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COMMENTARIES

  • Airmen taking care of Airmen ... what truly matters!

    Last week, the 437th Airlift Wing experienced the sudden loss of one of our own - Maj. David Diehl passed away Wednesday, April 17. The entire 437th AW and Team Charleston family mourns the loss and shares our deepest sympathies with his wife Nicole and his children, Paige, Luke and Juliet, the rest

  • Success comes when units become like families

    You only need to pick up the latest copy of Air Force Times to realize one of the hot topics among Airmen and our leaders in today's Air Force is fitness, in particular the infamous Physical Training Test.Being a 44-year-old prior-service (entered Air Force in 1987, got out in 1991, came back in

  • Sequestration's uncertainty clouds LRAFB

    Our base, the Air Force and Department of Defense are currently experiencing the effects of sequestration. There is no doubt that the 9 percent budget cut across all DoD programs will affect our mission and you. This week I want to talk to you about getting through times of uncertainty. In order to

  • Don't just fill squares ... Make a difference!

    The term, "Filling Squares" has created a negative connotation causing our Airmen to shy away from doing the things expected of all Airmen. I would like to share my perspective regarding the filling squares comment I hear so often. I have sat on many boards for various types of awards and while

  • 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

  • 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