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  • 2007: Challenges and successes

    As we move closer to the end of the year and to the long awaited holiday season, now is the time we should take a look back and review some of the challenges and accomplishments from this past year. I am always grateful for the chance to lead such a great wing. Despite many obstacles we've had to

  • Holiday message from AMC/CC

    As we celebrate this holiday season, Chris and I extend our very best wishes to the Air Mobility Command family. We are extremely proud of the dedication to service before self you so clearly display as you accomplish our nation's global air mobility mission. Because of you, the United States has

  • LT gives the gift of life

    While we all have our own reasons for choosing to answer our nation's call, certainly at the forefront of each of our minds is the intrinsic desire to help and serve others in need. This Thanksgiving, I am especially humbled by the opportunity I had just weeks ago to become a bone marrow donor for a

  • Being an Airman and a woman

    I love writing commentaries. It gives me the chance to tell a story in a very informal way. But, for the first time, I don't know if even a commentary will do justice. I don't know if there's any way to tell this story - to make you feel as if you were there with me. I was going to go into a long,

  • The Enlisted Perspective: Air Force families

    Some lasting memories I will always cherish from my Air Force career are the tarmac reunions of loved ones and our returning Airmen warriors. Witnessing spouses, parents and children with tears of joy running down their cheeks simply leaves one speechless and reminds us what is truly important in

  • UCI: The time to prepare is NOW!

    If you haven't heard by now that the wing will undergo a unit compliance inspection in April, you've either just got here, have been deployed for a while, or live under a rock. I have known about the UCI for a while. The captain in my office worked very hard completing our UCI binders. His goal was

  • Reveille and retreat - what do I do?

    It's almost 5 p.m. and you are ready to head home for the day. You start to walk out the door and hear the sound of retreat playing. What do you do? Some of us would like to turn around and walk back inside the building, or make a mad dash for the car. Time is precious and you don't really want to

  • Disabled, not incapable

    Did you know that the month of October is Disability Awareness Month? Did you know that Grand Forks AFB employs many physically and mentally disabled people? Did you know that, according to the Disability Resource Center, almost everyone will develop physical or other disabilities at some point? We

  • Auto insurance, a requirement not an option

    Do you ever wonder why it is so important to have car insurance? Do you ever question why we pay so much for seemingly no immediate return? It is hard for many to justify the monthly insurance payments when we may never use the product that we are paying for. The idea behind the purchasing of

  • What will you do on your four-day weekend?

    This weekend will be a four-day weekend for most Warriors of the North. What will you do on this short vacation? Perhaps you might drive home for the weekend. It's only 1,200 miles away? Let's see, if I left right after work Thursday and drove until I get tired, took a power nap, then hit the road