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  • Who Do You Trust: Social Media, Artificial Intelligence and Insider Threat

    Reliable security requires trust is verified, especially in communication with others. Obstacles to getting and keeping trust come from the growing technology, tactics and techniques available to our enemies. Significant social media concerns are quickly being overshadowed by the fast spread of

  • Coping with Social Isolation

    The COVID-19 pandemic has led to implementation of unprecedented “physical distancing” strategies crucial to limiting the spread of the virus. While the most immediate threat from COVID-19 is the physical health of those infected, the pandemic will also have wide-ranging effects on the social and

  • Resiliency through COVID-19 and the holidays

    Holiday Season 2020 is upon us. The time and months since the pandemic started seem like minutes and years ago all in in flash. For some of us, we were starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but others saw the foreshadowing of a second wave. Now, that second wave is here. We need to

  • 57th Alumni Association donates granite bench to Starlifter Memorial Park

    For many traveling past the Airman and Family Readiness Center or to the Main Exchange, the old C-141 Starlifter at Starlifter Memorial Park is just a static aircraft worthy of an occasional glance. For others, it’s an aircraft silently guarding the memories of so many men and women who flew or

  • 57th Alumni Association donates granite bench to Starlifter Memorial Park

    For many traveling past the Airman and Family Readiness Center or to the Main Exchange, the old C-141 Starlifter at Starlifter Memorial Park is just a static aircraft worthy of an occasional glance. For others, it’s an aircraft silently guarding the memories of so many men and women who flew or

  • Why you should "Get Connected"

    Interpersonal connection is a vital component of a happy and healthy life. This fact has been corroborated by both research and anecdote; we humans crave connection to the world around us and to those with which we share it.

  • Chief's Commentary: Trophy denied

    In 2008, my son, Aaron, decided he wanted to play soccer.  We signed him up at the local recreation center in North Las Vegas.  We got him fitted with all the nicest apparel.  Of course, the nicer the apparel, the more points you'll score and wins you get, right?I joined him at his practices and

  • September is National Preparedness Month

    "Don't Wait.  Communicate.  Make Your Emergency Plan Today," serves as a reminder that we must take the necessary steps to be prepared not just today but throughout the year. September is National Preparedness Month.  It is a time to prepare yourself and those in your care for the hazards that may

  • Military Members and the Political Process

    The 2016 presidential campaign is underway, it is a good time to refresh our memories on the rules governing political activity by military service members.As military personnel, we enjoy the same rights to participate in elections as any other citizen.  Those rights are protected by the U.S.

  • JB MDL hosts 9/11 Remembrance

    Dozens of service members, civilian employees, families, retirees, emergency responders and other community members attended the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony Sept. 11 at the Dix Chapel here.Keynote speaker for the event was retired Chap. (Col.) Jacob Z. Goldstein, who spent five months coordinating