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  • Much more than time

    Volunteering is not new to me. Beginning when I was in middle school, I was constantly involved in programs that encouraged students to reach out into the community with events such as soup kitchens, food drives, auctions, holiday gatherings for children, yard work and meal deliveries. Each time

  • Veterans Day preserves an important legacy

    Those of you who watched "The War", the seven-part series by Ken Burns that aired on Public Broadcasting Service stations in September, heard several veterans give chilling eye-witness accounts to the most significant historical event of the last century.They each had their own story to tell about

  • If I only had one minute with each of them

    In the spring of 2001, I made my first visit to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. I was attending some training at Fort Meade, Md., at the time and during one of the weekends I was there, I went with a classmate to see this famed cemetery of heroes. It's a big place where you can see row upon

  • Don't forget your battle-rattle

    When I deployed to Baghdad, one phrase I heard and quickly learned to do was my need to wear my "battle-rattle." Given the risks associated with being in Baghdad, this individual protective equipment of a helmet and protective vest with embedded ceramic plates were important additions to my uniform.

  • Developing expertise: Know how to handle a fumble recovery

    In 1964, when football legend Jim Marshall and former defensive linesman for the Minnesota Vikings picked up a fumble and ran 66 yards for what he thought was a touchdown, he instinctively did one thing very well upon seeing the loose football on the ground. He perfectly executed a ball recovery

  • Relax: It's the Holiday Season

    Let's face it: our job is inherently stressful. Whether it's a time-sensitive target or a time-sensitive performance report, stress is an inevitable part of the military career. Stress has a personal cost, both to your health and your pocketbook. In the December Money magazine, Patricia Gray

  • Giving thanks on Thanksgiving

    Parades, football, and lots of food are usually what we associate with Thanksgiving. As always, we Americans have come up with our own, unique way of celebrating a holiday. For most of us, there also is the vague picture of how it all began, back in the early days of pilgrims and settlers. The

  • Your voice is Air Force's most credible source

    I'm in a quandary every day of my Air Force career. As an Air Force communicator, I focus on telling the Air Force story and how vitally 'we are in the fight.' The U.S. Air Force has a great story to tell; we save lives and positively impact others daily. Despite some of the valleys we face in our

  • The Air Force family taking care of each other

    I have been a member of the Air Force family for more than 47 years. That family was there to take me to school when I missed the bus as a kindergartner and decided to walk the two miles to school instead of bothering my mom. There were four young Airmen, probably on their way to Vietnam, who

  • Kindergartener teaches life lesson

    As anyone with children would attest, little ones tend to surprise you and teach you a life lesson when you least expect it. This past May, my 5-year-old twin girls came home from their kindergarten class each with a "book" they had been working on for weeks at school. It was an end-of-year project