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  • Are you a leader

    Contrary to what you may think or what you have been told, every one of us in uniform or as a civil servant is a leader in the 90th Missile Wing.For those of you who have considered yourself a leader, are you really doing what is expected of you to be a leader? Sure, you can read books on

  • Education is important, go get yours

    With high school and college graduations happening this time of year, I decided education is the topic of my commentary. It is an important part of any person's growth. In this day of economic uncertainty, anything can happen. I feel one way to take care of yourself and your family is to try to

  • Launches, challenges no problem for Mighty Ninety

    What a fabulous opportunity to be able to watch the 200th Minuteman III ICBM test launch. Lt. Col. John Duda, 319th Missile Squadron, was the task force commander. He and his team made quite an impression on the men and women of the 576th Flight Test Squadron. I asked each of the group commanders to

  • Poor choices equate to unintended consequences

    I am saddened to say, last week we had an underage Airman who was caught driving under the influence at 3:30 a.m. June 17. There should be a lot of questions that came up; e.g., who provided the alcohol and who failed to step up and stop this. What is equally disappointing, because of all the hard

  • Step one to your next promotion — do your job

    As a chief master sergeant in our Air Force, I get a lot of opportunities to go out and talk to people. I regularly talk to groups of people, from the youngest Airman on the yard up to the crusty old chiefs. Almost invariably, at some time during any group setting, the topic of "how to get promoted"

  • Mighty Ninety continues to do great things

    I just can't brag on the Mighty Ninety enough these days. Make no mistake about it -- you are doing a fantastic job. This is a no-nonsense mission that requires focus and demands discipline. This wing continues to excel in everything we do to include finishing up our last code change. I know I'm

  • Attitude is Everything

    As I read every single comment from the Support and Resiliency Survey, one perpetual theme kept hitting me -- Attitude. There were a few comments that grabbed my attention stating, "Nothing is going to change" or "I can't make a difference." But, the comments that I really focused on were those

  • Warren Spouses Club encourages participation

    The Warren Spouses Club is a social and charitable organization. Membership in the WSC is open to all spouses of active-duty, Guard, and Reserve personnel assigned to Warren, the Wyoming Air National Guard and the local area. Our members include enlisted and officer spouses, males and females, those

  • Identify problems, zero in on them, solve them

    In a previous commentary, I discussed life-long learning and improving ourselves every day through professional reading. I also recommended everyone be ready to answer the question, "What book are you reading now?" When I found myself searching for a topic to write about this week, I realized I

  • Your career, your responsibility

    Everyone in the military has been told at one time or another that your career is your responsibility, but what exactly does that mean?Well, quite simply, it means that your career is only limited to what you make of it.Sure, your supervisor, trainers, mentors or first sergeants are there to help