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  • Labor Day Weekend: Not a time to let down your guard

    Editor's Note: This is a message from the Airman-to-Airman Safety Advisory Council members. A2A was developed to advise the Air Force Chief of Safety on ways to reach the 17- 26-year-old age group. They were nominated by the major commands and take every opportunity to tell their stories as a tool

  • Youth programs combat negative influences

    If you have children, especially teenagers, you already know the harrowing statistics that illustrate the dangers they face in the world today. Daily we see news about kids left to their own devices after school who have taken the wrong path in life. Air Force youth programs help combat potentially

  • Volunteers: Extending a Helping Hand, Ear

    Volunteerism. All of the services define this word slightly different; some incorporate this concept into their core values, but all have this belief intertwined into in their fundamental guiding principles. It's not uncommon to see service members exhibiting this trait in a myriad of ways, both at

  • Help arrives in my darkest hour

    I want the nightmares to stop!That's one thing I told Dr. Jeffery Peterson, a 48th Medical Operations Squadron clinical psychologist, when I went to see him last year. I admit the visit wasn't voluntary.Just before leaving Afghanistan in May 2011, I had to accomplish an online post-deployment health

  • Flashbacks of war: Remembering Red Sand

    (Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part commentary. Read "Help arrives in my darkest hour" on Aug. 2 and learn how Wallace sought and received help.)Like many, I was prepared to lay down my life for my country each time I shipped off to war. There were a few times when I genuinely believed

  • Strengthening our core

    The greatest threat to the United States Air Force right now is not external. It is from within. The allegations of sexual misconduct at Lackland Air Force Base splashed across the news will undoubtedly be fully investigated and criminal behavior will be prosecuted appropriately. The victims will be

  • My job is prosecuting sexual assault

    Here's a simple truth...sexual offenders reject our core values of integrity, service and excellence, in favor of following their own base, undisciplined, criminal desires. Most sexual assaults committed by Airmen are "blue on blue," or Airmen victimizing other Airmen. So in addition to rejecting

  • What's your story?

    I remember the phone call three years ago like it happened an hour ago. My sister called to tell me our dad had died unexpectedly in his sleep. Among the many emotions I encountered shortly thereafter, I distinctly remember reflecting on my dad's Air Force service as I watched his flag being folded

  • Be careful what you post; it could hurt your career

    Social media quickly became a widespread form of interactive communication and has been incorporated in the way people conduct business, including the military.Since it was a fairly new concept a few years ago, we had the freedom to post whatever opinions we had on our personal social media sites

  • Caring for our Airmen in times of tragedy

    Do you have Airmen who depend on you? If so, are you ready for when unthinkable tragedy strikes? What about an accidental death, a suicide, battlefield casualty, or even murder? Are you prepared to inform families, friends and coworkers? Prepared or not, the aftermath of that event may be the most