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Commentaries

  • Quitting tobacco

    The 21st Space Wing's vision is "America's Space Superiority Wing-Globally Postured to Win." With the upcoming Great American Smoke Out scheduled for Nov. 18, it is appropriate to start preparing to really focus on this vision and ask the following question; are we reaching this vision with almost

  • Even one suicide is too many

    An alarming trend is happening in our Air Force, and we need your help.We've had a drastic increase this year in the number of suicides among ourtotal force Airmen - active duty, guard, reserve and civilians. Last yearwe lost 84 Airmen by suicides; this year, we've nearly reached that number,and it

  • Innovate and overcome

    As most of you may have noticed, money and manpower have both become extremely constrained. Over the last four years, the Air Force has cut an estimated 40,000 members. Additionally, just a few weeks ago our Chief of Staff, Gen Norton Schwartz, said our budget is likely to continue to flatten and

  • The importance of you

    Every morning when I come to work, I have a routine. A member from our front office staff has already opened the office, fired up the computers, and started the coffee--so I grab a cup, trade paperwork with my exec, log onto my computers, and review the overnight reports. These reports provide

  • Checking your vision

    Are you tired of the overwhelming inbox or the Microsoft Outlook death march through tons of "over-communicating?" Remember when things were clear and all seemed to make sense? Perhaps that never was the case, or perhaps you were much younger or had less responsibility. In any case, creating a

  • It's time to get ready

    If you look back in history at the many great long distance runners like Jim Ryan, Kip Keino and Frank Shorter, these profound athletes spent countless hours training day in and day out. They would run many miles each week, sometimes at a nice steady jogging pace and at other times they would

  • Today’s American Airmen: Breaking paradigms

    A few days ago, we celebrated the birth of our great Air Force, a service that was born in the minds and deeds of our founding fathers: American Airmen like Billy Mitchell and Hap Arnold, Carl Spaatz and Ira Eaker. These Airmen broke conventional paradigms on the use of airpower during combat. Now,

  • Pride in ownership

    "You have the best salute," I said while coming through the gate a couple of weeks ago. The Airman standing behind the salute, Senior Airman Kimberlee Davis, from the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, replied with words that have stayed with me ever since. "I take pride in my salute,"

  • Sexual coercion

    We are all familiar with the terms rape and sexual assault. We've been trained on what constitutes rape and the damaging effects it has on the victim and the Air Force mission. The Air Force is currently being trained on Bystander Intervention to learn how to identify and act on situations that are

  • In search of wonderful

    Back in early May on the way home from work, I stopped at a store to pick up a few items, one of which was a Mother's Day card. As I sorted through the colossal selection ranging from funny to raunchy to a little sappy and even a few that I had no idea where they were headed, another gentleman

 

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