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  • Profession of Arms: A Family Business

    “Why do you want to join the military?” I sat and contemplated this question as I began to write my essay for an Air Force ROTC scholarship. A host of reasons flew through my head; patriotism, commitment, service before self.  While all true, none of these really stuck as the singular reason I was

  • The birth of an army

    On June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress formally established an American Continental Army.  Their order authorized the establishment of ten light infantry companies of 80 soldiers each.  These companies formed the 1st Continental Regiment and augmented the roughly 27,000 citizen soldiers

  • Cool rider, cool ride

    Nothing looks better than seeing someone ride by on their motorcycle. For myself, I ride any chance I get. Growing up in California was the perfect weather for riding year-round. Not too hot, not too cold. In Texas however, I now have to keep the weather in mind when I go out to ride. With the

  • Continuing the journey, finishing training

    I had done it. I had doubted I could for a minute, but I had graduated U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training. I could feel the weight of my Airman’s coin in my pocket as proof. These were the thoughts running through my mind as I sat outside of the building that I had been staying in for the last

  • I shot an arrow into the air

    “I shot an arrow into the air, it fell to earth, I knew not where,” from “The Arrow and the Song” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Honestly, what in tarnation does this have to do with safety? Hazards and hazard inspections. They’re required to be conducted at a minimum of once per month and