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  • Critical Days not just for summer

    With the "Critical Days of Summer Campaign" for 2011 concluding during Labor Day weekend, Team McConnell Safety Office hosted a "Be Safe, Have a Plan" event Sept. 1, 2011. The annual summer safety campaign runs Memorial Day through Labor Day, and is designed to help Airmen make responsible and safe

  • To mobility Airmen and their families this Labor Day: Be proud and be safe

    For over 100 years America has celebrated Labor Day as the first Monday in September. It is a day to pause and recognize the contributions of the American worker to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our great nation. It has also evolved to include a day of rest and signifies the end of

  • McConnell Airmen support McGuire aircraft evacuation

    With the maintenance expertise and ramp space readily available, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., fulfilled its role as safe haven for five KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft that evacuated from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Aug. 26 as Hurricane Irene approached.While the McGuire's

  • McConnell 'aces' inspection

    In the current age of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other big-name social media networks, it's no wonder that information should not only be protected verbally, it has to be protected electronically.To evaluate McConnell's cyber protections, the Department of Defense Defense Information Systems

  • Panetta: Any retirement changes won't affect serving military

    In his clearest statement on the subject to date, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said today that if the military retirement system changes, it will not affect serving service members."I will not break faith," the secretary said during a roundtable meeting with military media representatives in

  • Congratulations to 22nd CS

    Congratulations to the 22nd Communications Squadron for earning an "Outstanding" on a Defense-level network inspection.Thanks to Team McConnell, the base's network exceeds the Department of Defense's security standards. Defense Information Systems Agency inspectors evaluated McConnell this past week