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COMMENTARIES

  • Comprehensive Airman Fitness: Diary of a wimpy Airman

    Unfortunately, my story begins like many Airmen out there. I started my career as a lean, mean, fighting machine. Eight years and three kids later I found myself on the physical training fringe. What do I mean by that? I spent the last seven years of my career barely making it by. Each test, I swore

  • Working to find balance in an unbalanced world

    Whether you are a "glass half empty" or "glass half full" individual, American culture can quickly create unbalanced lives. Stress, whether financial, work related, family, relationship or sickness-related, can create an imbalance. Our culture doesn't promote healthy whole persons, instead it

  • FTAC: not so mundane

    Mandatory is not a word that invokes a sense of enjoyment or pleasure. After recently completing both Basic Military Training and my technical training school, mandatory was a word I was all too familiar with. Upon arrival to my first duty station here at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, I knew

  • 10 years later: What makes you remember 9-11?

    Ten years ago, on Sept. 11, 2001, I am like many Americans who were affected by the attacks on America. However, when I look back at the memory of that day, one word comes to mind -- spaghetti.So why spaghetti? It's really about the overall story of that day and how Americans responded and have

  • Remembering 9-11-01: Airlift pilot takes a look back at Sept. 11 mission

    Ten years ago, I was halfway through my Air Force career, and now, as I approach the end and the anniversary of Sept. 11, the day that would come to dominate the events of most of our lives and my career since, I wanted to share my "there I was story" for that fateful day.On Sept. 10, 2001, my crew

  • Remembering 9-11-01: Where were you then? Where are you now?

    "Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?" That's a line country music singer Alan Jackson poses in a question we will hear a lot this year on Sept. 11. Looking back 10 years at a defining moment in our country's history, we ask, "Where were you?"I was deployed for

  • To mobility Airmen and their families this Labor Day: Be proud and be safe

    For over 100 years America has celebrated Labor Day as the first Monday in September. It is a day to pause and recognize the contributions of the American worker to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our great nation. It has also evolved to include a day of rest and signifies the end of

  • Answering the call: The birth of a 'Calico' wing

    The most amazing things sometimes have the humblest beginnings. For me, that adage is especially true when I consider the history of the "Calico" wing -- an outstanding team I recently had the privilege to lead and which had its origin in a single, late-night phone call. I was at home with my family

  • Managing our monkeys properly will free up time to deal with priorities

    Have you ever heard of the phrase, "Monkey on my back?" If you haven't, a monkey on the back is a phrase used to define a task or problem that needs to be solved. As managers of Air Force resources, we are responsible for many monkeys from budgets to aircraft -- we manage all kinds of things. We