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  • Silver bullets for effective leadership: 'Calling The Baby Ugly'

    Growing up a pararescueman in the United States Air Force taught me a lot about maintaining a true bearing towards excellence. It was a hard life with hard choices, a game of life and death where only winners got a chance to advance. In order to be considered a winner, you had to exceed your

  • Kadena inspector general explains complaint, FWA processes

    It is probably fair to say some of you have already been exposed to the Air Force inspector general processes and have your own perceptions. My goal is to help you understand the role of the Air Force IG. IGs don't work for other IGs ... they work for their respective wing commanders.I wish I could

  • Toe to Iwo To with professional development

    Often in our careers we hear about the importance of professional development and how imperative it is to our personal growth, as well as in helping us develop as Airmen. Recently I had the honor of accompanying about 40 men and women from the 18th Medical Group on a trip to the island of Iwo To,

  • Senior airman severs joint boundaries in corporals course

    When I first received word I would be attending the Marine Corps Corporals Course on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan, I was immediately flooded with exhilaration. It wasn't until I thought about what I was really getting myself into that the nervous anticipation settled in and gave me a good

  • Bilateral partnership opens eyes to opportunities

    As the blue bus pulled up to where I was waiting, my heartbeat quickened in nervous anticipation of the eight Japan Air Self Defense Force members who would be this year's NCO Bilateral Exchange partners.Coordinated annually by Senior Master Sgt. Rob Miller, 718th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron lead

  • African Americans in leadership

    The 1950s were a tumultuous time for the United States as the winds of changes blew across the country and the social landscape was transformed as the Civil Rights movement went into full swing. In 1954, the Supreme Court case ruling in Brown v. Board of Education overturned laws that permitted

  • Ambassadorship crucial to American misson

    New rules prohibiting active duty military personnel from drinking off base and making sure we are home by 11 p.m., has caused a lot of people to alter the way they spend time with their friends or celebrate the holidays, including myself. As easy as it would be to start pointing fingers and blame

  • Season's greetings from 18th Wing Commander

    Team Kadena,In the spirit of the season, my family and I want to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!Thank you for all your smart and tenacious work over the past year to carry out our very important mission here in the western Pacific. We have

  • Season’s Greetings from COMPACAF

    Gillian and I are happy to be stationed in the Pacific theater once again, celebrating the holiday season alongside the rest of our PACAF family.While this is a time of celebration, we want to shift our focus from celebrating 'with' our families to actually celebrating them. Quite often, mission

  • Thanksgiving message from 18th Wing Commander

    Thanksgiving is a perfect time to pause, reflect, and count our many blessings. As I reflect back on 2012 and look forward to 2013, I'm mindful of how my family, my friends, and my work mates have touched my life and blessed me through intangible and eternal ways. I'm also grateful and proud to be