speakers streaming online during their respective speeches.The Academy's 21st annual National Character and Leadership Symposium is Feb. 27-28. Speakers will be available via the

  • USAFA leadership program gets Best Practice award

    The Academy's Mosaic Character and Leadership Coaching Program received the Best Practices Award from Florida State University's Jon C. Dalton Institute on College Student Values at their annual conference in Tallahassee, Fla., Feb 6-8. Judges at the institute awarded the program, created here in

  • First responders, government officials chart wildfire response through 2014

    A team of more than 25 experts from local and government agencies exchanged ideas on how to manage wildfires 10 years into the future during the Academy's Center of Innovation conference here Feb. 13-14. Experts from the Red Cross, Intel Corp., IBM, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, local

  • SecAF: Future force in ready, capable hands

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James said Feb. 14 that visits to the Air Force Academy and to Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, have given her faith in the Air Force's future.James, the Air Force's 23rd civilian leader, spent two days here visiting academic and athletic facilities and

  • Demolition of 232 base housing units underway

    Demolition of 18 housing units in Douglass Valley and 214 housing units in Pine Valley commenced last week and is expected to continue through November. The removal of Units 4700 A, B, and D in Douglass Valley began Feb. 7 and the demolition of units in the lower area of Douglas Valley and Pine

  • 10th ABW medical professional recognized for leadership

    A program analyst with the 10th Medical Support Squadron here received the Air Force Medical Service's Civilian Leadership Award, the Air Force Surgeon General's Office announced Jan. 31.Kristy Viera received the award for her software engineering work for a medical flight screening database that

  • 10th CONS civilian to attend management course

    Leadership training is not just for uniformed Airmen -- it's part and parcel of the career path for most federal civilians as well.Alex Kephart, a 10th Contracting Squadron contracting specialist here will attend the Defense Civilian Emerging Leader Program this year in Southbridge, Mass. He'll fly