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Commentaries

  • Resiliency… Who Knew?

    My last article discussed taking on a different perspective regarding sexual assault and suicide prevention. Specifically, that the training is not about us but others. When we take the training, we know not to exhibit certain behaviors or associated conduct; however, we should be mindful of how the

  • Innovation: Never stop improving

    "Another article on innovation?" you say. I don't have to tell you that there are more challenges across the Air Force than any time that I can recall: manning reductions, reduced budgets, infrastructure we can no longer afford, new requirements; response to advanced cyber threats, and the cherry on

  • Where were you on 9/11?

    It was a normal school day in Great Falls, Montana. My younger sister, Danielle, and I were barely awake, brushing our teeth, when we heard Mom scream in shock in the next room.Danielle and I, with our tooth brushes hanging out of our mouths, watched the news trying to comprehend if it was real. Why

  • Becoming Sensors: How Will You Respond?

    Sensors are prevalent in modern day technology. Many Air Force systems are equipped with sensors that detect or measure a certain property in another object. Those sensors then record and respond to the object based on the input received.Imagine arriving at work on a typical day. The "good mornings"

  • How to ensure proper use of government resources

    It may appear that the rules governing the use of government resources are straight-forward and easy to follow but every one of these rules has been violated in almost every conceivable way. For example, an Air Force JAG official once directed temporary duty travelers to stay at a local hotel even

  • Bold leaders make the mission happen

    Just this week, we witnessed the New Horizons spacecraft approach the planet Pluto. What's that? Of course it is a planet. Regardless of what you call it, the world got its first look at this majestic celestial body that orbits the Sun 4.67 billion miles from Earth.  How did we get there?  One word

  • Balance key to goal accomplishment

    Being a member of the world's greatest Air Force has taught me that we are always striving to improve ourselves: promotion, fitness, awards, decorations, education, assignments, deployments, and more. We have all attained or strived to attain the things I've listed and they are all great things to

  • Own it

    As the new 21st Operations Group commander, my most enjoyable duty is to travel with Chief Master Sgt. Brad Smith to the corners of this globe and visit those who are performing duties few in the society we defend can fathom.I'm proud to report that our Airmen of the 21st Space Wing -- military,

  • Next person up: Why mentoring should be part of our DNA as Airmen

    Between 2007 and 2009, I was honored to serve as the ops officer and commander of an Air Support Operations Squadron charged with providing tactical air control parties to control close air support for ground forces, both in garrison and in Iraq. As you can imagine, as a career space officer, I

  • Let’s do this 21 SW

    Knights of the 21st Space Wing, thank you for the incredible welcome you extended to me and my family.  Everyone from the security forces Airman at the gate on my first entry onto base, to the lodging staff, the housing staff, my in-processing, the medical clinic, the communications team, the

 

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