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  • Key principles to help you win in 2010

    Like many of you, I enjoyed the college football bowl games that occurred over the past week. Each team that competed had winning seasons, and you can believe that none of them became successful by accident. The coaches and staff of these teams did more than hope for success; as a wise man once told

  • Reflective belts better than the alternative

    By day, I'm mild-mannered Air Force journalist Austin May. But when night falls, and morale is in danger, I don my sweats and cutoff t-shirt and take to my art studio.In each of my Air Force-themed comics, "Air Force Blues," "Box D Blues" and "Air Force Toons," on varying levels of facetiousness I

  • British Billy's Merry Christmas

    As you spend your Christmas in the U.K., no doubt you will want reminders of Christmases at home to make you feel festive, but why not add to that yuletide glow with some good old British traditions as well? In England, Christmas as we know it might well have disappeared in 1647 when Oliver

  • A little PMA goes a long way

    PMA, or positive mental attitude, is an acronym familiar to those who've attended Air Force Combat, Water and Arctic Survival training.Alongside one's faith, PMA is often credited with preserving the lives of people in life-threatening survival situations.A prime example includes America's prisoners

  • Wherever you go, there you are

    Wherever you go, there you are. This is something my wife has said to me many times throughout our 13-year marriage. Typically I would just smile and nod, pretty much ignoring her. However, I've realized I never really understood the concept ... until recently.The concept is really quite simple. No

  • NCO uses Great American Smoke Out to kick the habit

    "I love to smoke. I smoke 7,000 packs a day, ok. And I am never [frigging] quitting!" Dennis Leary said that on his 1993 album titled 'No Cure For Cancer'. For almost 15 years now, I've agreed with him.I started smoking after I joined the Air Force. I can't exactly tell you why. It was what everyone

  • Ramstein Air Base: an Air Force Top Priority

    Team Ramstein: you are all incredibly busy executing our forward deployed mission here in Europe. If that weren't enough, we routinely ask more than 800 of our Team Ramstein Airmen to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq. Regardless of location you are all doing an absolutely magnificent job. As you and

  • Conversations with a missing soldier

    I have always been intrigued by the meaning of Veterans and Remembrance Days. Not just their status as a holiday, but in a deeper, conceptual sense and their connection with a specific generation's identity. As a 28-year veteran with the Air Force History Program, I have toured dozens of battlefield

  • Veterans Day: Honoring those who have answered our Nation's call

    As we approach November 11, perhaps no one understands the purpose of Veterans Day better than those of us who have worn our Nation's military uniform in defense of our freedoms and our way of life. Veterans Day was first established in the United States as Armistice Day to celebrate the end of

  • Fit, Focused, and Fighting: Supporting the Mission of the 39th Air Base Wing

    The 39th Air Base Wing's mission is to support and protect U.S. and NATO assets and people throughout Turkey while providing a full spectrum of capabilities to the warfighter. I think the mission statement can be a little hard to understand; so, what does it mean? It means every member of team