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  • Physical Fitness: it’s important to you AND me

    It seems just like yesterday it was 1995 and I was a young Airman arriving at my first permanent duty station. I had graduated basic military training and a rigorous Security Forces technical school - back then it was called Security Police-Long. After completing all of this training, I felt I was

  • Beating prostate cancer

    Besides skin cancer, prostate is the most common form of cancer in men, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.In 2009, the National Cancer Institute estimated that nearly 200,000 men were newly diagnosed - which is more than 500 men every day.This Father's Day show the men in

  • Leadership development

    Managers are people who do things right, while leaders are people who do the right thing. - Warren Bennis, Ph.D. "On Becoming a Leader"It's easy to define the qualities or skills of good leadership, but actually practicing good leadership is not quite as simple. It takes awareness of not only what

  • From the trenches

    First of all, thanks for all the work you (our Airmen) have invested over the last two months to raise our combat capability. We've talked extensively about how important it is to stay proficient in a wide array of combat skill sets, even beyond what we're already using effectively overseas today.

  • Command Message: Spouse Appreciation Day

    Military Spouse Appreciation day is, first and foremost, an opportunity to thank our spouses for their service and their sacrifice. We're encouraging them to come out and take a relaxing day with us to find out more about what the wing does, what their unit does, and what individual spouses do, and

  • Don't pass the buck

    Accountability is a fundamental ingredient for leaders at all levels of an organization. It is defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as "an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions." The Air Force does not have a standardized definition for

  • Combat Legacy

    April 18, 1942 and Oct. 7, 2001 are two prominent dates I will never forget. The first is the date of the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo during World War II. The second is the date of the initial strikes of Operation Enduring Freedom. Unique and special to these two events are the involvement of the 34th

  • Building morale and esprit de corps

    Throughout my career, I have had the honor to serve on over 16 different teams with as many different missions. Each one of those experiences provided me with a different perspective in regards to morale and esprit de corps. Over the years, I have come to realize it makes little difference whether

  • Thank a TRICARE Doctor for National Doctors’ Day

    They answered the higher calling to serve those who serve our Nation. They go above and beyond the Hippocratic Oath, just from their desire to fulfill a greater need. They are heroes serving heroes.They are our TRICARE doctors.March 30 is National Doctors' Day. A day the Ellsworth community uses to

  • Writing women back into history

    Someone once coined the phrase, "behind every great man is a great woman." Perhaps it's more accurate to say, "beside every great man is a great woman."As we embark on the 30th Anniversary since President Carter proclaimed March as the first National Women's History Week, we have much to celebrate.