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  • Use wing commander’s vectors as a daily guide

    Another wing stand-up meeting... as always, it begins with a Power Point slide of the wing commander's vector: Take care of the mission first. Take care of each other to build trust and an unbeatable team. Take care of yourself with a personal commitment to be the best. The room becomes silent as

  • Essay student contest winner: John Adams contributed to U.S. law

    Editor's Note: The winner of the 92nd Air Refueling Wing Legal Office's Law Day Essay Contest is Dien Dewever. Dien is a 6th grader at Michael Anderson Elementary School who says his favorite subject is math. His essay is about how the second president, John Adams, influenced American law.  John

  • Celebrate your heritage and understand others

    I was seven years old, wearing my favorite t-shirt, shorts and sneakers when I left my homeland of South Korea. I was headed to a country where all I knew about it was Disney World and the home of the Statue of Liberty.Excited and nervous about going to a different country, I couldn't sit still in

  • Code of Conduct--The nature of today's expeditionary force

    The flexible nature of today's expeditionary service often, and sometimes quite unexpectedly, puts our airmen in situations where their personal security and freedom may be at increased risk. Fortunately, our Air Force is the world leader in preparing our at-risk Airmen to survive and return with

  • Memorial Day—More Than a Four Day weekend

    As you prepare to celebrate Memorial Day this weekend, I hope you take a moment to remember your fallen comrades. I can attest that it only takes a moment for a life to end.In March 2007, I went to Fort Reilly, Kansas for Combat Skills Training to prepare for deployment as an Embedded Training Team

  • Memorial Day: More than a three-day weekend

         As you prepare to celebrate Memorial Day this weekend, I hope you take a moment to remember your fallen comrades. I can attest that it only takes a moment for a life to end.In March 2007, I went to Fort Reilly, Kansas for Combat Skills Training to prepare for deployment as an embedded training

  • Effective feedback will fix the inflated EPR system

    At a recent Airman Leadership School panel I was told by an individual that the enlisted performance report system was broken; that there was no distinction between individual ratee's because the majority of Airmen received a firewall 5 rating. I agree the system tends to be inflated, but think that

  • Teamwork is key to successful operations – past, present and future

    Teamwork is defined in Webster's New World Dictionary as "a joint action by a group of people, in which each person subordinates his or her individual interests and opinions to the unity and efficiency of the group." This is not to say that each person, section or organization isn't important but

  • Officer’s Spouse’s Club is more than a club

    Officer's Spouse's Club. Just the utter of these three words will probably cause about 75 percent of you to immediately stop reading this article. I would urge you not to because the OSC is probably one of the most misunderstood and talked about private organizations.When I was prior active duty, I