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  • Adapting intelligence training, overcoming obstacles

    Throughout history there have been critical points in time when the citizens of our great nation stood up and explicitly felt compelled to make an unforgettable impact - be it in Trenton with Nathanael Greene, at Little Round Top with Joshua Chamberlain or with Col. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller

  • Fourth of July safety from 2nd AF commander

    I'll be honest with you, the Fourth of July weekend is not one of my favorite times of the year. I guess it goes back to when I was a child and I had some painful experiences on that weekend. I remember one Independence Day when my brother and I were out playing croquet and he hit me in the head

  • A leader for our times

    As is my custom around this time of year, the focus of my leisure reading gravitates towards the birth of our nation, the ideas which formed it and the personalities who gave substance to those ideas. Ideas are most purely expressed by the actions of those who support them and it would be difficult

  • It's not the fall, it's the recovery

    As commanders, we must contend with hard decisions when it comes to determining and delivering punishment to our subordinates. Some of the tough questions we have to answer are: Does the punishment fit the crime? Should it be judicial or non-judicial? What impact will the punishment have on the

  • Blue Ropes - the value of strong leaders

    Our Air Force is revered for its ability to project power on a global scale and execute operations at a tactical level worldwide. How? It's through the training and the leaders who make the foundational framework from which our Airmen launch their careers. No one can dispute that our professional