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  • The best seat in the house

    Shortly after take-off, I often invite flight deck visitors sitting on the bunk to look out the windows. On a clear day, the view of our Twin Cities is spectacular. To be able to share this view with a flight deck guest is a pleasure. It is easy enough for an aviator to take it for granted. I am a

  • The enemy of great is good

    This is the year of inspections for the 934th Airlift Wing. We have a unit compliance inspection, logistics compliance assessment program, health service inspections for the aeromedical staging squadron and aeromedical evacuation squadron in September, and aircrew standardization and evaluation

  • A Sweet commissioning

    On March 29, I commissioned my daughter and a fellow classmate, Steven Gale, at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. I am the first member of my family to serve in the Air Force. I was on active duty at Sheppard AFB, Texas, and Reserve duty at the 440th Airlift Wing in Milwaukee, Wis. then

  • I enjoy going to the dentist

    I have a Type-A personality. No big surprise there. What might be surprising though is, I enjoy going to the dentist, and you'll never guess why. As a Type-A I'm usually in motion. Like many of you, I work a full-time job, run errands (and in an effort to stay fit, run around the block a few times

  • Wear the uniform with pride

    The military uniform goes back centuries; as armies trained and organized they dressed in uniforms. From the Romans to the British, uniforms gave members a sense of pride and loyalty to their countries, it gave leaders the ability to recognize and direct their armies on the battle field, a great

  • From the outside looking in

    As the new guy coming in I would like to take a little time to introduce myself and pass on some of my early impressions of this wing. I am a military brat so you could say I grew up in the Air Force My father retired from active duty as a senior master sergeant and bought a home in Northern

  • Gear up--heading 155

    Man, does time fly...It was just yesterday, wasn't it, on April 1, 2006 that I took command of the 934th Airlift Wing from Col. Jim Muscatell? So now, 49 months later, the "gear comes up" as I write to you for the last time as your commander. My family and I head south again to Marietta, Ga. as I

  • Anyone won the Powerball?

    Did you hear that I almost won the Powerball? I just needed five more numbers. Wouldn't that be nice to win the lottery? No more financial concerns. What would you do? Some would probably quit their job some would still work or perhaps take up some other kind of work. Who would you give money to?

  • Resolving issues through the chain of command

    One of my responsibilities as the installation Inspector General is to educate Airmen on the complaint resolution process. I accomplish this through newcomer's briefings, commander's calls, and general interaction with individuals I meet. In those briefings and discussions, I stress the importance

  • Climbing to Flight Level 2010

    I wanted to be the first to greet you in 2010 but I didn't want to write one of those typical "New Year, New You, New Resolutions" kind of commentaries I see every January. Mainly, because 2009 was not "typical" and 2010 won't be either. Still, there is something to be said for those "typical"