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  • IG tackles complaint resolution, compliance

    Legendary basketball coach Phil Jackson said, "The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team." Individually and as a team across the 21st Space Wing, each member must dominate their high ground daily in order to ensure mission success. Let's take a look

  • Commemorating Domestic Violence Awareness Month

    Domestic violence has no face. It affects people of all ages, all economic backgrounds, and all races. In fact, one in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime, according to Shirley Crow, Family Advocacy Program domestic assault victim advocate. Yet most people never know

  • Wing gears up for base exercise

    Peterson Air Force Base members will conduct emergency response exercises Oct. 22 to 26 as part of the 21st Space Wing's continued commitment to ensure base readiness. These exercises may cause short delays at all Peterson AFB and Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station gates. There will be some traffic

  • Café gives Airmen a space of their own

    The Eclipse Cyber Café hosted its grand reopening party Sept. 28 complete with food, games, door prizes, and, of course, coffee. The café was closed for a majority of the summer while a new contract provider was found. Now that it's open again, Airmen in the dorms have another place to socialize and

  • YP After 3: the place for kids to be

    It takes a village to raise a child, or in the case of Air Force families, a base. The R.P. Lee Youth Center offers life skill programs, homework assistance, and mentorship from caring adults during their afterschool youth program, called YP After 3. YP After 3 is based on core program areas

  • Commander to host community town hall

    The 21st Space Wing supports about 10,500 active duty military members and civilians, more than 17,000 retirees, and thousands of family members. It's a big commitment to ensure the needs of all these people are met. To address any questions or concerns users may have about life on Peterson AFB,

  • Cape Cod wind turbines bring big savings

    Change is blowing into Cape Cod Air Force Station as two new wind turbines are installed at the 6th Space Warning Squadron, saving an estimated $1 million a year in energy costs. According to Steve Mellin, 6th SWS support officer, the installation of the wind turbines will put Cape Cod AFS in line

  • Cavalier innovation provides cutting-edge space surveillance

    Driving on North Dakota's Highway 5, some perceive a behemoth 12-story radar building standing in the distance as a relic of the Cold War. However, unbeknownst to the passing public, the 10th Space Warning Squadron has undergone rigorous upgrades and modernizations as a culmination of necessity and

  • Medical group finds innovative ways to improve healthcare service

    Since its activation in June, the 21st Medical Squadron has purposefully implemented changes and added programs to the Schriever Clinic in an effort to improve patient services. The 21st MDS, part of the 21st Medical Group, serves a population of approximately 2,000 personnel at Schriever AFB.