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  • Recommitting to high standards

    Shortly after accepting the responsibility of leading America's Air Force, Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley issued a Letter to Airmen calling for each of us to recommit to our own high Air Force standards. Among other actions, the secretary challenged us to: · Ensure that our core values

  • Chaplain’s Corner: How committed are you?

    I enlisted my son, Jonathan, in the U. S. Coast Guard last September. He faced me, and I said "Raise your right and repeat after me ..." He repeated the words and signed his name on the contract. He left for boot camp and has since reported to his boat. When you think about the oath of enlistment,

  • Chaplain's Corner: Are you ‘holding the horses’?

    We are still on the front end of a new year. How is it going for you so far? And how are your New Year's resolutions coming along? Often, the first thing broken after Christmas is the New Year's resolutions! I hope yours are still intact. I think of the scripture in Joshua 3:1-5, when Joshua, the

  • Be selfish for safety

    It is often said that "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." Unfortunately, the same holds true for some Airmen in the workplace when it comes to safety. Leadership can provide the resources necessary for a safe and healthy work environment, but to remain 100 percent

  • Share Air Force Mission with community

    There was nothing like it east of the Great Wall of China. It was to have preserved the peace in Europe for decades. It failed by default! More than 70 years ago France built the Maginot Line, an impenetrable system of forts and underground defenses designed to block the threat of invasion from a

  • Wingman day…all day, everyday

    We're halfway through November, the holidays will soon be upon us. In a few short weeks, families and friends will be gathered around the dining room table giving thanks for the many blessings we enjoy in our daily lives, enjoying our Thanksgiving Day feasts, and maybe watching a football game or

  • Why is OPSEC important?

    Operations Security... hmmm. It's just another one of those programs the Air Force pushes, it doesn't apply to me. It really can't harm the Air Force if I discuss the work we're doing while I'm at lunch, or throw those documents in the trash. They're not classified; only classified stuff really

  • Like Sept. 11, the fight against terror affects total force

    As September approaches each year, I am reminded of the events that transpired on Sept. 11th , 2001 and what that day was like for our nation. I imagine that each person reading this right now recalls exactly where they were, what they were doing and how they reacted when they heard the news of the

  • It's about our Airmen

    Over 21 years ago, I graduated basic training as an Airman First Class and was lucky enough to get a direct duty assignment back to Lackland Air Force Base.    The one factor that had the biggest impression on me was my master sergeant non-commissioned officer in charge, who was my boss, mentor, and

  • "New Year's Resolution - Exercise Program"

         The holidays have come and gone and some of us are already probably having problems sticking to our New Year's Resolutions. A lot us resolve to stick to a budget, volunteer more, eat better or exercise more. Exercising more is a particularly popular resolution a lot of us make. Whether it's to