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  • We are not so different from each other

    Military, government civilian, contractor; these are the three parts of the team that builds, sustains, and fights the world's premiere air and space force. A lot of people like to focus on what appears to make these groups different, but what's important is how those differences and similarities

  • Don't focus on the do's and don'ts

    A few years ago I came across an insightful cell phone advertisement in a newspaper. The message was there are do-ers and there are don't-ers. The advertiser's simple implication that do-ers are good and don't-ers are bad, this caught my attention. It made me think about my own biases. My bet is any

  • How do we win?

    I'm the new guy, just arrived from school to take command of the 309th Aircraft Maintenance Group. As I've been working over the past several weeks to understand the scope of my new found responsibilities, I've been asking myself this funny question over and over again: "How do we know when we

  • Logisitic Center leads with lowest mishap rates

    I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of you on achieving the lowest mishaps rates among the three Air Logistics Centers for fiscal year 2007. This is a tremendous accomplishment! In addition, you are on track to achieve Team Hill's safest 101 Critical Days of Summer in recent

  • Every Airman a sensor

    Who likes cops? How many of you receive traffic tickets from law enforcement officers and think "Wow, I really appreciate that cop stopping me and citing my excessive speeding. He's just trying to keep me safe." Fat chance! Most probably react with something that sounds more like, "Stupid cop.

  • Reveille, retreat deserve proper respect

    I read with interest a commentary written by Master Sgt. Mark Lyle from the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Honor Guard regarding reveille and retreat. He discusses his opinion why everyone, military and civilian alike, should stop and pay respect during these two times. As I look at my role in

  • Demolishing barriers, building superhighways; total force at Hill AFB

    I have followed Hill Air Force Base's Total Force Integration transition since the beginning. Arriving from the Fighter Associate Program at Langley Air Force Base, Va., I have had some exposure to these types of arrangements. But if you think I come here with all the solutions to our challenges,

  • Next step in quality evolution of Air Force

    There is no denying the world we live in continues to move faster and faster with increasing demands placed on all of us as individuals. Funding constraints driven by a myriad of factors are necessitating urgent changes to the way we do business. The long anticipated turnover in our aging workforce

  • Leadership starts with you

    While I understand the desire to achieve a supervisory position, the real objective should be to achieve a leadership position, as author, Mark Sanborn stated "you don't need a title to be a leader." Many of the leadership roles where one doesn't have direct supervisory authority over the team still

  • Air Force values mold commanders success

    The Air Force has provided me with opportunities and numerous levels of responsibility which I could not have experienced anywhere else. I am one of those people who came into the military because I felt the calling, to serve my country. For those of you who have experienced "the calling" you know