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  • The 2011 Run to Home Base wants you

    The 2011 Run to Home Base is seeking a few good military members. The organization announced in March that 45 spots have been made available for military members to participate in the 9K race that will take place on Sunday, May 22, inside Fenway Park. For more information, visit

  • March 30 declared "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day"

    The U.S. Senate declared March 30th "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day." On March 30, 1973, U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam under the terms of the Treaty of Paris. Senator Richard Burr (R-N.C.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, introduced the legislation saying, "Our

  • Westover Tricare Service to close

    The Westover Tricare Service Center will close April 1, 2011. Service members who need help or information can contact 1-877-Tricare or visit healthnetfederalservices.com. Tricare is closing 15 service centers in the northeast region with "very low use," according to its website.

  • Westover firefighters extinguish blaze

    Fire broke out at a company in the Westover Industrial Park that repairs and recaps tires at approximately 6:30 p.m. March 27. Westover firefighters responded to a mutual-aid request from Chicopee and were on scene, within 8 minutes. Westover was contacted because of their proximity to the incident

  • Heroes return home

    Airmen from the 439th security forces returned home March 26 after a 180 day deployment to Afghanistan.More than one dozen security force members were tasked with assisting the U.S. Army as Joint Expeditionary Tasked Airman.The team has been deployed since September to Afghanistan. By the end of the

  • Family Fitness Day

    A Family Fitness Day is scheduled to celebrate the month of the military children. This event will take place on April 9, 2011 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Westover ARB gym, ellipse and the base hangar.The day's events will include face painting, clowns, bounce houses, yoga, Boot camp by the

  • COPS AFGHANISTAN: Westover's security forces save lives, move mountains

    More than a dozen Westover security forces Airmen loaded on a plane, stowed their gear, and calmly took their seats.They were focused on deploying to Afghanistan for a unique mission to assist the U.S. Army as Joint Expeditionary Tasked Airman that required hand-picked personnel to carry out

  • The season and discipline of Lent

    For Christians throughout the world, Ash Wednesday and the Season and discipline of Lent are here. Many times, we can be reluctant to enter into the discipline of Lent because we have been trained over the years from our youth to think that this Season and discipline of Lent is only about giving up