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  • Fallen Marine honored on Veteran's Day

    Linda Clemons, mother of fallen Marine Private First Class Nathan B. Clemons, quoted John 15:13 to describe her son at Operation Never Forget's unveiling ceremony Sunday at the Franklin County courthouse. "Greater love has no one than this, that he may lay down his life for his friends," she

  • Fallen heroes of war honored with life-size bronze busts

    Marine Private First Class Nathan Bradley Clemons will forever be a part of the Franklin County Courthouse. The dedication ceremony unveiling the bust of Private Nathan Clemons will be held on the Franklin County Courthouse steps at 2 p.m., Nov. 11. A life-like, life-size professionally sculpted

  • Infrared program saves time and money, team awarded for efforts

    The need for improving inspection processes has been a focus of many Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) departments for years. Arnold's response to this effort resulted in an award-winning program. When the Facilities O&M department was tasked to assess the equipment health of major test

  • Landfill material used for base projects

    Sometimes what we throw away isn't really trash. Take, for example, some of the things that used to end up in the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) Construction and Demolition (C&D) landfill. Masonry, wood, and scrap metal components once represented a bulk of the material that was

  • Top enlisted leader to retire after 30 years

    Superintendent of Arnold Engineering Development Center, Chief Master Sgt. Everett Smith III, is retiring from the Air Force after a 30-year career.His retirement ceremony will be held Oct. 26 on base.Reflecting on his time at AEDC, Chief Smith said one of his main goals while at Arnold was to give

  • Arnold's Jean Paul Mihigo knows the meaning of freedom

    Jean Paul Mihigo graduated from high school in 1993 and set his sights on college, but first he had to overcome a few obstacles. Born and raised in Congo-Nil, a town of 20,000 in Rwanda, Africa, Mihigo and his family fled the country when an ongoing civil war spiraled out of control in July 1994.

  • Base, public enjoy games, food, music at Air Force event

    Hundreds showed up at the Gossick Leadership Center recreation area to celebrate the Air Force's 60th Anniversary Sept. 30. Total Package Events from Clarksville entertained the crowd with carnival games, Bingo, face painting, caricature drawings, a clown who made balloon hats and many more

  • Tuff competition challenges AEDC's finest

    The fourth annual Tennessee Ultimate Fire Fighter (TUFF) Challenge and Muster was held Sept. 29 at the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy in Bell Buckle, Tenn. It was open to Tennessee firefighters and fire departments only. Several from Arnold Engineering Development Center's fire