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  • Where's your motivation?

    As a first sergeant, my job is all about people, taking care of Airmen and assisting them with personal and professional needs. More often than not, motivation plays a key part with troubled Airmen. I ask myself, "What will make an Airman do the right thing? What will help an Airman get up on time

  • Integrity also means consistency

    Every Airman knows integrity first is the foundational pillar of our core values, and we all understand what it means. We will always strive to do the right thing and be honest in all that we do. I also believe integrity carries with it the idea of consistency in how we conduct every aspect of our

  • Wingman helps cancer survivor meet Air Force Half Marathon goal

    A day may come and a day may go, but in each day a memory can be made. For me, the days leading up to the Air Force Half-Marathon were a mixture of both. Some were relaxing and some were stressful, and each had moments of joy and anxiety as the day of the race came closer. The best part was that on

  • What's the most popular computer password?

    Do you know what the most popular computer password is? My guess would have been "password" or the ever sneaky "p@ssword." Turns out, the most common password is "123456." Wow, that will surely baffle cyber crooks. Believe it or not, some folks have looked into that. They researched passwords stolen

  • The picnic table

    It was hot. I was sweaty, and I was in no mood for another pep talk or quiz on Air Force customs and courtesies, or worse yet, history. We'd been launching jets for several hours -- pulling pins, checking fuses and making sure the airplane was ready when the pilots took off. In the months before, as

  • ICBMs: A strategic umbrella for 50 years

    This year marks a major milestone in Air Force history as we recognize the dawn of a new era in the use of technology that has contributed so greatly to national security for the past 50 years. Since October 1959, when the nuclear-armed Atlas D went on alert for the first time in the United States,

  • I wouldn't be here today without a bone marrow donor

    A while ago I started to get sharp pains in my abdomen. Like a normal hard-headed male, I thought to myself, "No big deal, the pain will go away." The pain continued to get worse, and after 10 days I finally broke down and swallowed my pride. I went to the base clinic, and the doctor ordered an

  • What is leadership?

    Sixteen years ago, I stood on the parade ground at the Medina Annex on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, anxiously waiting to accept my commission as a brand new second lieutenant. Moments before my uncle asked me to raise my right hand, he pulled me aside and said, "Matt, in a few minutes, you're

  • Moments of heroism backed up by less dramatic moments

    It was Jan. 24, 2008. Hawg 13 flight, a formation of two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, launched from the safety of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, into the overcast darkness of a crisp winter night in northeast Afghanistan. More than 115 miles to the east, a friendly armored convoy slowly made its way through

  • Decision time

    There he was in the middle of the hallway about to turn to the door on the left, retiring to quiet and solitude. Then the door on the right opened and a voice beckoned him that way because the "people are waiting." The scene described here is from a movie about Abe Lincoln, the lawyer from Illinois,