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  • What the uniform means to me

    On the way from my home in Ohio to San Antonio where I was about to begin basic training, I kept looking out the window thinking to myself, “I’m really doing this. My family will be so proud. My wife and daughter can sleep easy knowing that I will protect them.”As my flight landed, a little boy

  • Sacrifice -- who has the hard part?

    Sacrifice is a word I often hear bandied about during discussions of serving in the military, and rightly so.Each of us makes individual sacrifices to serve in the greatest Air Force in the world; many heroes have made the ultimate sacrifice serving our nation. However, my deployment as part of the

  • Hispanics defending freedom -- contributions to remember

    Many Hispanic Americans have been drawn to military service for myriad of reasons -- to seek opportunities for education, growth, advancement, skills and professional success. Other factors include a sense of patriotism, love of country and hunger to serve. Hispanic Americans have contributed

  • Air Force combat search and rescue joins AFSOC team

    On Oct. 1, the Air Force Special Operations Command patch will adorn the uniforms of nearly 7,000 additional airmen as we welcome Air Force combat search and rescue forces to the AFSOC family.With the addition of CSAR units based in the continental United States, we welcome a team of selfless

  • Personal readiness means mission readiness

    Readiness -- one of my favorite topics! I’m not talking about chemical gear- and shot records-readiness. I’m talking about personal life-readiness, family and financial-readiness, if you will.I have to be honest. As the 52nd Medical Group first sergeant, I have a higher motive for talking it up

  • Newest airmen will train to be warriors

    "Warriors: training for success, training to win!"These words guide 37th Training Wing leaders and instructors in setting the conditions for training our newest airmen at Lackland and their transformation as members of the world's greatest air force.The leaders and trainers here are responsible for

  • Off We Go…

    Happy 56th birthday, Air Force!Off we go into the wild blue yonder,The groundwork for an independent Air Force was established with a signature, when President Truman enacted the National Security Act of 1947. The Air Force officially came into existence 56 years ago on September 18, as W. Stuart

  • Let's not forget their sacrifices

    Numbering more than 93,000 and dating to the first World War, they came from different states, walks of life and social status. Despite their differences, they were sworn to the same cause -- freedom -- and suffered the same fate.You can find their names listed in the Defense Department's Prisoner

  • View from a tanker window

    By 8:43 p.m. the KC-135 Stratotanker was well on its way to the sky over Iraq from its forward-deployed location. This mission is just one of many combat tanker missions that take place every day in the U. S. Central Command area of responsibility.Sure, one might say that a KC-135 is not really a

  • The building shook, we were at war

    The building shook and we were at war. One minute became a defining moment, for the course of our country and for a career in military service.On Sept. 11, 2001, I was on duty at the Pentagon, when the plane hi-jacked by terrorists struck, killing 189 innocent people. At the time of the attack I