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  • Words kill!

    No other air force in the world can wage war against our enemies like the U.S. Air Force.Our precision engagement puts bombs on target and lead down range (warheads on foreheads) with deadly accuracy upon our enemies. In laymen terms, we kill bad guys and we are good at it. But, there is another

  • It takes leaders, followers to save a tree

    Recently, I was told a story that at first made me laugh, and then made me muse at its relevance to our lives as Airmen. The story made me think of how important it is to be a good leader and to be a good follower, no matter where you are serving, be it in a deployed location or back at home

  • Freedom IS free

    Both of my grandfathers and my uncle were veterans. And until the day he died, my dad's father had a yellow ribbon magnet of the back of his car that read "Freedom isn't Free." After he passed away and I bought the car from my father and uncle, I kept the magnet there, firmly believing in the

  • Renewing our commitment to the Profession of Arms

    General Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has four focus areas. One of these is "To renew our commitment to the Profession of Arms". Every profession has an oath which is a solemn promise that a person makes to signify that he or she is bound in conscience to perform a particular act

  • First things first: Get your degrees in order

    In 1972 the Community College of the Air Force was established by the Air Force Chief of Staff, General John D. Ryan.Four years later, President Gerald Ford authorized the Air Force, by law, to confer the associate degree. The CCAF was accredited in the start of 1977 and by the spring of that same

  • Mission first - people always

    Air Force Doctrine Document 1-1, Leadership and Force Development, informs us that a leader is considered proficient in "People/Team Competencies" if his or her approach is to place "people first--(attending) to the physical, mental, ethical, and spiritual well-being of fellow Airmen and their

  • Remember Your First Day of School?

    You don't get flowers everyday when you're deployed, in fact, you probably don't receive them at all. On Saturday, I did and it was pretty cool. No, it wasn't from my family and loved ones back home for a birthday or other event. They were from an 8-year-old girl whom I've never met before. Flowers,

  • Most important discipline...'Self'

    As I opened the door and proceeded down the hall, I looked forward to a "change of pace" meeting. This would be my first time attending the garrison command sergeant major meeting and I was curious about our sister service's concerns. After settling in, I was surprised to hear about soldiers losing

  • Volunteers: Extending a Helping Hand, Ear

    Volunteerism. All of the Services define this word slightly different; some incorporate this concept into their core values, but all have this belief intertwined into in their fundamental guiding principles. It's not uncommon to see service members exhibiting this trait in a myriad of ways, both at