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  • The greatest generation

    When Tom Brokaw's book “The Greatest Generation,” was published in 1998, the title quickly became the label for the generation of American GIs who changed the world. Today’s generation of Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen is similar in so many ways that it's being called the “Next Greatest Generation.”

  • Faces of military women: the spouse

    Over twenty years ago I was issued my first government ID card as a young, newly-married military spouse. Having no military background in my family, I entered my husband’s world of uniforms and acronyms without a clue as to what lie in store, but ready to meet new people and live wherever the Air

  • Faces of military women: the leader

    Some people wonder how a military leader - and a mom - can be successful at both. From personal experience, I can tell you it is a fine balance between the time it takes to be a good Airman and leader and the time it takes to ensure your children have the attention, discipline, education and love

  • Leave no Airman, family member behind; we care

    A traditional value of the United States military is to “leave no one behind.” The historic meaning of this phrase is that in the heat of the battle we will never abandon a fellow Airman. Air Force heritage throughout history is filled with heroic actions by individuals and teams that ignored great

  • Warrior Honorary

    As a pilot in the 905th Air Refueling Squadron during the early 1970s, I served during the Vietnam and Cold Was. I remember 30-, 60- and even 90- day temporary duty assignments and pulling alerts for a week every month or so. However, that now seems to pale in comparison to the 120 or even 179 day

  • Readiness is everyone’s job

    This week began the first of two “fly away” exercises that will lead us into June’s Operational Readiness Inspection. Along with putting our wing’s immediate response capabilities to the test, this exercise is intended to assess the ability of hundreds of our Airmen to survive and operate in a

  • Exercise, still best defense against hypertension

    Are you one of those people who want to lose a few pounds in 2006? For African-Americans, the incentive may be even greater. They have the highest incidence of high blood pressure among all major racial groups in America. In turn, high blood pressure precipitates a countless number of strokes, heart

  • High cholesterol, silent killer

    Heart disease kills more than 5,000 Americans every year; it's the leading cause of death in the United States. One of the major risk factors for heart disease is high cholesterol, or increased levels of circulating fat in our blood. These increased levels of fat in our blood leads to a hardening of

  • Play provides window into domestic abuse

    Anna is dead. She wasn't killed by a drunk driver, she wasn't killed by a terrorist and she wasn't killed by power point briefings. Anna was the narrator during last week's sobering "Yellow Dress" performances, and was killed by her abusive boyfriend as a result of domestic violence. The one-woman

  • Brothers reunite in AOR

    I'm a KC-135 pilot with the 911th Air Refueling Squadron at Grand Forks Air Force Base and I arrived in southwest Asia on Dec. 21, 2005. My brother, 1st Lt. Ryan Reed, is also a tanker pilot stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., was also deployed to the region. On the night of Jan. 1, I was