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  • 18th AF CC addresses Airmen

    To the Airmen of our great global mobility enterprise: thank you!Last week I had the honor of becoming your 18th Air Force Commander. I can honestly say there are few experiences more rewarding and humbling than command, and even more so when it is command of our Air Force's largest Numbered Air

  • Every challenge is an opportunity

    As a commander, one of the more common things I hear when I visit units during the Spring and Summer is, "Sir, we're losing all our good Airmen in the next couple of months!" Unit leaders are genuinely concerned about the loss of their best, brightest and most experienced Airmen, NCOs and officers

  • Farewell commentary to the Devil Raider family

    A little more than 22 months ago, I took over command of the 621st Contingency Response Wing. A wing that stood ready to answer the call at a moment's notice. I was riding on the clouds as I walked off that stage ... But it was less than 60 minutes later when my older son Ryan brought me down to

  • Celebrate freedom this Independence Day

    When 56 courageous patriots put their signatures to a single piece of parchment 236 years ago, the course of world history changed in an instant. Although we celebrate the fourth day of July as Independence Day, it should not be lost on us that those signatures were the culmination of months of

  • Memorial Day also good for making new memories

    Greetings and salutations to all as we approach another great New Jersey summer! Many base the beginning of summer not on astronomical or meteorological data, but rather on the arrival of Memorial Day weekend, a federal holiday instituted in 1971, making a three-day weekend when the weather is

  • This Memorial Day remember those who served and make safety a priority

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Each and every day of service you give to our Nation, you are honoring the men and women who have given their lives in defense of freedom. With the Memorial Day weekend upon us, please pause a moment to reflect on those who came before us. Courageous men and women whose

  • African partnership advisory mission returns home with more than a promotion

    I am an air mobility air advisor with the 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron, based at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Our mission in the MSAS is to proactively engage with African partner nations to build lasting relationships, exchange ideas, and enhance U.S. and partner nation

  • Eagle Flag: Memoirs of an Airman

    When I was "asked" to participate in the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's semi-annual Eagle Flag exercise, I looked at the opportunity as a paid vacation of sorts. Of course, at the time I had absolutely no clue how truly involved I would become.I work as a public affairs specialist for the

  • To salute or not to salute

    After a routine appointment at the 87th Medical Group I walked out the front entrance of the building through the overhang. I put my cover on and began to walk to my car as I would any other time.Before I even made it five steps out the door, an Airman in a flight suit sternly said, "Excuse me

  • Stormwater pollution is everybody’s concern

    Stormwater pollution is one of New Jersey's greatest threats to clean and plentiful water and that's why we're doing something about it.The rain washes pollution from streets, parking lots and lawns into storm drains, where it travels directly to our drinking-water supplies. It also enters the ocean