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  • Proud to serve

    While assigned to serve Airmen of the Air Force Honor Guard, I continue to note one of the most humbling experiences in my 26-year tenure, the opportunity to stand on the grounds of the Air Force Memorial. Like most experiences, they only become important when we assign and retain meaning to them.

  • A leader's passing: Airman's point of view

    I was recently invited to attend a memorial service for Gary R. Pfingston, the 10th chief master sergeant of the Air Force, with Chief Master Sgt. Bruce Heinzen, the 47th Flying Training Wing command chief, and Master Sgt. Joe Morse, the 47th Security Forces Squadron first sergeant. Me, an Airman,

  • Why I chose to stay blue

    One score and seven years ago (that's 27 years to you and me) I became a member of the greatest Air Force the world has ever known. Unlike some, I wasn't predestined to join the military; my father or my grandfather didn't leave me with that legacy. We all have our reasons for serving. Some serve

  • It's high time we deflate EPR ratings

    The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base chief master sergeants assembled in July to discuss the new Enlisted Performance Report form and all the peripheral issues attached to it.Two hours in a conference room with 30 chiefs can be a bit tenuous and draining. Chief Master Sgt. John Hake, the command

  • Driving drowsy: Just not smart

    After a long day at work, you are too excited to wait an additional day before starting your trip to go see your family. It's your leave, so why should you waste time sitting at home? You load up the car, fill up with gas and hit the road; the drive's only a few hours. The drive begins as planned --

  • A day in the life of aeromedical evacuation missions

    My crew and I had an awesome mission the other night, one that reminded me just how much manpower, money and risk the United States military will put into saving one of its own. As a C-130 Hercules crew, we spend all our time hauling troops and cargo to and from the fight. After flying these

  • A new era in aviation begins in Alaska

    An exciting time has begun at Elmendorf Air Force Base as we welcome the newest, most revolutionary, most talked about air dominance fighter in the history of aviation. The F-22 Raptor soon will be a common sight in the sky above Alaska, protecting America and the Pacific Theater. With its arrival,

  • You can sleep well tonight -- 13th Air Force is awake

    As the newest "Component-Numbered Air Force," or C-NAF, on the block, 13th Air Force is off and running, defining and shaping the "art of command and the science of control" of air, space and information operations in the Pacific theater. As a C-NAF, we still maintain many of the traditional

  • Say 'thank you' to our veterans

    "I didn't know how important this was until now." These were the words spoken to me by a family member of a World War II Navy veteran following a short ceremony at the family home on the outskirts of Spokane Aug. 11. In September 1943, just shy of his 18th birthday, this veteran enlisted in the

  • Expect the unexpected during deployment

    When you are thousands of miles away from home, away from family and away from friends, the smallest events can remind you that you have no control over the things you left behind. The lack of control over events on the home front is even more apparent when big things happen -- that you could never,