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  • PME and being your own leader

    I’m going to take on two topics in this week’s editorial: professional military education and leadership. I know, both full articles by their own merit, but let me try to tie them together from my viewpoint.

  • Living out your purpose

    Early and often, I challenge each person, that I have the distinct honor to influence, with this very thought, “What is your purpose?”This may seem like a deep theological question, but is one that we must challenge ourselves with. Finding purpose can be a lifelong expedition. Remarkably, some

  • The sting of regret

    I believe in every person’s life there is a moment (maybe more for others) where we have regret. The Oxford dictionary defines ‘regret’ as a feeling or expression of sorrow, repentance or distress over an action or loss. I guess I’m one of those who would fall under the “more” category. Regret

  • Quotable leadership

    I’ve had the pleasure of working for a number of Air Mobility Command’s senior leaders in my career, and I’ve always enjoyed hearing their thoughts on leadership. I noticed that most of them had a way of taking complex ideas and boiling them down to a phrase or concept that everyone could easily

  • Threatened, endangered species call Travis home

    A form of diversity that you may not even think of is all around you every day at Travis Air Force Base, California… wildlife diversity. Military bases often host a wide array of local wildlife due to the wide-open federally protected spaces often found on these installations. Military bases tend to

  • Take every opportunity

    As an 18-year-old basic cadet at the Air Force Academy, I had no idea where my Air Force career would take me. Nine years later, I can say it’s taken me across the world a few times and it looks like I’ll be traveling around the world again before Christmas… twice.

  • KC-10 community is family

    I was recently handed assignment orders and few things get me feeling more nostalgic than a permanent change of station. This one feels different though, because I’m at the point in my career where it’s entirely possible that after a decade since my first KC-10 Extender sortie, I will have flown my

  • The power of pride and professionalism

    Wow! It’s hard to believe two months ago hallmarked my 28th year of faithful service to the U.S. Air Force. Dawning the Air Force uniform every day for that many years kind of makes you think.

  • Redefining excellence

    Does the Air Force value my contribution? What is my true value? We tend to believe our value is determined by Air Force systems that measure our performance.

  • Back to school, back to basics

    As the new school year gets ready to kick off, I’m beginning to think about what the upcoming year will be like for my kids. When my eldest son started kindergarten a few years ago, I worried the entire summer about how he would handle the transition. Would he like his teacher, make new friends and