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  • Transitioning in the U.S. Air Force

    While driving to work recently, I realized it had been a year since I joined the Air Force. I really couldn't believe it had been a year already. Basic training is still vividly entrenched in my mind: the sound of reveille as your alarm clock rings, our footsteps while marching the streets of

  • Primary cause of motorcycle accidents: Cars

    The number one reason for motorcycle accidents is four-wheeled vehicles or "cages" as the motorcycle community refers to them. Statistics generally don't motivate people toward change; however, personal experience may. I had three serious near accidents last summer involving cars that did not see

  • Setting acceptable standards

    Have you ever thought about who sets the Air Force standards we as Airmen uphold and enforce every day? Most answers would be that it has to be someone with more rank or responsibility than us, possibly someone at the Air Staff or Air Force Space Command headquarters. Granted, it's the job of every

  • Dear Hero: Letter to the Soldier

    I've been keeping up with the progress of our nation and world; despite the controversy surrounding your presence in the midst of the turmoil in the Middle East, thank you. I thank you on behalf of my liberty, dear Soldier. I wake up every morning to a free and prosperous nation that supplies me

  • Expectations key to success

    The Air Force of today is the most lethal and most diverse all-volunteer force the world has ever known. As most of you know, the 90th Space Wing has or has had Airmen performing duty all over the world, doing everything from humanitarian missions in Central America and Micronesia to direct action

  • Leaving lasting impressions

    I was recently afforded the opportunity to attend the Air Force NCO academy at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo. I spent the traditional six weeks at the academy with my fellow technical sergeants from around the Air Force, discussing leadership and management concepts,

  • Are you there for those around you?

    Have you ever met someone who changed how you look at yourself? Someone who did the right thing, time after time, despite the difficulties? Someone who was a leader not because of their rank, but because of their character? This is my story about one of those people and how he had the power to

  • Deployment: fulfilling your professional obligation

    I recently returned from a 127-day deployment to Southwest Asia in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. This having been my first deployment, I had no idea what I was getting into. I quickly learned and adapted to the new-found stress. I was the superintendent of the force

  • Take time to pay respect

    I was driving to work the other day when the first note to reveille sounded and I was stunned at what I saw. I won't go into detail as to where I was located, but when reveille sounded, there were several active-duty members and civilians running for the door for fear they would have to stand

  • Generations of Women moving history forward

    March is the time to celebrate and pay tribute to women who have played an important role in the shaping of our society. The 2007 Women's History Month theme "Generations of Women Moving History Forward" promotes the recognition of those dominant women who, throughout our history, have strengthened