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  • What is your personal mission statement?

    Have you ever tried traveling across the country without a road map? If not, then why travel into the future without a map? Recently during one of my business classes I came upon an interesting tool to use in life. Our assignment was to come up with a personal mission statement and then a one-year

  • Prepare yourself: Read

    A past wing commander once told me no emotion or feeling is original. As a young lieutenant, I took it as subtle advice that I could learn much from others. If I want to prepare myself for leadership, go study the history of our country and the lives of our country's leaders. As you make rank and

  • Air Force core values: Airmen must live them

    Before going to any theme park or water ride extravaganza one usually checks to see how much it costs to get in. How many Airmen checked to see how much it cost to join the Air Force? Sure most checked to see what the salary would be, maybe even what kind of education and health benefits are

  • Support for the troops

    One of the most surprising and humbling aspects of my current deployment to this air base in Southwest Asia has been the support from people and organizations back home. I used to cringe at the saying "We support the troops." I believed it was used by many as a shield when they in fact did not

  • These kids nowadays

    "These kids nowadays." If I had a dime for every time I heard that cliche from my parents while growing up in the '60s and '70s, well, I'd have a bunch of dimes. Of course, my parents weren't the first to use the phrase. It's been going on for centuries as a "catch all" when each generation finds it

  • What physical therapy can do for you

    All too often in modern-day life, we seek out the quick fix. And all too often, the quick fix saves time yet sacrifices quality. When it comes to physical health, especially pain, most of us are guilty of seeking out the "magic pill" to make symptoms go away rather than concentrating on the problem

  • The 3 C's of leadership

    As a senior leader, I have often been asked, "What traits have you found important related to successful leadership?" I am by no means an expert on the subject of leadership; however, I can speak of some traits and important characteristics of those traits I have found helpful in my career. There

  • Veteran's Day: The cost of freedom

    When the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center held the sixth Annual POW/MIA Run in September to honor all current and former prisoners of war and Americans still listed as missing in action, the big story that particular day was the run. However, the real story to remember from that day

  • Reminiscing on Veterans' Day

    I've been in Security Police and a security forces member for a little over 24 years. I've been around the world a few times. I'm on my eighth deployment overall, and the fourth to this base. More recently, back home I've become involved with The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. You

  • Have a 'cup of joe' with the veterans you know

    On July 3, I had the best cup of coffee I've ever had. It wasn't that the coffee had a special flavor or that it was made in some fancy pot. To be honest, it was a pretty strong blend and needed lots of sugar and creamer for me to choke it down. To me, though, it wasn't about the coffee itself as