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COMMENTARIES

  • Be ready

    How do you know if you are ready to command or lead? There is no foolproof checklist, manual or an Air Force Instruction that gives you a step-by-step instruction on how to be an effective leader. But what you can do is prepare yourself. To prepare myself to command the Comptroller Squadron, I

  • House hunting: Back to basics

    House hunting can be a very stressful yet rewarding experience. Going from house to house looking for the perfect home seems daunting but with a few helpful tips from the Airman and Family Readiness Center's Home Buyer and Foreclosure Avoidance class my husband and I were prepared for the long

  • Practice makes perfect in sports, armed forces

    Our Airmen are asked every day to perform extraordinary duties in the defense of our great nation with the expectation that the result of their actions is nothing less than spectacular. Failure is never an option in our line of work, so each and every Airman must continuously strive for perfection,

  • Jefferson forged American spirit by candlelight

    The American Enlightenment was an intellectual movement during the mid-1700s. A leader of this movement, Thomas Jefferson, accepted the responsibility to write the first draft of a document that would become the culminating masterpiece of the American Enlightenment. In June of 1776, over the period

  • Holiday is reminder to live dreams

    To many, the Fourth of July represents parties, picnics, fireworks and probably a couple drinks. For me, it is a reminder of the best days of my life, and the lessons learned from them.I always dreamed of having a family, but for a while, it seemed not to be in the cards for me. By July 4, 2004, I

  • Reflecting on Independence

    As we prepare to celebrate the 226th anniversary of the independence of our country, I think it is appropriate to reflect on the document that started it all. The Declaration of Independence is a document we have all read at one point in school, but how much can we recall from those lessons? Here's

  • National pastime teaches life lessons

    Summertime means different things to different people: swimming, barbecues, vacations, moving to a new school. For me, summer also means baseball.I won't mention my favorite major league team because it's in direct conflict with my wing commander's favorite team. However, I feel we can extract many

  • AMC/CC 4th of July Message: The Courageous 56

    When 56 courageous patriots put their signatures to a single piece of parchment 236 years ago, the course of world history changed in an instant. Although we celebrate the fourth day of July as Independence Day, it should not be lost on us that those signatures were the culmination of months of

  • Ups and downs are a common theme in our AF lives

    This Spring has been a whirlwind of activity with the normal ups and downs of life. School is out for families with children, which brings family fun vacation time. However, that can also add extra stress for parents with kids being around the house or needing to find additional childcare. There are

  • How systems work

    When I was a kid, one of my favorite things to do was take things apart to see how they worked. I wasn't always able to put these things back together. Approximately 50 percent of the time, I'd wait for the item to no longer be serviceable before I'd begin dismantling it, so it didn't really matter