HomeNewsCommentaries

Commentary Search

  • A fire truck is loaded aboard a C-5 on its way to Nicaragua as part of the Denton program (Courtesy Photo)

    Aerial Port gets it done through Denton

    We finally got it done. The 27APS has been trying to move two fire trucks and two ambulances from Volk Field, Wis. to Managua, Nicaragua since July, and we finally got a C-5 to haul it. Why would we be moving fire trucks and ambulances to South America? It's all donated humanitarian cargo that has been approved by the Denton Program.The Denton

  • Privacy, politeness in politics please, thank you!

    "The fact is, it's rare that etiquette disappears altogether ... Instead, etiquette adapts." Anna Post (great-great-granddaughter of etiquette expert, Emily Post)I have a love-hate relationship with election years. I love that my vote counts toward choosing a new president, congressional delegate or senator. I love the fact that my "voice" is heard

  • Several strategies available for conflict management

    There are several strategies we can choose from when in conflict situations: · Forcing - using formal authority or other power that you possess to satisfy your concerns without regard to the concerns of the party that you are in conflict with. · Accommodating - allowing the other party to satisfy their concerns while neglecting your own. · Avoiding

  • Defense Travel System--why use it?

    By now, most of you should be aware of our recent transition to the Defense Travel System for travel arrangements, voucher processing, and payment. And, I'm sure many of you have asked why we, the Air Force Reserve, are moving our travel voucher processing from our current Reserve Travel System to DTS? After all, our current system has served us

  • RAMs provide vital part of security posture

    Since the tragedy of Sept. 11, bombing of public transportation system in London, the on-going situations in Iraq and Afghanistan and recent bombings in Syria, there are thousands of people who think we are unable to prevent these horrible acts of senseless violence; however, there are many ways to step up to the challenge terrorists present.

  • Getting psyched up for the ORI

    While at a martial arts camp in the remote woods of northernmost Wisconsin, I reflected on the wonders of man and nature. Doing this made me think of the writings of Joseph Campbell, author of "The Power of Myth". Campbell, an American mythologist, writer and lecturer was known for his comparative works in mythology and religion and often used the

  • Dieters Unite: Give your calories to those less fortunate

    I'm hungry. It's 11:30 a.m., as I sit at my desk writing this column. I am really famished.  You know, just the normal kind of hungry when you skip a meal or go on a diet. My hunger is self-induced because, ugh, I am on a diet (as I have been for the better part of a decade). I grew up in a poor area of Alabama, the "backwoods" if you will. My

  • Reserve obligation starts with employer communication

    In any relationship, it's important to have open lines of communication. That's particularly true for Citizen Airmen when they deal with their civilian employers.When you are going to be away from your civilian job for military service, you are required by law to notify your employer before starting your duty. Regardless of your duty status -

  • Legal Assistance Website speeds up processes

    By now most of you have seen references to the Air Force's Legal Assistance Website in the monthly pre-UTA newsletters. I encourage everyone to visit this website, regardless of whether you have an immediate need for any documents, so you get an idea as to the breadth legal information available to you. The website consists of three main parts.

  • We are all in this together

    We are all in this together. I say this often to the personnel I work with and I mean it. When I say it, I am usually referring to my squadron, but it most certainly may be used in broader context of the wing, the Air Force, DoD, and even good ole' USA. I say it when needed to remind or reassure an individual or a group that they have wingmen;
RSS