Buckley Fire and Emergency Services: Fire Prevention Week coming soon

Each year, the week surrounding the date of Oct. 9 is celebrated as National Fire Prevention Week. The date commemorates the infamous "Great Chicago Fire" of 1871 that killed 250 people and destroyed over 17,000 homes.Every 39 minutes someone in the U.S. is injured in a home fire. Home fires result

Sexual Coercion

We are all familiar with the terms rape and sexual assault. We've been trained on what constitutes rape and the damaging effects it has on the victim and the Air Force mission. The Air Force is currently being trained on Bystander Intervention to learn how to identify and act on situations that are

Patriot Day ceremony honors fallen in 9/11

More than 70 Team Buckley members gathered at the base flag pole Sept. 10 for a ceremony in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on America.

Seven Team Buckley members graduate NCOA, SCS Airman wins 2 awards

Seven Team Buckley members graduated from the Vosler Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Peterson Air Force Base Sept. 9. Tech. Sgt. Eugene Budnik, 460th Space Communications Squadron, took home some hardware being named a distinguished graduate and winning the Academic Achievement award.The

New pharmacy up and running

The new Buckley Pharmacy opened on base Sept. 7. The Buckley Pharmacy will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday except for down days and holidays. The pharmacy will also be closed for half the day one time each month for training purposes.

TRICARE Retired Reserve: Health Care for Retirees

Members of the Retired Reserves and their families have a new TRICARE healthcare option. TRICARE Retired Reserve (TRR) is a new, premium-based healthcare plan available to eligible retired members of the Guard and Reserve, their families and qualified survivors. TRR offers coverage similar to

460th Space Wing members make history each day

British historian and journalist E.H. Carr once said, "The function of the historian is neither to love the past nor emancipate himself from the past, but to master and understand it as the key to the understanding of the present."Carr saw the historian's role as that of a facilitator, someone who

Safety Office: School in session, drive safely

School is in session and fall is coming.The 460th Space Wing Safety Office asks drivers to know the laws and be on the lookout for children and pedestrians.Chris Smith, a Safety Office ground safety technician, said the best things drivers can do to be safe is to drive defensively and put away or

Annual CEL Survey to begin for Buckley Family Housing Residents

It's that time of year again: the annual CEL & Associates housing survey for Buckley Family Housing will be going out to everyone's door Sept. 7. This year, we need our residents' help once again. The community has a voice and this is the medium to share it. We appreciate all the responses that we

Buckley holds Senior NCO Induction Ceremony