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  • Fightin’ From the Forks…Warriors of the North!

    Warriors of the North, I have the distinct privilege to kick off a series of commentaries by leaders here at Grand Forks AFB. I believe it is important for leaders to communicate their thoughts to their people. All the Airmen at Grand Forks AFB deserve to know where their leadership stands on a

  • Airman uses grandfather's advice and art skills to honor his sisters-in-arms

    I'm a self-taught graphic artist working as a public affairs specialist for the Air Force.I developed my artistic skills out of necessity early in my career while serving as the editor for the newspaper at my first base in west Texas. I would occasionally get an assignment to write a story promoting

  • Doing something is one thing, but doing the right thing is everything

    "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." This quote from the heroic Martin Luther King Jr. flashed across my mind when a fellow NCO said, "I don't care, and you shouldn't either," when I trying to make a correction on a female airman's hair while she was in

  • AMC commander: Home for the holidays

    After years away, Ricki and I are overjoyed to return to Air Mobility Command. It feels like we have come back home, just in time for the holidays. To you, the more than 130,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian men and women who make up our Mobility Air Forces, we could not be more proud of

  • Air Force Academy energy research will yield global benefits

    "I am Air Force Energy" is more than just a catchphrase at the Air Force Academy. Those words, provided by Air Force Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Dr. Kevin Geiss as the theme for Energy Awareness Month, resonates at the Air Force Academy, whose faculty are innovating across the spectrum of

  • 'I am Air Force Energy'

    October is Energy Action Month. This year's theme is "I am Air Force Energy." As the theme implies, whether you are a military member, civilian or contractor, your ideas are vital to improving efficiency. In the last 6 years, Airmen in Air Mobility Command have reduced aviation fuel consumption 4

  • Sept. 17: A Day for Constitutional Conversation

    September 17, 2012, marks the 225th anniversary of the signing of America's Constitution.As federal employees, we commemorate that anniversary with Constitution Day and Citizenship Day. Specifically, this day was established to ensure all federal agency employees have the opportunity to learn more

  • Losing Your Future to Sexual Assault

    "I knew the minute our eyes met that she was the 'one.' We exchanged numbers and set up a date. It was planned to perfection. She was the 'one.' And then she Googled me. . .and told me never to contact her again. That's life as a registered sex offender. My face, my name, my address...for the world

  • My job is prosecuting sexual assault

    Here's a simple truth...sexual offenders reject our core values of integrity, service and excellence, in favor of following their own base, undisciplined, criminal desires. Most sexual assaults committed by Airmen are "blue on blue," or Airmen victimizing other Airmen. So in addition to rejecting

  • Longevity Day—A short history of my time in the wild blue yonder

    Just a few days ago, I celebrated a milestone in every Airman's career--I finally passed my four-year enlistment mark, giving me the right to add the Air Force Longevity Service Award to my ribbon rack.The Air Force Longevity Service Award is awarded for completing four years of active, Reserve or