• That sweet science

    In the movies, boxers train all day long. They practically live in huge, sleek gyms, surrounded by high-tech workout equipment. Doctors, with degrees in sports medicine, monitor and track their every move on a clipboard. They train every minute leading up to the big match.This is not the case at

  • Early retirement offered to select enlisted Airmen

    Air Force officials announced an application window for targeted early retirements for enlisted Airmen. Eligible Airmen will have 15-19 years of service in fiscal 2012 and be in the grades of staff sergeant through master sergeant in overmanned career fields.The Temporary Early Retirement Authority

  • Find the courage to listen

    As the son of an Air Force pilot, I learned some very pointed and quick lessons from my father early in life. One lesson he taught me as a young man and reinforced prior to his passing, has stayed with me to this day. "Remember Joe, you don't learn when you talk, you learn most when you listen," he

  • Total Fitness concepts embraces whole person

    We talk a lot about fitness these days. Physical fitness is important for our wartime mission, for the stamina required to do our job, for promotions and for military image and bearing. Total fitness, however, encompasses much more than an item needed to check a box on an evaluation. It involves a

  • Sergeant grows from orphan to Airman

    Like most Airmen, Master Sgt. Nicole Culverhouse has fond memories of her childhood home but unlike most Airmen her childhood home was a public park in Bogota, Columbia.Her father sold soda out of a vending booth in the park where the family slept. She played games with her brother and other

  • Airmen's Pit dishes up place for service members to unwind

    Equipped with television screens, karaoke machines, arcade games, a restaurant, grill and bar, Airmen at Travis Air Force Base are fortunate to have a lounge to relax and build camaraderie during their off-time.However, the best attribute The Airmen's Pit has to offer is the accessibility to

  • Airmen Against Drunk Driving program saves lives

    Have you ever gone out drinking with your friends and made sure you had a designated driver? But then your designated driver decides he's going to have some fun and drink anyway. How are you going to get home now? Grab your keys and head home, right? Wrong. So what do you do?You could probably make

  • Travis honors late pilot

    Members of the Travis Honor Guard conducted a dignified remains arrival Wednesday on the flight line here to honor the return of a fallen fellow Airman.Capt. Francis Imlay was assigned to the 391st Fighter Squadron "Bold Tigers" at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. While deployed to an

  • Sleep smarts

    Since the invention of the light bulb in 1879, Americans have slowly reduced the number of hours they sleep until we now get about 20 percent less sleep then we would have in the late 19th century. In addition to the invention of artificial light, other circumstances that may interfere with the

  • How leaders operate as elevators

    At a recent retirement for Master Sgt. Jerry South, former Airmen Leadership School commandant, he used the word "Ignite" as an acronym to help leaders remember his leadership philosophy. South's words were definitely inspiring, but I would like to add one specific word I think describes great