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  • Mental health visit made positive difference

    I sought help from Mental Health, and it made a positive difference for my career.   I enjoyed my second deployment. As a major in Kabul I did things I never imagined when I first joined the Air Force. I led convoys crossing the city, met with senior Afghan government officials, advised generals

  • Air Force Global Strike Command announces Year of the Family

    Air Force Global Strike Command is dedicating 2017 to Airmen, their loved ones and the total force at large. We are calling this year “The Year of the Family,” and will focus our efforts on areas that greatly affect our Strikers and their families. These areas include where our Airmen live, learn,

  • 90th Missile Wing stands down for safety

    We will take time to re-focus on safety and ward off complacency during the 20th Air Force Safety Down Day, January 3, 2017.   We all become complacent about many things, and it’s not necessarily bad. If we worried about every little thing in our lives, then life would not be enjoyable. However,

  • A legacy of resilience

    Strong, intelligent, wise, loving and resilient. These are the words I would use to describe my grandfather. My best days were those spent at my grandparents’ house. With my nana, who managed to clean, fuss and sing all at once and my “paw paw,” with his low commanding voice and six-foot frame, who

  • Silent Sentinels: MAF facility manager

    Facility managers for the missile alert facilities are incredible group of Airmen fulfilling a special duty assignment for a four year controlled tour. The FMs care for and manage the well-being of 15 MAFs in the 90th Missile Wing missile complex here.  I recently had the opportunity to visit a MAF

  • Silent Sentinels: 90th MW alternate command post

    I headed out to the field on Nov. 6 for another day with the 320th Missile Squadron missileers. My mission was to gather intel about the alternate command post in the 90th Missile Wing missile complex. The 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base contributes to the nation’s strategic defense

  • Silent Sentinels: 320th MS Missileers

    Wake up, shave, put uniform on -- go to the capsule where the controls to the most powerful weapons on earth are. That’s not my routine, but it is for the 320th Missile Squadron missileers and all missileers in Air Force Global Strike Command.  On Nov. 5, I headed to out to the 90th Missile Wing

  • Moving Forward: 20th AF/CC outlines professional development initiatives

    Today, more than 11,000 “Sentinels” currently serving in 20th Air Force are following in the footsteps of our first commanders - Generals Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, Curtis E. LeMay and Nathan F. Twining - founding fathers of the United States Air Force and global strike innovators. For more than 55

  • Silent Sentinels: Communication is key

    In the world of intercontinental ballistic missiles, the mission is completed by a number of organizations working together to maintain a safe, secure and effective force. As a photojournalist, I get to see a wide spectrum of what Mighty Ninety Airmen do day to day. Recently, I spent three days out

  • Financial Matters: We need your help to close-out

    Financial close-out time is upon us again. Fiscal Year 2016 ends Sept. 30, and Fiscal Year 2017 begins Oct. 1. The 90th Comptroller Squadron will continue to work hard to ensure your vouchers and associated travel entitlements are processed as accurately and timely as possible.    However, we need