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  • AMC commander: 'Thank you for serving others'

    As we gather together with family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, this is the perfect time to reflect upon how much we have to be thankful for. For one, I'm thankful for the opportunity to work with all of you - active duty, Guard, Reserve, civilians and commercial partners. Serving

  • Flexibility, resiliency the keys to airpower

    Prior to a deployment in support of Operation Desert Shield, a Marine First Sergeant with the 3rd Tank Battalion, 7th Marine Expeditionary Brigade said, "Marines, my platoon commander in 'Nam' used to tell us 'Semper Gumby, Always Flexible'." What the Marine First Sergeant said is similar to the Air

  • Getting on the bus: Starting now, the ABU is my uniform

    I remember getting on the bus. It was 1988, and I had just graduated from the 3723d Basic Military Training Squadron. I was making the not-so-long bus ride to the 3270th Technical Training Group on the other side of Lackland Air Force Base, Texas and I was wearing the solid green utility uniform we

  • Plug into your humanity: Take time to 'personally' connect with people

    Human -- an adjective meaning "consisting of people" (Dictionary.com) Humanity -- a noun meaning: "the quality or condition of being human; human nature." (Dictionary.com)As I view the world around me, I always see human beings, but unfortunately, I do not always see humanity. Sadly, I see people

  • Comprehensive Airman Fitness: Resiliency

    Resiliency is a term we have heard a lot lately and also a quality that people need as they meet the challenges of constant deployments and difficult life situations. Being resilient is having the ability to successfully manage challenges and to learn and grow from the process of overcoming them.

  • Keeping the "US" in the USAF through being a Wingman

    We've all heard and recited the line "I will never leave an Airman behind" from our Airman's Creed on countless occasions since its creation in 2007, but how many of us know what the line signifies and do we actually live by these words? The message seems simple and directly applies to every one of

  • Why we constantly prepare to fight and win wars

    Why do we practice going to war when we're already fighting several? Because the American people are counting on us. Our civilian leaders depend on us to plan, fight and win wars. They trust us. We have the privilege of serving in the best-trained, most-educated, capable and lethal military in the

  • Christmas on the front line

    The day after Christmas, my team woke up at 5 a.m. after unloading supplies from HUMVEES Christmas evening. Just the standard things you would expect to get on Christmas day, concertina wire, empty barriers, MREs and a few personal letters.My team had been embedded with the Army and was told we were

  • Combined Federal Campaign makes a difference

    This 50th Anniversary of the Combined Federal Campaign is personal for me. I am stationed at Fairchild under the humanitarian assignment program. In August of 2010, my dad was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. According to the ALS Association website,