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Talk about civilian SERVICE! Congrats to Ms. Maria Bandouveres on her legacy at Hanscom AFB. Such an amazing achievement - celebrating 80 years of federal work!

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💞👏We could not close out the United States Department of Defense Value of Service Day without a big congrats to Hanscom Air Force Base (Mass.)'s Maria Bandouveres who is celebrating 80 YEARS of civil service! In 1944, during World War II, Bandouveres, a 17-year-old Cambridge, Massachusetts native, began her federal career as a clerk-typist to support the war effort. Her journey began just after her high school graduation on June 6, 1944 – D-Day. Encouraged by high school teachers to take the Civil Service Exam, Bandouveres soon began working at the South Boston Army Station, filing purchase orders as a Clerical-Administrative-Fiscal-1, or CAF-1, today's equivalent of the general schedule pay scale. She later worked at the Navy Supply Corps School at Harvard University, where she manually typed travel checks for Sailors and then was hired by the Army Air Corps, working at the Cambridge Field Station on Albany Street, typing job descriptions in the Position Classification Office. By the early 1950s, Bandouveres started to work at Laurence G. Hanscom Field in Bedford, Mass., now Hanscom Air Force Base, where she's been ever since. Why does she serve? In her words at the 80-year milestone event, "I have met some of the best people during my time here. They have been the best people I have ever worked with in every position I have had. I don’t know how to thank you for being here with me.” #PeopleofAFMC #WhyIServe #valueofservice

Revered Hanscom AFB employee celebrates 80-year milestone

Revered Hanscom AFB employee celebrates 80-year milestone

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Max Grindstaff

PEO C3BM - DAF Battle Network - Senior Program Manager, Government Engagements & Stakeholder Management (Retired USAF Command Chief) TS-SCI cleared

2mo

Wow!!! When I was at LCMC, I recall the Hanscom folks raving about her! So cool, thank you for sharing her wonderful story and testament to service.

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🍀John Murphy🍀

Senior RDT&E Advisor | WPAFB Test Representative || Air Force Test Center

2mo

Congrats Maria!

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