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  • Living the dream today

    It is not my intent to recite Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s entire biography. I will not give you a guilt trip about the sins of our ancestors, and I will not pretend we have achieved the vision of Dr. King. While I would agree we as a nation have made tremendous strides in race relations, there is still much more we can do to fulfill the legacy

  • 10 tips for sticking to fitness resolutions

    It happens every New Year. The gym fills up and aerobic classes overflow with new faces eager to make a change. Thousands of Americans will decide to get fit and lose weight, and what better time because the New Year is a time for new beginnings.But by the time February rolls around, most of these New Year’s “resolutionaries” will give up and

  • Core values not cliché, but a way of life

    Most of us encounter situations in life we do not always agree with. Positive results can stem from how we respond to these situations. All of us in the Armed Forces have a sacred duty to adhere to the highest standards of military conduct. We have a wide range of choices; from turning a blind eye and doing nothing to confronting situations head

  • Humanitarian mission shows America’s spirit

    When I was notified about my Air Expeditionary Force Silver deployment in October, I knew I would be spending the holiday season, my birthday and promotion away from my wife and miss sharing these cherished times with her. What I didn't know then was that I would have an opportunity to do something fulfilling we can both look back on proudly for

  • No need to complain about ‘another exercise’

    Exercises can undoubtedly be a colossal pain in the south end of a north-bound horse. When the kids are sick and can’t go to the child development center, Mom’s on days and Dad’s on nights, there are times when it’s hard to keep a positive outlook on why we have to train like we do.Answering the phone to a recall at about 4 a.m. or so on a

  • The perfect gift

    ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring … because they were all at the mall rushing to finish their holiday shopping. In desperate pursuit of the perfect gift, they jostled and shoved from store to store, and rang up huge bills on their credit cards.A lot of us do this every year. It’s like we’re

  • Holiday health -- avoid seasonal weight gain

    Although cookies, pies and snacks are common items seen around the office and at parties during the holidays, there are ways to stay healthy throughout the season.Maintaining a regular exercise program and eating a balanced diet, despite the cold weather and available sweet treats, are ways to go into the new year healthy, according to Capt.

  • We can dare to fly to even greater heights…

    Dec. 17, 1903, is the day two bicycle shop owners from Dayton, Ohio, changed the world. Their new invention, a flying machine, flew only 120 feet on its first flight that historic day, but that meager distance grew during the past century to where pilots and passengers can now circle the globe in a matter of hours.The past century of powered

  • ID theft provides valuable lesson in holiday caution

    At age 16, my friend Michael and I were holed up in his bedroom, surrounded by thousands of “Star Wars” toys, using a Commodore VIC-20 computer to “war dial” into computer systems around the greater San Diego area. The war dialer dialed thousands of numbers. Every time a computer tone came up, the war dialer stored the number so we could go back

  • Take care of one another this holiday season

    As a young airman first class in 1986, I spent my first holiday season away from friends and family. I was stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, and was farther away from home than I had ever been.At the time, I was fortunate enough to have a supervisor who made sure his young airmen and junior noncommissioned officers had plans for
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