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Commentaries

  • We are Family: Absolute success for Team Pete

    Armed with a purpose to appraise "the product as opposed to the package," the 2009 USAF LeMay Evaluation Team visited with its sights set on immediate target acquisition, and left Peterson AFB with a plan - to send an Air Force-level team of experts back to Peterson to use our day-to-day management

  • Successful leadership begins with being yourself

    "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."~E.E. Cummings"Feedback is the breakfast of champions." ~Ken BlanchardIf you ask a group of Airmen why they joined the Air Force, you will frequently hear they wanted to learn leadership skills. Further, the vast majority of Airmen aspire

  • What we do in Denmark

    Due to an international agreement established more than half a century ago, the 21st Mission Support Group has a contracting office in Copenhagen, Denmark.An Aide Memoire was signed in 1962 between the U.S. and Denmark allowing the United States to establish Thule Air Base in Greenland. In return,

  • Take the time to thank a security forces member

     I don't know about you, but throughout my Air Force career I've taken one particular career field for granted. Whose you ask? It's our folks who work in security forces - the Air Force cop.You know, the group of folks who work the gate and patrol the base regardless of whether it's sunny and 75

  • Negotiating the cyber battlefield

    Almost a year has passed since Gen. C. Robert Kehler, Air Force Space Command commander, directed the creation and execution of a Cyberspace Awareness Day. The objectives completed during that event helped solidify the importance of having a cyber-sentry ethos command-wide. The 2009 Cyberspace

  • Finding a balance in 2010

    As we begin 2010, many of us will look at setting goals, breaking bad habits and trying new things. Whatever our goal, whatever our challenge, it is important to find the right balance in our lives, which can include many things depending upon each individual. For most of us, that balance includes

  • New year's resolution: Adopt new culture of fitness, healthy living

    In just a few short weeks, the 21st Winter Olympics will open in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Feb. 12. As with previous Olympics, millions of us will be inspired by these outstanding athletes who fulfill the Olympics motto of "Faster, Higher, Stronger." Those of us who are Airmen will

  • Guess who Miriam isn’t inviting to dinner?

    If you've been keeping up with my articles over the last few months, you know that I often quote a variety of authors and books. I've learned that there really isn't "anything new under the sun," and there is probably someone out there who has already said it much better than I ever could. Well,

  • Today’s junior enlisted shaping tomorrow’s Air Force

    My generation entered the Air Force under entirely different circumstances. Our adversary was a peer competitor in Russia and there were very little or no deployments. The Cold War is over now, we have a new adversary and are engaged in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. We won the Cold War and we

  • 21st OG - Always Ready

    "They know that Santa's on his way. He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh. And every mother's child is going to spy, to see if reindeer really know how to fly..."As North American Aerospace Defense Command Santa trackers and the rest of America get ready for Santa's annual flight, the