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Commentaries

  • Combating stress

    Stress. The Oxford dictionary defines stress as "a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances." We've all experienced it; some more than others. With the continuing budget shortfalls, uncertainty of sequestration furloughs, a pending

  • Core values critical during sequestration

    Greetings, Knights. As the Department of Defense enacts budget and manpower cuts mandated by sequestration, we are facing challenges unlike any we have met during my 25-year Air Force career. We have experienced cuts to our budgets and reductions in manpower -- some of them drastic. Many may not

  • March Madness

    Heard of "March Madness"? It is a time when dreams are shattered or dreams come true in NCAA basketball. It is also a time when months and months of practice and preparation come together. As one looks back at the events leading up to the conclusion of March Madness, there are several comparisons we

  • Teamwork

    I spent this past Easter weekend at the Big South Volleyball Tournament in Atlanta, watching my 16-year-old daughter's club volleyball team play. Unfortunately, they struggled during the tournament, finishing in the bottom half of the teams in their division and age group. While my daughter

  • Learning while leading

    Anger, embarrassment, shame, disgust, disappointment...how do you feel when one of your Airmen makes a mistake? All of these are plausible self-expressions that many of us encounter while admitting to making a mistake. While we all are going to make a mistake either in our personal or professional

  • 'Extreme Honesty'

    Humans have always appreciated honesty, in my opinion. We often outperform expectations or what logically "should" happen, just because we appreciate the truth, no matter how ugly. It's nice to have full disclosure of what you are getting yourself into. As a commander, I am sometimes privy to

  • Amidst all the 'craziness' - stability

    Greetings fellow Knights! Before I get into my official commentary, I wanted to take a moment to wish Col. Jen Moore a fond farewell as she completes an exceptional command tour as the 21st Operations Group commander and PCSs to the east. She has been a great friend, confidante and a role-model

  • Drinking and driving from an offender’s perspective

    The social pressures of drinking are ever present, but should not infringe on the need for responsibility to yourself and the community at large. Unfortunately, drinking and driving is an extremely common case in today's society, and has caused many senseless injuries and deaths. The laws have

  • Winter leadership required

    "THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." With those words in 1776, Thomas Paine addressed a nation that had

  • My "C-" in Ethics 101 explained--this stuff really is important!

    My worst college grade was in ethics. Axiological ethics, deontological ethics, morals versus values -- it all seemed kind of mushy to me. After receiving my "C-," I skeptically reduced my personal ethics into a simple formula: if it feels good in my gut and doesn't harm anybody else, it's probably

 

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