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  • Senior Airman Tanner Ladsen, 27th Aerial Port Squadron, gives "thumbs up" after loading a pallet of food and supplies for a Denton Cargo mission. (Courtesy Photo)

    Feed the children!

    Since my last blog about a year ago, 27APS has moved 276,340 pounds of humanitarian food to two different locations-Afghanistan and Haiti. That is a total of 47 standard Air Force pallets of meals that will feed hundreds of people for months. Each box contains meals made from primarily rice and other nutritional items. This food was processed

  • Moving on

    After 17 years of living in Wisconsin, I decided it was time to move on. I finished graduate school in 2010 and decided I would go where I thought my career prospects were brightest. Moving on meant many things: a new job, a new city, new friends, and certainly, a new state of mind. Looking back on the spring of 2012, I'd become increasingly

  • Father favors the carrot

    Father's Day, much like Mother's Day has spread throughout most of the world, crossing cultural and political borders. In fact, these holidays may arguably be more widespread than any other religious or secular celebrations around the globe, perhaps because, having parents is the one thing everyone has in common. Certainly, our perceptions of our

  • What's in the works around the base?

    The last couple years have seen the 934 Airlift Wing construction budget slashed due to the fiscal constraints within the Department of Defense. However we have received some funding, and in this Blog I will attempt to briefly summarize what is happening in construction on-base today, and what we might expect within the next fiscal year. We

  • Memorial Day--celebrating what's great about America

    Memorial Day is time for all of us to gather with our loved ones to celebrate what is great about America. It is also a time for us to honor those known and unknown Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Patriots who have served in defense of our great country so that generations of people can realize the American Dream. Additionally, we need to

  • Don't self-eliminate

    Don't self-eliminate. What does the colonel mean? Well in simple terms, be as prepared as you can be for the next promotion, assignment or course. I hope by now most of you are realizing that promotions, developmental education and some courses or assignments are becoming extremely competitive. I believe this is by design. I have sat on numerous

  • The enlisted flyer

    Vernon Burge, Maynard Smith, Archibald Mathies, John Levitow, and Chuck Yeager are all famous Air Force figures. What do they all have in common? They were all enlisted flyers. Some of the aforementioned were pilots, gunners, flight engineers and loadmasters, but all were flying sergeants.One of the first enlisted to fly was Cpl. Vernon Burge. He

  • Family readiness for everyone

    What does Family Readiness mean to you? Does it mean your family is ready for a deployment? Does it mean being financially stable? Maybe it means being ready for change? What would you think if someone told you that you may not be as ready as you thought you were?Contrary to what some may believe, being always ready is not entirely possible. That's

  • Reflecting on my first year as IG

    Has it been a year already? Yes indeed, in fact almost a year and a half since I had the good fortune to join the 934th AW as the Installation Inspector General. I recall my first impression in my first assignment as a unit reservist was "how can you possibly get everything done in only two days a month?" After observing all of you for the last

  • It's all about integrity

    When I was young, my father and I were walking through a park, headed for the jungle gym. Along our path was a paper cup that was lying in the grass. I paid no attention to it and proceeded past it. When I noticed that my father had fallen behind, I turned to look for him. He had stopped to pick up the piece of garbage and was walking it over to a
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