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  • Honoring our veterans of the past, present and future

    Each Veterans Day, Americans have the opportunity to reflect upon and honor the sacrifices of noble men and women who have served in defense of our great nation and its freedoms. We also take this time to express our deepest gratitude for those serving today. Through daily mission accomplishments,

  • The continuum of training

    I believe we should work our boss' boss' problems. I have found that if we see the bigger picture -- if we understand the larger context of our challenges -- we will make better decisions. Since assuming command of Air Education and Training Command, I have been trying to understand where our

  • Focus on the Air Force's top priorities

    As the holiday season approaches, Airmen should remain focused on the Air Force's top priorities.We should partner with the joint and coalition teams to win today's fight. We must be responsive to warfighter needs. We must proactively adapt to the changing air, space, cyberspace and global

  • Mentoring: A forgotten art

    In today's age of technology and invention, we have a tendency of focusing more resources on bigger and better gadgets. And in the Air Force, our gadgets are pretty magnificent works of art. They dwarf our nearest competitors. Specifically, I am referring to aircraft such as the F-22 Raptor and the

  • Getting started with the 6Ss

    Saving time and working more efficiently should be the goal of any large organization, especially one trusted with the nation's safety and tax dollars. To live up to their own high standards, Air Force officials enacted Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century. Part of AFSO 21 is 6S, a model

  • Keeping the balance

    You may have heard about the importance of maintaining balance in your work and in your lives. The tradeoffs between work and recreation, or fitness and rest, are important and well documented. Let me tell you about balance from a different perspective -- from a perspective of risk. The new Air

  • Think before you ride

    I had planned on helping someone in need by supporting a motorcycle charity ride Aug. 17 in Mobile, Ala. A group of us prepared to leave Fort Walton Beach, Fla., around 8 p.m. that day to meet up with other riders from the local community and make the ride to Mobile. On the way to Mobile, I noticed

  • Taking energy conservation and environmental cleanup to the next level

    Over the last 25 years, the Air Force has devoted a lot of effort and resources to clean up soil and groundwater contamination from past industrial activities. Although the Environmental Protection Agency has overseen and supported this cleanup work and other cleanup projects across the country, it

  • Success with 6S

    Saving time and working more efficiently should be the goal of any large organization, especially one trusted with part of the nation's safety and tax dollars. To live up to their own high standards, the Air Force enacted Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century. Along with any new military

  • CFC donations make priceless difference in real lives

    Sometimes we in the military may forget the real people behind those Combined Federal Campaign donations. Somehow it gets detached during the drive. Maybe it is that CFC is sometimes used as a competitive device between units. Other times I have heard many of us in the military relate that since we