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Think first, post later: The importance of respectable social media etiquette
March 11, 2014

Reducing tobacco use at Langley AFB
March 11, 2014
The U.S. Air Force has taken initiatives in assisting people with tobacco cessation efforts by reducing the amount of Designated Tobacco Areas available at bases, and offering Tobacco Cessation classes for those seeking a healthier, smoke-free lifestyle. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Senior Airman Aubrey White) (This image is a photo illustration; typography and a gradient were added, and the “High Pass” filter was used to enhance the cigarette and smoke.)


Civil Rights highlight
February 4, 2014
Thurgood Marshall ended legal segregation in the United States. Marshall won the most important legal case of the century, Brown v. Board of Education, terminating the legal separation of black and white children in public schools. This civil rights movement led to the increased numbers of African Americans that completed high school and then went off to complete college.  Fort Eustis will be host a Civil Rights Observance on Feb. 21 at the Jacobs Theater from 10 to 11 a.m.  (Courtesy photo/Released)

Langley's winter wonderland
February 4, 2014
The river, near the 633rd Medical Group Physical Therapy facility, remains frozen at Langley Air Force Base, Va., Jan. 31, 2014. Low temperatures and snowfall, which began Jan. 28, caused the river to freeze. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Areca T. Wilson/Released)

Services spotlight: ITT holiday trips
December 3, 2013
The Information, Tickets and Tours office at Langley Air Force Base, Va., will host two holiday trips this season. The first trip will be to New York City Dec. 7, and the second will be to Williamsburg Dec. 8. The ITT Office provides recreational leisure activities for all Service members, their families, Department of Defense employees and retirees. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Airman 1st Class Kimberly Nagle/Released)

Breaking the budget: No-show appointments are no good
September 24, 2013
The Intensive Care Unit staff checks the vital signs of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Portia Les’Pere, 633rd Inpatient Operations Squadron aerospace medical technician, while simulating emergency procedures at the U.S. Air Force Hospital Langley Intensive Care Unit at Langley Air Force Base, Va., June 26, 2013. A recent hospital-wide expansion offers medical providers the opportunity to work closely with professionals in other subspecialties to ensure the patients’ needs are met when they need it most. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class R. Alex Durbin/Released)

Constitution Day: JBLE community celebrates nation's earliest defenders of freedom
September 18, 2013
Austin Pierce, Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums Corps snare section leader, performs during the Constitution Day Concert in Williamsburg, Va., Sept. 17, 2013. The Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drum Corps performed melodies that were once used as rallying cries of America’s earliest defenders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Victoria H. Taylor/ Released)

Langley AFB endures nor'easter downpour
November 13, 2009
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. – Water from the bay floods the coastline near the Bayside Enlisted Club Nov. 12.  A nor'easter dropped 8-10 inches of rain on Langley over the course of three days with wind gusts up to 55 mph.  (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Barry Loo)

Langley AFB affected by local weather
November 11, 2009