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COMMENTARIES

  • Which brother will have bragging rights after 'HarBowl' 2013?

    For the first time in National Football League history, two brothers will face off as head coaches for football's greatest prize - the Lombardi Trophy.The San Francisco 49ers, led by little-brother Jim Harbaugh, will go head to head against the Baltimore Ravens and Jim Harbaugh's big-brother John

  • Physical fitness: Struggle between mind, body, pain

    Losing weight isn't easy. It took me almost five months to accomplish my goal of losing 40 pounds.I am physically average, but mentally I am tough. To lose the weight, I motivated myself after I experienced a humiliating personal setback. I was serving in a position which my old eating habits did

  • Bold, Innovative, Risk-Taking Airmen

    To the Airmen of our great global mobility enterprise: thank you! We have asked a great deal from you and your families this year. Through it all you have been the model for operational excellence and allowed our Nation to accomplish some amazing things across the globe. You are, without a doubt,

  • Another Missed Christmas

    To all of us, AMC is the Air Mobility Command, but to some, it is also means "Another Missed Christmas." There are few who haven't been away for the holidays during their career, regardless of their major command. My young brother-in-law is at Lackland Air Force Base attending basic training right

  • AMC commander: Home for the holidays

    After years away, Ricki and I are overjoyed to return to Air Mobility Command. It feels like we have come back home, just in time for the holidays. To you, the more than 130,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian men and women who make up our Mobility Air Forces, we could not be more proud of

  • Deputy commander learns from Pearl Harbor

    Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941. President Franklin D. Roosevelt called it "a date which will live in infamy." The Japanese Navy's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor shook America to its foundation. The attack killed 2,400 Americans, injured more than 1,280, damaged all eight of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet

  • Face Time

    During my time in the Air Force, I have been supervised by most, managed by some, but led by only a few. I admired and can recall every one of the leaders, but can't necessarily recall the names of the supervisors and managers. Why? I think it is most likely because leaders shaped my life as a

  • Leadership Isn't ...

    I know, I know ... you're thinking why would I start this with, "Leadership isn't" instead of with, "Leadership is" right? Well, that's because I want to take a slightly different approach. We have extremely phenomenal leaders in our Air Force, both past and present. We are lucky to have a new wing

  • Following the leader

    It is perhaps one of the most difficult duties of an Airman, yet one which we tend not to talk about after Basic Military Training or technical training. We are taught throughout our careers how to be effective leaders, but somewhere in the focus to become effective leaders, we lose the focus on

  • Starting on the right foot with FTAC

    October 1 marked the day my First Term Airmen's Center course began. I walked into the classroom, gawking at all the new faces and immediately asking others how they expected the course to be. Several times prior to starting I was told I needed to find a way to stay awake during class, so I began