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  • How do you define success?

    Success can mean different things to different people. We often think of success in terms of achievements, such as having a well-paying job, winning a sporting event, or meeting that special person. In the military, we often think we are successful when we have accomplished a specific mission

  • Don't give up on your dreams

    On Monday we celebrated and reflected on an important leader of the United States, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He dreamt of an American future where people of all races would coexist harmoniously as equals. He fought for the freedoms that today are mostly taken for granted. Every day, we as military

  • Representing the Armed Forces: how do you rate?

    Serving in the Armed Forces implies more responsibility than just fulfilling our day-to-day duties. Members of the Armed Forces have an additional duty of serving as ambassadors of their respective service. The citizens of the United States recognize us as members of the Armed Forces and many of

  • Making the right choices requires discipline

    Our lives are full of choices. Many of our New Year's resolutions are choices to change something about ourselves that we don't particularly like or we simply know that our personal standard has slipped too low. Whatever your choices are, whether they involve dieting, improving your physical fitness

  • Family is a key ingredient to mission success

    I trust that each of you had a wonderful and safe holiday season. Well, 2007 is here and we're just about midway through January. Funny how time flies when you're having fun. During the holiday break, I took a two-week sabbatical and dedicated that time to my family. We had a festive time enjoying

  • Three Keys to Mission Success

    We each play an important role in delivering Rapid Global Mobility for America to make a safer and better world. To best accomplish our mission, we each must know, do our job the best we can, be mentally, physically and spiritually balanced, and work as a team. Know and do your job the best you can.

  • New Year brings renewed focus on safety, readiness

    Happy New Year and welcome back from the holiday break! Many of us were afforded some well deserved time to relax with family and friends over the past couple of weeks and now it's time to set our sights on the year ahead. While many of the geopolitical, economic and internal Department of Defense

  • Integrity in the New Year

    No, I am not going to convince you to adopt another New Year's resolution, but rather to focus your priorities on mastering the bedrock core value ... integrity. Ask yourself specifically, "Will I make decisions and perform actions this year that consider integrity first?" Are you making the right

  • Remembering our deployed troops

    With the holiday season moving into full swing this month, everyone is thinking more and more about traditional celebrations, family and friends. Excitement is in the air as we prepare to observe honored family traditions and we focus on the spirit that characterizes our holiday festivities. As we

  • Thank you for serving your country

    There are many reasons why each of us first chose to serve in the armed forces and, for each of the reasons; there are other reasons why many chose to stay. We are all serving during some really tough times, and I really appreciate those who are so bravely staying the course. I joined the Air Force