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“The 96th Medical Group is coordinating with the Florida Department of Health concerning the monitoring of a healthy, asymptomatic contractor who works with the 45th Test Squadron (96th Cyberspace Test Group). The individual was notified on March 4 who was potentially exposed to COVID-19 while on cruise Feb. 11-21.”The contractor is not a DoD beneficiary and is seeking care from a private healthcare provider. Until the member’s risk is assessed, the member will not return to work. At this time there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Eglin AFB.

This is audio from Niceville City Council member Sal Nodjomian, talking about the city's approval of a resolution supporting the renaming of the post office in honor of the Doolittle Raiders.

For Ed Hubbard, life has had three milestones: getting married, being released from captivity as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, and attending Super Bowl LIV.  Fort Walton Beach’s Edward Lee Hubbard was in a prisoner-of-war camp in Vietnam in 1970, the last year his hometown Kansas City Chiefs played in the Super Bowl, and received two tickets to this Sunday’s Super Bowl to watch the Chiefs play the San Francisco 49ers directly from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Listen to him retell the night of Super Bowl.

The Viet Cong tossed United States Air Force First Lieutenant Edward Lee Hubbard into a dingy, 12-square foot cell in a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp on July 24th, 1969.Hours later, they tossed another man in the cell — Navy pilot Charlie Plumb.Over the decades, the irony that the Viet Cong had placed the two men together to try and break up familiarity between the prisoners wouldn't be lost on either of them.Both of the men were from Shawnee, Kansas, a small suburb of Kansas City. They'd both gone to the same high school, Shawnee Mission High, just four years apart. Both of them had been captured after their planes were shot down — Hubbard in 1966 and Plumb in 1967.

The new clinic will be focused on all patients especially veterans. Bosco spoke as the keynote speaker during the ribbon cutting.

Air Force Radio News 3 January 2020 - Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright talks leadership, resiliency and all things Air Force with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein.

Air Force Radio News 31 December 2019Defense Media Activity - Air ForceDec. 31, 2019 | 0:59 By order of Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett, effective Dec. 20, Fourteenth Air Force was officially redesignated as Space Operations Command.

An outpouring of sympathy and support for Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Goble, a 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Green Beret who died Monday as a result of combat action in Afghanistan, emerged in the hours following Monday evening’s confirmation of his death by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Audio of Petty Officer Sydney Phoenix, a Coast Guard spokeswoman, on calling off the search for Staff Sgt. Cole Condiff. 

Crews from Coast Guard Station Destin were searching Tuesday night Oct 5 2019 for an unidentified Air Force airman from the 24th Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field who apparently had a mishap while exiting a C-130 four-engine aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico earlier in the day. FULL STORY>>>

EGLIN AFB — Explosive ordnance personnel and firefighters from Eglin Air Force Base were on their way Friday afternoon to the Army 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Camp Simons near Crestview in response to a bomb threat, according to an Eglin spokeswoman.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Peter Kraines, 33, a Special Tactics pararescueman with the 24th Special Operations Wing, died from injuries sustained in an incident while performing mountain rescue techniques in Boise, Idaho, Tuesday, according to a news release from the 24th SOW Public Affairs Office. Kraines, an Albany, New York, native who was assigned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, enlisted in the United States Air Force in March 2011. He immediately entered the two-year pararescue training program. He became part of Special Tactics in March 2017, according to the 24th SOW news release. “This is a tragic loss to the Special Tactics community,” said Air Force Col. Matthew Allen, commander of the 24th SOW. “Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and teammates at this time.”

Master Sgt. Luis F. Deleon-Figueroa, 31, and Master Sgt. Jose J. Gonzalez, 35, died as a result of small arms fire in northern Faryab Province.

One of the most decorated members of the Crispy Warriors, John Beard, also fits the description of retiring near the flagpole. A WWII veteran, combat pilot with 105 missions under his belt and recent centennial, Beard said the beauty of the area won him over. Beard trained at Eglin Air Force Base twice before WWII and was stationed at Eglin when he retired in 1965.

This is an interview between Ramirez, who lives in Baker, Florida and Daily News reporter Heather Osbourne

Farrior is one of the first special tactics airmen who jumped into Vietnam.

Col. (Ret.) Jack Petry on flying an F-4 to photograph Gemini IV missile in 1965

EGLIN AFB — The first Medal of Honor earned in the Vietnam War will have a permanent place of honor in the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) compound when it is donated next month by the recipient, retired Army Col. Roger Donlon.

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AFSOC Commander Lt. Gen. Brad Webb addressed a crowd at the American Legion Post 235 in Fort Walton Beach.

“It is with great regret that I announce the loss of Specialist Nicholas C. Jividen, of 3rd Battalion, Headquarters and Support Company,” Col. Patrick T. Colloton, commander of the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), said in a statement.

Capt. Robert Curry has spent 16 years working in the Air Force. He is the Special Mission Planner for the 1st Special Operations Air Operation Squadron. Listen to why he is this week's "Hurlburt's Finest."

 He is a member of our Health and Wellness Center, where he and his associates teach Hurlburt Field members how to properly take care of their body. Brent is famous on base for his enthusiasm, passion for his work, and ability to talk to people. 

Kevin Chapman, brother of Master Sgt. John Chapman, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, speaks during a ceremony on Thursday Oct. 25, 2018 at a ceremony at Hurlburt Field.

Listen to an interview with this week's honoree for Hurlburt's Finest. Debbie Carswell Hometown: Jacksonville, FL Unit: 1st Special Operations Air Operations Squadron Duty Title: Range Support Planning and Operations Specialist (she is a civilian employee) Time at Hurlburt Field: 14 years Bonus background info: “I retired from Bank of American after 22 years and went back to college at the age of 37 to finish my associates in Business Finance.  I have two sons and three grandchildren, all of which live in the local area.  The rest of my family is in the Jacksonville area.”

Scarlett Bauman, Director of Marketing Air Force Enlisted Village talks about the outpouring of support from the country for sonations for hurricane victims  

An Army 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) soldier is facing trial next month in U.S. District Court in Pensacola on two counts of conspiring in trafficking cocaine, according to an indictment released Wednesday by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Florida. Master Sgt. Daniel J. Gould was indicted last month on the charges by a federal grand jury. The indictment was sealed until Tuesday, after Gould entered pleas of not guilty to the charges. His trial is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Nov. 13 in Pensacola, according to Amy Alexander, public information officer for the  U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Florida.

We talk with Col. Michael Conley, commander of the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, about some of the things the Air Force is using to reduce the stress from the high ops tempo of Hurlburt Field airmen.

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Here is a recent interview between Daily News reporter Jim Thompson and Col. Patrick Colloton about the recent incident involving a 7SFG soldier and the transfer of cocaine from Columbia to the United States. The interview has been edited for brevity.

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Muscato spoke with reporters during a retiement on Aug. 21, 2018 for an MC-130H Combat Talon II at Hurlburt Field.

MARY ESTHER — A Hurlburt Field airman has been charged with child neglect with great bodily harm in connection with the April death of his 8-month-old daughter, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office report. Spencer Wyatt Hause, 22, of Marcia Lane in Mary Esther, was booked into the Okaloosa County Jail on Tuesday morning, jail records show. As of Friday, he was being held without bond while awaiting a hearing in the April 15 death of young Aspen Hause, according to jail records.

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Col. Patrick Colloton, Commander of the 7th Special Forces Group, sits down for a wide ranging interview with NWFDN reporter Jim Thompson. CSM Terry Sanchez also took part in the interview.

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7th SFG soldier wins an overall warrior competition

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