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  • Readiness in today’s Air Force

    When I enlisted in the United States Air Force, back in 1985, we had more than 600,000 Airmen on active duty. Today, we have 320,000 Airmen. Despite having half as many people today, we are operating at a much higher operations tempo. If we are to ensure mission success, we must maintain a high

  • Quality of life – a shared responsibility

    Team McGuire is committed to mission excellence, developing Airmen and preserving resources. None of these tenets can be realized without maintaining a standard of excellence in our work facilities and billets. Most of you have been exposed to media referencing problems with living conditions at

  • How do you manage stress? A few simple actions can make a difference

    In today's military environment of uncertainty, force shaping, budget constraints and AFSO 21 initiatives to find more efficient procedures coupled with a high ops temp, there are certainly times when we all may feel a little stressed. A little stress can be good and help keep us on top of our game.

  • Commuting to war

    Right now, 35,000 feet above the cold and treacherous North Atlantic, two hours from the nearest runway, 28 McGuire Airmen are commuting to war. Eight KC-10 aircrew members from the 2nd and 32nd Air Refueling Squadrons, and 20 KC-10 maintainers from the 605th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron are four

  • A day at Arlington is a day for remembering heroes

    The alarm clock chimed at 3 a.m. on April 9 just like it was supposed to do. My wife hit the off button and the next two minutes before I stirred seemed like an eternity. This was going to be the start of a busy day. I had to get up early to beat the morning traffic between McGuire Air Force Base,

  • Medical group commander bids farewell, thank you to MDG personnel

    Greetings! As part of Team McGuire and the Joint Base community, you have done a fantastic job every day, 24/7 x 365, delivering superb service to our customers! I've valued your skills, knowledge and abilities the past few years. You have taught me lot! Thank you. No one came close to your passion

  • Parable of the Forlorn Fan

    Baseball season was in full swing as the smell of freshly mowed grass mixed with the pings of aluminum bats, bringing our hero back to his glory days on the diamond. He smiled as the sun warmed his face and he contentedly took in his prodigy's athletic prowess. Perhaps, he will play in the major

  • Saluting those 'Above All' Airmen

    As I was standing on stage in the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's Grace Peterson Hall before 90 of the toughest Airmen you'll ever meet, I had the realization dawn on me that these Airmen were soon heading off to war. It's not an unusual thing to think about at the USAF EC, because it's fairly

  • Combat skills training creates stronger Airmen

    I returned April 18 from two weeks of training that I may never use -- two weeks of crawling through mud, running with 40 pounds of body armor strapped to my shoulders and head and eating field rations. I'd do it all again in a heartbeat. The training I attended was the Air Force's Advanced

  • Power of the Press

    The Air Force is changing: The "Chair Force" reputation is a thing of the past - we are Warrior Airmen. Air Force communication is changing as well. A part of these changes is the migration of Air Force news to the base public web sites, a change that occurred here at McGuire in August of last year.