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  • Meeting veteran helped me feel connection with grandfather

    Twenty-five B-24 Liberators were lost during his last mission during World War II. His airplane had been among those that went down. He and his crew had to ditch the plane over the North Sea. Luckily, he had been rescued from the waters by an English Air-Sea Rescue ship.Dale VanBlair sat and told me

  • How I spent one Saturday night

    When I joined the U.S. Air Force, I knew it would come with a few advantages that as a civilian, I would not normally receive. This would include getting a markdown while buying a mountain bike at a sporting goods store or receiving a 15 percent discount on my cellphone bill every month, gaining

  • My First Scar

    One day I was in a meeting with some fellow Airmen."I'm sure you already heard about it, but the base had another Airman get arrested for driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence," our superintendent said. "So what can we do as a public affairs unit to help be part of the solution

  • NASCAR provides great family experience

    Before moving to Dover, Delaware, I had never watched a NASCAR race. Even though I have worked a couple of them, this year was the first year I was able to be a fan.I have never really been a huge fan of NASCAR, but after interacting with some of the drivers and being able to sit and feel the

  • Care for mental health like any other health issue

    It's time for you to do your mock physical fitness assessment and you only get 73 percent. What would you do? If you're like most Airmen who want to pass their test, you go to a gym and do strength training, maybe get on the treadmill or go outside to start improving your run time.You may take a

  • Stand on your own two feet

    In the coming weeks, supervisors of all ranks across the Air Force will begin gathering information, formulating bullets and populating AF Form 1206s to recognize a select few of our Airmen. Arguably, the Lance P. Sijan USAF Leadership Award is, among all "blue suit" awards, one of the most coveted.

  • Memorial Day: A new Airman’s perspective

    As a newly minted second lieutenant, May 26 will mark my first Memorial Day in uniform. I may still be sporting butter bars, but my recent transition into military life has already offered a new perspective on the holiday.The last Monday of May is reserved to celebrate our most distinguished heroes,

  • Feedback best fuel to help Airmen

    Catch phrases, mottoes, and vision statements give us a peek into the values of an individual or organization. They also are great ways to start a conversation. Every time I permanently change station, one of the first catch phrases written on my white board when I setup my workspace is "Feedbacks

  • Trendy workouts--what's all the hype about?

    Do you remember when Jazzercise and Jane Fonda were popular? Or what about the Richard Simmons' aerobic videos? In the fitness world, like anything else, there will be workout programs that come and go. Some will become the trend for a few years and then slowly dwindle.When a workout program is

  • Fairchild's fallen remembered... One year later "Freedom is Never Free"

    On Saturday, May 3, 2014, we will pause at 10 a.m. on our memorial walk near the chapel to unveil the Shell 77 memorial. It will be a short ceremony, it will be simple, it will be elegant--it will mirror the monument itself. The purpose of us gathering a year later is two-fold.One, we as a Fairchild