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  • Your best and nothing more

    I've always believed what you get out of an assignment or deployment is equal to what you put into it. No matter where we are or what we do, we can learn something. Even when I was sent remote for a year, I had a very positive experience. It was the opposite of what I was expecting, and one in which

  • No Boundaries

    As part of a Provincial Reconstruction Team it is common to go "outside the wire" to do work. While some may only leave the base once a week, engineers are out there every day conducting site assessments, quality control missions and preparing the province to respond to natural disasters. April 1,

  • Officer's spouse donates time

    With her flaming, short red hair and bright smile, Theresa Marten, a 28th Medical Group registered pediatric nurse practitioner, is anything but an assuming person. Mrs. Marten's level of involvement with both the Ellsworth and local communities has earned her more than just the joy she receives

  • Overcoming personal tragedy, inspiring others

    Upon seeing him, one would never suspect a difference between him and any other uniformed servicemember. He stands tall, exhibiting a more-than-personable attitude and fervor for military professionalism. However, there is more to this Airman than anyone would immediately suspect. In May 2007,

  • Al's Garage saves Air Force money, aircraft downtime

    In today's Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century mindset, thinking outside of the box is not only encouraged, it is necessary. Al Weatherbee, Air Force Engineering and Technical Service senior equipment propulsion specialist, did just that when he created the B-1 residual parts stockpile

  • Reaching out during holiday deployments

    The holidays are a time of giving, sharing and celebrating with loved ones. But amidst the gift opening, revelry and joy, some Air Force families and friends find themselves celebrating without the company of a deployed servicemember. When an Air Force member is deployed during the holiday season,

  • The stress of getting there

    Preparations begin as 14 Airmen learn they will travel to the Czech Republic in support of Ellsworth's B-1 as it participates for the first time in the Czech air show, Czech International Air Fest 2007. Finding out I was one of those 14 was both exciting and nerve-wrecking. I'd never traveled

  • Ellsworth spouses view mission from different perspective

    A handful of Ellsworth wives did what few Americans get the chance to do Aug. 9 when they flew with the crew of a KC-135R Stratotanker during a routine air-refueling mission of a B-1. The incentive flight gave about 10 spouses of B-1 aircrew members a chance to experience a portion of what their

  • The wingman, part 1 of a 3 part series

    The pale, cold light of dawn slowly creeps over the horizon of no man's land - the twisted, charred and ruinous contested landscape marking the lines between Germany and France. On this cold fall morning in 1915, Allied Airmen climbed into their flying machines, which aren't much more than crates of