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  • (U.S. Air Force graphic by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kyle Gese/Released)

    Our military spouse…the military’s “Twelfth Man,” our “Twelfth Airman”

    "Because we are ready to play for our team if needed...we are all the 12th Man of the Team!" --Texas A&M University fight songWith the Seattle Seahawks Superbowl win, "Twelfth Man" references have been replete this year. The Seahawk fan base takes immense pride in their ability to generate crowd noise during home games and be the differencemaker
  • Members from the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing Honor Guard team carry photos of fallen crew members of Shell 77 during a memorial service held in their honor May 9, 2013, at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan. The three crew members perished May 3, 2013, when their KC-135 Stratotanker crashed in northern Kyrgyzstan. All three were deployed to the 376th AEW's 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephanie Rubi)

    Fairchild’s fallen remembered… One year later “Freedom is Never Free”

    On Saturday, May 3, 2014, we will pause at 10 a.m. on our memorial walk near the chapel to unveil the Shell 77 memorial. It will be a short ceremony, it will be simple, it will be elegant--it will mirror the monument itself. The purpose of us gathering a year later is two-fold.One, we as a Fairchild family are gathering to tell the families, to

  • Join us for “Bike to Work Week”

    Remember summers before you were able to drive? When getting to the other side of town meant throwing on your best cargo shorts and jumping on your bike? As part of National Bike Month, Bike to Work Week 2014 will be held May 12 to 16, and it's the perfect time to put some air in your tires and break out the 'ol cruiser.In addition to instant
  • The Fairchild Air Force Base headquarters building will be lit up teal for the month of April in support of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Janelle Patino/Released)

    Fairchild’s April SAPR Focus: Dragons Can Be Killed

    This is my second April in command where we pause for a moment to emphasize our efforts to eradicate sexual assaults in our military. Certainly, this is not just a focus for April, but warrants 365 and 24/7 vigilance to battle back the scourge within our ranks that continues to corrode our trust. I have three reflections looking back over my time
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    Remembering a Women's rights pioneer: Deborah Sampson

    We have always heard stories about women who impersonated men in hopes of serving for their country. But how often are we actually told about those women who did just that? Women have always played a vital role in the military, since its earliest days -- whether they served as maids, cooks, spies or soldiers. Women were just as capable as men, they
  • U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Areca T. Wilson/Released)

    Honoring Women's History Month- Rhonda Cornum

    Character, courage, commitment--all terms that retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum exhibited throughout her career in the military and in her life in general. During the Persian Gulf War, then Major Cornum, was an Army flight surgeon with the 229th Attack Helicopter Regiment. She and seven others were aboard a Black Hawk helicopter on a

  • Failure is an event, not a person

    To fully understand the title, it's important to also understand and accept that failure is inevitable. We all experience difficulties, road-blocks, set-backs and failures in our never-ending goal toward achieving success. However, all of these are simply notches in the wood or mile markers on the road to success. Have you ever been given "an

  • Past Presidents Provide Perspective

    For the Air Force, 2014 is a year of opportunity and challenge. Certainly January has been challenging as we learned and continue to work through our force shaping initiatives to move ourselves to a more modern and lethal Air Force by 2023. As we move into February, Presidents Day is a time for reflection for me. This year, we can find a small

  • Building relationships in the work place

    Reflecting back on our careers, we recognize how the significance of building healthy relationships could have better equipped us within our workplace. The outcome of a dysfunctional relationship and its future ramification is an unknown. After 30 years of coaching, supervising and mentoring, I have applied four tools to forge and sustain
  • Col. Brian Newberry is the 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Fairchild Focus in the Eye of the Storm…our Airmen Count

    2014 will be another challenging year for our Air Force. Last year, as we stood on the eve of 2013, we did not clearly see the storms that were headed our way from sequester to government shutdown. Despite the difficulties, the strength of our Airmen and our excellent leadership allowed us to weather the storm and end the year as an award winning
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