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  • Earn your chocolate cake

    We had just been stationed at Lackland Air Force Base where I started teaching technical training school. We moved into a house on base, we met our neighbors and I started working … a lot! As I continued to work and be oblivious to the entire situation, Denise took action. My wife has a green

  • Are you missing your chance to make history?

    You may not know this, but Christopher Columbus almost sailed right past his chance to make the history books in his 1492 landing in the “New World.” Had his ship sailed yet one day longer without sighting land, they would have turned around and headed back to Spain on the 12th of October.

  • Thank you Team Fairchild and Spokane Area

    As I prepare to relinquish command of this exceptional wing next week, I just wanted to pass on my thanks. See, this has been one heck of a ride and I could not be more honored having served with you all. This wing has proven that it is ready for the fight and will serve with all of its might. You

  • Nurse Advice Line in place to help

    It’s 4 p.m. on a Monday afternoon and you’ve hurt your back carrying a bag of groceries up the stairs. Or it’s Sunday morning and your child wakes up with a fever and a sore throat. More often than not, medical concerns seemingly arise out of nowhere. When it’s after normal clinic hours, what is the

  • Mission first, people always

    “Mission first, people always.” This saying, or some variation of it, is common throughout the Air Force as a direction for good leadership. I admit, as a young NCO I often scoffed at it. I tend to look at things mathematically. If I’m going to dedicate myself 100 percent to the mission, how can I

  • Basics of Divorce in Washington State Part 3 of 3: Child Custody and Support

    Divorce, or dissolution as it is known in Washington, can be a stressful time for a couple or a family. The Basics of Divorce series is meant to relieve some stress by providing general legal information for those considering a divorce in the state of Washington.If a divorcing couple has one or more

  • Basics of Divorce in Washington State Part 2 of 3: Property Division

    Divorce, or dissolution as it is known in Washington, can be a stressful time for a couple or a family. The Basics of Divorce series is meant to relieve some stress by providing general legal information for those considering a divorce in the state of Washington.When a couple divorces, the

  • Basics of Divorce in Washington State - Part 1 of 3: Filing for Divorce

    Divorce, or dissolution as it is known in Washington state, can be a stressful time for a couple or a family. The Basics of Divorce series is meant to relieve some stress by providing general legal information for those considering a divorce in the state of Washington.A Washington court can grant a

  • Millennial Airmen

    "I think millennials are a generation unlike anything we've ever seen." -- Chelsea KrostIt was a post like nothing I've seen. A millennial talking trash about millennials. There she was, a young lady in her early twenties, rattling off all of the popular criticisms of her own generation she believes

  • Learning from the Holocaust: Acts of Courage

    This year, the Holocaust Remembrance Week precedes Nurses Week. In reflecting upon the fighting spirit of Holocaust survivors and how this contributed to the advancement of humankind, the actions and contributions of women who were nurses imprisoned in the concentration camps and how they were able