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  • Your vote counts

    Time is running out to make your vote count and help decide who leads our country into the future.The 2004 November general election is just around the corner, and U.S. service members deployed overseas are encouraged to exercise their right to vote through absentee balloting, which is part of the

  • Language -- a cultural gift

    The ability to speak another language can be beneficial not only for one’s career options but also for life. Parents who speak more than one language often pass on their bilingual capabilities to their children. Children are better equipped to learn another language than adults, yet some parents

  • Space professional development - a look ahead

    Earlier this summer, Undersecretary of the Air Force Peter Teets and I outlined for Congress our strategy to develop the professional space cadre the nation needs to acquire and operate future space systems. We in Air Force Space Command have an aggressive career field tracking plan, matched with

  • Saying goodbye with respect, dignity, pride

    Somewhere in America a family member was waiting for a relative who was returning home. He was returning early, having served his profession with pride and excellence.We wouldn’t be there to honor his arrival, but we were here to see him off with respect and dignity. His title, and the title of

  • Your vote counts

    It has been said before, but it bears repeating: Exercising our right to vote is the most fundamental and important responsibility we have as citizens of the United States.Many Americans will vote in the November elections. Unfortunately, many will not.Since 1972, less than 56 percent of

  • A slice of lemon to help us remember

    Several times throughout the year, we gather to honor those who fight for freedom. We honor our fallen Airmen, Sailors, Soldiers and Marines in May and our veterans in November. We honor their sacrifices and sometimes even thank our veterans personally. Perhaps we even reflect on the impact of

  • Remember where you were?

    People I have met from the World War II era still talk about where they were when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, pulling the United States into the war.Our generation, however, has another date that lives in “infamy” -- Sept. 11, 2001.I have met people from New York who are still

  • We need to remember!

    We have had three years to forget.To forget the children who died sitting beside their parents on an airplane.To forget the woman who died in an office with a view of New York City.To forget the man in uniform who died walking the halls of the military's headquarters.We should never forget, but with

  • How appropriate that we pause and remember…

    There are certain events that leave an indelible imprint on our lives forever. Many remember exactly where they were when President Kennedy was shot or when the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded. As such, none of us will probably forget the moment we learned our nation was under attack Sept. 11.It

  • You’re going to kill someone, stupid

    Recently, the wing had a rash of driving-under-the-influence charges, on and off base. The offenders were enlisted, officers and civilians. One of these days, someone is going to kill him or herself or someone else.I know what you are thinking: “Not me.” Everyone says that, but it happens. What