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  • A day at Arlington is a day for remembering heroes

    The alarm clock chimed at 3 a.m. on April 9 just like it was supposed to do. My wife hit the off button and the next two minutes before I stirred seemed like an eternity. This was going to be the start of a busy day. I had to get up early to beat the morning traffic between McGuire Air Force Base,

  • Service Dress Uniform: Does your uniform ‘measure up’?

    How accurate are you with the accouterment placement on your military uniform? The Service Dress Uniform is my favorite uniform inspection that we first sergeants conduct for the Airman Leadership School. It is the one uniform that I feel you should take the most pride in and time in preparing. You

  • Trauma season begins today

    The local area hospitals are getting ready. They are filling shelves with emergency supplies. They are increasing staffing and putting more overtime in the budget. They are all doing this for you. You green thumbs who are mowing your lawns in flip-flops. You risk takers who are jumping in your boats

  • Remembering the sacrifices of our fallen heroes and their families

    This Memorial Day I am very aware of the sacrifices being made daily by our American service men and women. My recent visit to our fine troops at Dover Air Force Base - where our fallen heroes return with dignity - was a vivid reminder of the cost of freedom. As military members, Memorial Day is

  • Remembering the Sacrifices of our Fallen Heroes and their Families

    This Memorial Day I am very aware of the sacrifices being made daily by our American service men and women. My recent visit to our fine troops at Dover Air Force Base - where our fallen heroes return with dignity - was a vivid reminder of the cost of freedom. As military members, Memorial Day is

  • ARE WE AGENTS OF CHANGE?

    Sooner or later, change is going to happen. It is inevitable. We continue to experience the increasing food costs, soaring gas prices, and we are aware the Air Force initiatives to reorganize in multiple areas. How will we deal with it? Are we open to that change? Often times we tend to become

  • DECISION MAKING 101... HOW DO YOU DECIDE?

    As we go about the daily tasks of performing our duties and carrying out the Air Force mission, each of us have decisions to make. From simple, personal ones like whether to wear the uniform properly or get to work on time, to significantly more complex ones that can affect an entire squadron, group

  • My Experience with Skin Cancer

    About 16 months ago, I was diagnosed with skin cancer and had lesions removed from my left cheek and from the base of my neck. Fortunately, the type of skin cancer I had was basal cell carcinoma, which is the type that does not spread. I went to my healthcare provider when a sore on my cheek would

  • Updated AF and AMC Priorities

    To the Men and Women of Air Mobility Command: If the last 90 days are any indication, 2008 is turning out to be an amazing year for Air Mobility Command. Most recently, March was a record-setting month for mobility Airmen supporting the Global War on Terror. More than 120,000 passengers were

  • Earn This

    In the summer of 1998, there was a lot of discussion in the media about the opening 10 minutes of the film "Saving Private Ryan" and how traumatic it might be for our greatest generation, those who actually stormed the beaches at Normandy and lived to tell us their tales. As I sat in a very cold