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  • USAF Expeditionary Center commander bids farewell to Team McGuire

    It's been a great privilege to be part of an outstanding team of military Total Force professionals -- Air Force, Army and Navy -- whose focus is to provide combat-ready forces and military assets to expeditionary locations around the globe. Since my arrival in May 2005, I've seen tremendous

  • Leadership points to ponder

    In the British Army there are no good units and no bad units -- only good and bad officers and NCOs. They make or break the unit. Today we cannot afford anything but the good ones. No man can be given a more honorable task than to lead his fellow countrymen in war. "Leaders are made more often than

  • ‘America's Heroes’

    On behalf of Team McGuire, welcome to the 2007 Air Expo & Open House! This year we're celebrating 60 years of Air Force heritage, and we are delighted to have this opportunity to demonstrate the capabilities of the world's premier air and space power. Team McGuire is a member of Air Mobility

  • We are American Airmen

    This week I had the wonderful opportunity to travel to our nation's capital. I and my fellow command chiefs, Chief Master Sgt. Gary Holtgard and Chief Master Sgt. Jeff Helm, received numerous briefings in the Pentagon on the issues and challenges facing our Air Force. We also met with the Chief

  • Unrivaled Wingman/‘Can Do’ wing team up for Spring ‘07 MOBEX

    Recently, I participated as the 819th Air Expeditionary Wing commander during our Joint 305th/514th Air Mobility Wing MOBEX. My experience represented an outstanding opportunity to witness our superb Team McGuire expeditionary mind-set as well as put into perspective why we train. The reason we

  • Juice should be worth the squeeze

    I find it inspiring to read about Airmen serving and succeeding at taking risks while exemplifying the highest standards and traditions of bravery and courage. This is an essential ingredient distinguishing others from Airmen. However, teaching risk taking must be balanced by an ability of all

  • Don't sweat the small stuff or risk total burn out

    One of my favorite books of all time is "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff ... and it's all small stuff" by Richard Carlson. It's one of those books I read and re-read, because the principles in it seem so simple, but are so meaningful and very often hard to do. With a title like that, you might think

  • General McNabb expresses appreciation at Phoenix Rally

    Barb and I just returned from Air Mobility Command's Phoenix Rally at MacDill Air Force Base, Fl., where Gen. and Mrs. Duncan J. McNabb, AMC commander, hosted all mobility active, Reserve, and Guard Wing commanders and their spouses, along with the AMC staff and Guard/Reserve leadership, for a

  • You can be what you want to be

    Twenty three years ago, as a young man, I would never have fathomed that I'd be where I am today. You see, I come from a small town in South Alabama where, for some, the biggest challenge of the day is deciding whether or not it's too windy to go fishing. It's a town that I truly love but at 18

  • Waiting is well worth the effort

    It was after 5 p.m. and I was on my way home from a range on Fort Dix when I just realized I forgot to call home. The realization came when I heard a song on the radio in my old Ford Bronco where the refrain was, "Sweetheart, I'll wait for you ..." I imagined, as the song was playing, my wife at