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  • Comprehensive Airman Fitness: Diary of a wimpy Airman

    Editor's note:  This commentary is the first in a 4-part series chronicling an Airman's pursuit to better her overall fitness and pass her PT test. She is an Air Force reservist as well as a full-time civilian employee.      Unfortunately, my story begins like many Airmen out there. I started my

  • Now, more than ever, the Air Force needs first sergeants

    It was 1998 and I was assigned to the 92nd Transportation Squadron. My first sergeant was a force to be reckoned with. To put it plainly, she scared me to death. One day, while sitting in a briefing at Airman Leadership School, I vaguely listened to the first sergeant's panel. To my dismay, my first

  • It’s never too early to prepare yourself for transition to civilian life

    I recently attended a Chief's Transition Assistance Program in Illinois because I heard this CTAP was geared toward preparing chiefs for executive jobs. I was skeptical about that claim, but as the course progressed I began to see that I, and you, have tremendous self discipline, leadership skills

  • Comprehensive Airman Fitness: A time to ‘slow down’

    Chaplain Jeffrey Solheim, concluded the Fairchild Air Force Base Lazy F retreat by thanking God for providing attendees an opportunity to "slow down."I know, camping with 127 people, including 25 families, and 56 children may not seem to equate to "slowing down." Likewise, partaking in three

  • To mobility Airmen and their families this Labor Day: Be proud and be safe

    For over 100 years America has celebrated Labor Day as the first Monday in September. It is a day to pause and recognize the contributions of the American worker to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our great nation. It has also evolved to include a day of rest and signifies the end of

  • New AMC command chief sends letter to Airmen

    To the Airmen of Air Mobility Command (officers, enlisted and civilians).Greetings to you from your new command chief. I am Chief Master Sgt. Andy Kaiser, and my beloved bride Debbie and I are honored and delighted to be your new "senior enlisted servants" for this amazing command. I say "servants"

  • Managing our monkeys properly will free up time to deal with priorities

    Have you ever heard of the phrase "monkey on my back"? If you haven't, a monkey on the back is a phrase used to define a task or problem that needs to be solved. As managers of Air Force resources, we are responsible for many monkeys from budgets to aircraft; we manage all kinds of things. We also

  • Comprehensive Airman Fitness: We really need each other

    In his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Ginsberg noted that we live in an era of "evolving requirements, diverse mission sets, and constrained budgets" at a time when our Air Force is trying to "seek balance between winning today's fight and

  • CAF: Wing Fun Run

    On July 15, the 92nd Air Refueling Wing held its monthly Fun Run with a different twist. The sponsor for this run, the 92nd Medical Group, chose to incorporate multiple core strength exercise stations into the traditional Fun Run. These stations, which included lunges/burpies/squats/resistance