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  • A lesson in driving safety

    It was December of 2005 when I got into my first car accident. I was traveling down Carter Avenue in my hometown of Pawtucket in Rhode Island. Carter Avenue happened to be the very street I live on. Looking back now I suppose the old adage about most vehicle accidents occurring within one mile of a

  • The Air Force Wife Handbook

    At the beginning of my marriage to my husband, he gave me a little gift. It wasn't pearls or diamonds, it was a book - The Air Force Wife Handbook - A Complete Social Guide. I contemplated throwing it at him and seeing how I played college softball, I knew I had a good chance of knocking him out.

  • Winter driving: small things make a difference

    On Jan 10 I, like everyone else reporting late to base, carefully made my through snow and slush to the base gate. As my ID card was being checked, the gate guard pointed out that my left rear tire was a little low. I thought to myself that since it was still 15 minutes before reporting time, I

  • A Time of Change

    In 1513 Niccolo Machiavelli wrote "There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things." One constant for our military since 1775 is you can expect change.As our joint service

  • Beware of Social Media

    In case you missed it, three aides working for Congressman Rick Larsen, from Washington State, were fired last month for boasting on Twitter about drinking on the job, watching videos on the taxpayers' dime and badmouthing their boss. Wow. How badly do the actions a few individuals reflect on one of