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  • A wrinkle of fate: Mom becomes family child care provider

    A wrinkle of fate led Irene Penaflor to become a Family Child Care provider.At the time, her three-year-old son had health issues, so, rather than look for a job outside the home, she stayed home to give him the focused care he needed. While she was caring for him, she realized a couple of crucial

  • Don’t believe your 1206

    When you believe your own 1206 you are living in the past. You are resting on your accomplishments rather than looking to the next mission. Awards are great but they have zero impact on your future missions.

  • Exciting springtime activities around Colorado Springs

    With spring right around the corner and spring-like weather getting a jump start this year, it’s time to start taking advantage of the sunshine. Whether you are a ski bum who is disappointed to see winter coming to an end or an indoor-type of person, most can agree that the Colorado sunshine is

  • Accountability starts with you

    Every day I have the privilege to work with many great Airmen who live and breathe accountability. I consider these Airmen always ready. They take the time to prepare, lead and execute tasks that not only make them better, but also those around them.

  • Lessons in Time Management

    If you know me or have ever met me you would know that I am a huge sports fan.  I am proud to be a part of a strong brotherhood as a Dallas Cowboy fan. I know many of you out there are probably booing me right now but that’s ok, I am used to it! When I think about time management the first thing

  • Do You Want a Discount?

    Over the years I’ve served in various positions from the flight to headquarters level. In these positions I noticed how detail oriented senior leaders are when it comes to civilian appraisals, military performance reports and written correspondence in general.

  • Inspire Strength

    Inspire. Strength. Two simple words that have come to dominate the center of my leadership philosophy. We all have encountered no shortage of buzz words or fancy theories throughout our time to help us solve our problems and conquer our challenges. Yet, I found these two simple words a long time ago

  • Don’t let threat of law make you do the right thing

    Our political discourse these days has disintegrated to a Cliffs Notes version of graphic-size inflammatory memes that go viral on Facebook and other social media sites with the speed of fire that leaves burned friendships in its wake.