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  • Look at yourself in the mirror

    Every day, you make a habit of checking your own appearance before going out into the world. You use a mirror in your home or office to gauge whether or not you "look right" before other people see you each day. But did you ever consider checking how you look in your records? "You never meet a board

  • Why these darn helmets?

    It's important we take time to do the things we really enjoy. Winter is just around the corner. If you're like most people, you enjoy outdoor activities like bicycling and in-line skating.Well, being the safety conscious person you are, you already know that more than 65,000 people are treated in

  • Speed kills

    People speed for many reasons. Some are in a hurry. Some are running late all the time. Others enjoy the thrill of speeding and evading the radar guns. Others are comfortable going the "acceptable" speed of 5 or 10 miles over the limit. Many have forgotten what limit means. Regardless of reasons,

  • Bully Beef, McGuire, and the Berlin Airlift

    This year's Air Force Ball commemorates a lot of Air Force history beginning with our Army Air Corps roots, pausing at the birthday of the Air Force as a separate service, and continuing on to celebrate the storied Berlin Airlift before bringing our attention to the present day. McGuire AFB has been

  • Club membership benefits all, celebrates heritage

    As professional Airmen it's time for you to join the Club! For some, this simply-stated expectation is all that it has taken for you to be a member of one of our long-standing institutions. For the rest, you will ask "What's in it for me?" Well, there is no better time to join the Club if you are

  • Remember why you're a patriot

    I stepped outside my home one recent August evening to catch some cool night air. The next thing I knew the melancholy notes of "Taps" filled the air. I had forgotten that at 10 p.m. every night at McGuire Air Force Base, as in most military installations at non-deployed locations, the lone bugler

  • EPR/OPR: The most important document you will touch as a leader

    As leaders, one of our biggest and most important jobs is to write and review performance reports. EPRs and OPRs are documents that follow each Airman throughout his or her career and will make or break him. So, as Air Force leaders and supervisors our most important task is to learn how to give a

  • Leaders at NFL training camp highlight appreciation for military duty

    It was my first time seeing a National Football League team in a training camp venue. For being nearly 40 years old and an avid fan of the NFL, I thought for sure that day would have been sooner but at least it finally happened. On Aug. 5, along with seven other Airmen from the U.S. Air Force

  • Are you ready?

    The countdown to the Operational Readiness Inspection has begun ... are you ready? Next year, the 305th Air Mobility Wing will have an opportunity to answer this question, testing our core military capabilities. Readiness is a question all members of the Armed Forces, active, Reserve, Guard and DoD

  • A special thanks to a fellow maintainer

    A few months ago, several New Jersey fishing captains got together and decided to offer free guided fishing trips to all military members. Don Cowan was one of those guides. As avid fishermen, Capt. Wes Adams and Chief Master Sgt. Dan Romano, 605th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Senior Master Sgt.