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Commentaries

  • Experience key to tackling challenges

    A common theme across the Air Force today is efficiency. We are consistently trying to improve operations while saving money and manpower while maintaining our role as the world's greatest Air Force. Throughout the past year, I have had the privilege of working on an efficiency that has never

  • What I learned in command

    On June 2, I will hand over command of the 21st Mission Support Group after two eventful years filled with highs, lows and everything in between. When I took command I was like a lot of new commanders - impressed with my newfound importance and a little full of myself. I was sure I would be the one

  • Answering the task

    Taking charge of a special project can be overwhelming, especially if it is your first time. Like any new skill, there seem to be challenges on all sides, and whether they're based on inexperience, or a genuinely complex task, those distractions break your concentration. Fear not, because everything

  • Don’t blink

    Greetings fellow Knights! For you music fans out there, the lyrics and insight behind Kenny Chesney's song, "Don't Blink" was my inspiration in writing this commentary -- I've even borrowed a few of his words to help me tie it together.As my three-year tenure at the helm of your 21st Medical Group

  • Evolution

    After 18 years in the Air Force, conversations with peers sometimes steer toward the topic of "the good old days." During these conversations, we reminisce about Friday nights at the packed base club, crud tournaments and Guardian Challenge events. I don't know exactly when it happened but I have

  • Thanks for the support

    You may already know that some of the C-21s seen flying around Peterson AFB are a tenant to the 21st Space Wing. The 311th Airlift Squadron has belonged to the 375th Air Mobility Wing at Scott AFB since 2005. But what you may not know is the rich history of C-21 flight operations at Peterson AFB

  • It’s all about 'accountability'

    Accountability is a word that we in the Air Force have been hearing a lot lately. We are assured that our leaders intend to hold offenders "accountable" for their criminal behavior in the wake of a rise in sexual assault reporting across the service. Additionally, the cheating allegations at

  • The four Cs

    Units are made up of hundreds of thousands of interpersonal interactions daily. When new members arrive to our unit we discuss four important Cs: competency, compassion, courage and communication. These are important to any unit and to any interpersonal interaction.Competency in what you do is

  • Honoring our military children

    In 1986, Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger designated each April as "The Month of the Military Child." The purpose of the month is to reach out and recognize the contributions that military children make as they support their parent, or parents, in service to our country. Accordingly, at

  • Stay connected during deployments

    As military members, we are sworn to defend the nation against all enemies. Over the last 20 years, this has increasingly meant deploying to a foreign land and executing the mission. Deployments are a stressful time for the military member and their family involving the completion of myriad

 

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