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  • Reflection

    How and why do you serve? By taking a look and reflecting on two topics, you might be able to find your answers. I’ll quickly cover the attitudes we decide to carry and how to find your sense of purpose.We all enjoy being around people with positive attitudes versus someone with a negative attitude.

  • Faithful to a Proud Heritage

    I’m looking for an Italian to marry. That’s usually how I like to punctuate explanations of my half-German, half-Japanese heritage (rounding out the Axis powers, get it?). I’ve always felt equally German and Japanese. Once the U.S. team is knocked out of the World Cup, I throw my full support behind

  • Accountability

    “The time is always right to do what is right.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Growing up in small town Arkansas, the response to the many challenges of troubled youths was often “you need to join the military to get some discipline.” While the military does give us the training and regimen to act in

  • Preaching to the Choir

    Now as you know by now, I am not a man of the “cloth” so I am not trying to cross over into the Chaplain Borger’s swim lane.  However the term, “preaching to the choir” is relevant when it comes to discussing and understanding the many different facets of the safety process within your groups,

  • Professional Development: Every Airman has a role

    The Oxford Dictionary defines professional development as “the development of competence or expertise in one's profession.”  In the Profession of Arms, this ranges from occupational skills or technical expertise in one’s career field to institutional competencies, which are key to providing the