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  • Safety in Teamwork

    As the end of summer is near and football season approaches, we need to remember how to safely work together as a team in order to accomplish our mission. Working together as a team has many added benefits. Teamwork can ease stress, build morale and accomplish many more objectives than working

  • Breaking barriers

    I was recently blessed with the opportunity to attend a basic officer training graduation and parade at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. I was the guest of a former enlisted troop I met four years prior as his squadron commander. My pride meter was pegged for all the anticipated reasons, and also for

  • Back to the Basics

    Warriors of the Mighty Ninety, our wing's mission demands we serve as leaders every moment of each day. In order to sustain a culture of strict compliance, we must remain focused on the small things, and never neglect basic standards. Active leaders enforce basic standards in order to build a

  • Technology: Making everything better

    As a cyber-operations officer, formerly known as communication-information systems officer, I hear on a daily basis the capabilities and issues technology brings to the world and the Air Force today. With the explosion of computer software, web-based services, cellular phones and apps; what once was

  • Choose Healthy Ways to Deal with Life Stressors

    "You would not believe the day I had at work, please pour me another glass of wine.""Take this prescription and it will make you feel better."A recent poll conducted by the American Psychological Association confirms the majority of Americans believe life is more stressful today than the previous

  • Leaders and Checklists

    Leadership is a core tenant of the military profession. At all levels, we need leaders of character to perform the mission and ensure security for our great nation. One of the reasons the U.S. military is the best in the world is because we value the contribution of each individual to critically

  • Acceptable risks

    I recently came back from Squadron Officer School, and while there, I had the chance to talk to a lot of captains from an assortment of career fields. We had a variety of conversations, but the one that stuck out the most was the one about risk management. What I thought was key was a conversation

  • I heard “Retreat” today – That good old feeling

    I don't get out to the base much these days. I don't even remember now what I needed to pick up, but after a long day of yard work I stopped by the base shoppette. I found a good parking spot and headed into the store, and just before entering, I heard the scratchy recording of 'To the Colors' start

  • Quality Feedback is essential to leadership

    Don't underestimate the power of providing good, quality feedback to our Airmen. I believe the feedback process is often taken for granted by many of us, and is one of our most undervalued tools that we carry in our leadership toolboxes. Don't get me wrong, there are supervisors in our Air Force who

  • In reverse – From the bottom to the top

    Have you ever noticed how every leadership commentary comes from the top of the chain? What about the opinions of our largest population segment in the military - our junior enlisted? Since it was my turn to write an article, I decided to take it to the troops and reverse the commentary process by