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  • Tobacco-free AF means healthy troops

    As the newly-assigned health education program manager in Warren's Health and Wellness Center, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself.I started my new job March 2. I retired from the Air Force in early 2004, and I have been a health educator for more than five years working for

  • Women take part in the environmental movement

    It's as basic as keeping the air we breathe clean and the water we drink pure, and it's as politically knotty as halting construction of incinerators in the inner city and reducing population growth in developing nations.Environmental activism comes in many guises but shares one common trait -- it

  • Hard work leads to recognition

    When I think of recognition, I think of the quarterly and annual awards program.However, as I worked with the annual awards committee, I stared to reflect on what it means to others within my squadron. I was astonished to hear that many people don't believe in it. Most think it's the "good ole boy

  • Women’s rights: Long road traveled, more to come

    Being allowed to live your life in an atmosphere of religious freedom, having a choice in the government you support, being able to vote, having equal rights no matter what race, gender, age, or creed -- these beliefs about how life should, and must, be lived were once considered outlandish by many

  • Recognizing a professional

    Last week, I reached a milestone ... 25 years as a member of the Air Force.In that time, I have held 10 different ranks from airman basic to lieutenant colonel, and I have discovered that regardless of the rank, we tend to fail in communicating what is meant when we use words like leadership,

  • Be effective communicators

    I consider myself to be a fairly thoughtful person and a master of efficiency and multi-tasking.Every day, I almost single-handedly defeat a virtual army of taskers and suspenses sent from higher headquarters and DoD agencies. I am the reigning champ of on-time responses to the wing command

  • Follow to make a difference

    To the young lieutenant with a desire to command or the airman with their goal set on being a command chief, one thing is for sure. Regardless of one's leadership aspirations, all should learn the importance of followership. The term followership seems to carry a negative connotation in our

  • Followership: Be the light

    Followership is this month's theme under the Year of Leadership, and I witnessed a pretty cool analogy as to what helps the follower "make it" in today's Air Force and move on to leadership.The idea came to me while I was watching a documentary about sea turtles.In the group with the largest number

  • AFSPC Cyber Awareness Day

    General Kehler, AFSPC/CC, has declared Thursday, 19 February 09, AFSPC Cyber Awareness Day. As each one of us has access to a variety of networks, it is imperative that we adopt a "cyber sentry" ethos that keeps us vigilant to all potential network attacks. Many of you have experienced cyber