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  • Remembering: A1C Elizabeth N. Jacobson

    September marks the fifth anniversary of the loss of a great American, Airman and defender. On Sept. 28, 2005, 21-year-old Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Nicole Jacobson paid the ultimate sacrifice, becoming the first Security Forces Airman and first female Airman to die in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

  • Safety chief joins Joint Task Force at National Boy Scout Jamboree

    I recently returned from the National Boy Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., July 26-Aug. 4, honoring the 100th Anniversary of Scouting where I was a member of a Joint Task Force team responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for more than 45,000 participants.The team consisted

  • Fit to Fight - are you ready?

    On your mark. Get set. Go! These are the words we hear during the fitness test. Are you ready to take the test? Are you physically prepared for the rigors of combat?As warriors we should all be in the best shape because we can be called on to deploy at a moment's notice. Down range isn't the time to

  • Building an Air Corps - importance of education

    Building an operation from the ground up is a tough challenge. Making it even more complicated are the different cultures, inexperienced soldiers, language barriers, unproductive practices, manning shortages, aging equipment and facilities; as the list goes on and on, so does the complexity of the

  • The possibilities are endless

    Orville Wright once said, "No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris." Similarly, a statement published in the Scientific American Magazine in 1910 read, "Airplanes suffer from so many technical faults that it is only a matter of time before any reasonable man realizes that they are