The development rights or fee simple titles for nine properties near Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Milton will be purchased through Department of Defense and Enterprise Florida grant funding for just over $1 million. The total acreage of all nine parcels is approximately 491 acres.

A massive screen displaying the Korean peninsula, pockmarked with vividly colored icons, looms over the bustling command center where rows of military and civilian personnel in headsets process line upon line of digits and figures. Senior leaders huddle at the center of the room, gazing at the immense monitor above them and discussing what they're watching.

The impending start of the nation’s new health care program and national security issues were pressing concerns on the minds of citizens attending the Santa Rosa County Navy League’s annual fish fry fundraiser with special guest U.S. Congressman Jeff Miller on August 22 in Milton. Miller gave the large crowd an update on veteran affairs and other national issues before opening the floor for a question-and-answer session.

HURLBURT FIELD - Airmen, family and friends of 823rd RED HORSE gathered on August 6 to witness the squadron's assumption of command ceremony at the RED HORSE compound on Hurlburt Field.

There’s good news for veterans who live in Santa Rosa County and need transportation to and from the Veteran’s Affairs (VA) Joint Ambulatory Care Center in Pensacola. A free shuttle service called Vets to VA is providing for veterans who do not have the means to get back and forth to medical appointments with transportation. The new service is a revision of a former community-based program which ended several years ago because of a lack of funding.

Banners were hung, music was played and black and red balloons decorated the table around a similarly-colored cake.  The flightline around the Training Squadron THREE line shack appeared festive vice functional on August 6 as the squadron members celebrated their selection as the top aviation training squadron in the Navy.

HURLBURT FIELD - Two Air Force Special Tactics instructors rescued an Alabama teenager on August 5 after he fell 30 feet from a steep rock face while climbing in the Cherokee Rock mountain range in Sand Rock, Ala.

HURLBURT FIELD – There’s a new way to come and go on Hurlburt Field. Beg is now inning last Monday, July 29, base access is now using the Trusted Traveler Program. The Trusted Traveler Program allows all Department of Defense identification cardholders (DoD employees, active-duty military, family members ages 18 and older and retired service members) to vouch for occupants in their immediate vehicle, provided the Trusted Traveler vehicle operator possesses a valid DoD ID card. 

Cadets from the Navarre High School NJROTC program were rewarded with a trip to Six Flags Over Georgia and other destinations after a summer full of leadership camps and activities.

When 1st Lieutenant David A. Zitelli, USAF, skidded his T-6B “Texan II” to a stop on the runway at Naval Air Station Whiting Field (NASWF) on July 23, it ended an era of joint student-pilot training between the U.S. Navy and Air Force. Roughly 100 Air Force students have participated in the training program each year since the partnership began 19 years ago.