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  • 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

  • Mission - Airmen - Family

    Then-Maj. Gen. Robin Rand, formerly the Air Force's Director of Legislative Liaison, took the time to sit me down on several occasions to provide professional and personal mentorship, most recently after I was selected for squadron command last year. An outstanding senior leader and mentor in our

  • Preventing sexual assault with bystander intervention

    Over the last few weeks we have been discussing what a bystander is and the importance of recognizing signs to look for to be a good bystander. Now, let's talk about how to intervene to help prevent sexual assault on Goodfellow.The first step to intervention is assessing the situation. Is it safe

  • My First Air Force Family

    Sometimes I wish I could make time standstill. In the constant changing life we live, every once in awhile I wish a moment would last forever. I remember when Chip and I were stationed at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., while he attended Air Command and Staff College. We had an amazing flight of

  • The Future of Our Nation is in Your Hands

    "Surprise, when it happens to a government, is likely to be a complicated, diffuse, bureaucratic thing. It includes neglect of responsibility, but also responsibility so poorly defined or so ambiguously delegated that action gets lost. It includes gaps in intelligence that, like a string of pearls