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  • Holiday drinking comes with avoidable dangers

    Airmen planning on visiting home this holiday season are probably excited to reunite with families, where they'll have the chance to bicker over turkey drumsticks, share experiences and stories from this past year, and for many, enjoy a glass of wine or two with parents, grandparents and siblings.

  • AMC Commander: ‘You are all heroes’

    As my 38 years in the Air Force come to a close, I find myself reflecting on the great accomplishments made by mobility Airmen...past and present. Ninety-one years ago we began developing the core competencies that define the Air Mobility Command (AMC) we know today. Beginning with innovations in

  • Military Family Appreciation Week 2009

    As we count our blessings this month, America's Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen and Coast Guardsmen serve day and night around the globe to defend our Nation. We are all very proud of them, and yet we should never forget that none of them do it alone. The extraordinary families who support them

  • All of us are Taxpayers

    Besides all of us being assigned to Fairchild and members of the Air Force, we share something else in common. We all pay taxes. I don't know about you, but every month that I look at my leave and earnings statement, I pray the folks who are spending my tax dollars are using them for something

  • AMC Commander: 'You are all heroes'

    As my 38 years in the Air Force come to a close, I find myself reflecting on the great accomplishments made by mobility Airmen...past and present. Ninety-one years ago we began developing the core competencies that define the Air Mobility Command (AMC) we know today. Beginning with innovations in

  • Veteran's Day thank you message from the wing commander

    As Veterans Day approaches, I'd like to take some time to say "thank you" to every member of Team Fairchild for your unwavering service and dedication to our great nation. You make sacrifices daily for the sake of serving America and your fellow citizens. So on Veterans Day especially, I'd like you

  • Shirt Tales: Progressive counseling

    Sergeant Hammer walks up to Airman Rock and says, "Rocky, thanks for staying late last night and making sure the computer system worked for the Video Telephone Conference. It went off without a hitch and the commander was very impressed." Would you say this is a form of counseling? If your answer is

  • Respect for the United States Flag

    As a first sergeant, I am charged with maintaining customs and courtesies. Recently I have observed during the playing reveille, retreat and taps very few people are paying the proper respect. As a reminder, you should do the following to show respect to the flag: All personnel in uniform and

  • DUI: A first-hand perspective from a fellow Fairchild Airman

    I am a fellow Airman stationed here at Fairchild and wanted to address the effects of drinking and driving. I know most, if not all, have been to seminars on this subject and will probably go to many more during their time in the Air Force but it is for a good reason. I was not instructed to write

  • Embrace the word ‘Yes’

    A few weeks ago I was at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., for a Force Support Squadron Commander conference. As part of the conference we toured an off base hotel and restaurant to learn about how an organization similar to the FSS operates. As we were walking through the service hallways, everywhere I