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  • Happy 233rd Birthday to the United States Army

    This month we celebrate the 233rd Birthday of the United States Army. Since the very birth of the Republic, our Constitution, our people, and our land have been supported and defended by an unbroken line of U.S. Army Soldiers -- proud young men and women who have answered the call to duty for

  • Building a new team

    In June, the Air Force's largest squadron will be cloned. Well, sort of. Currently, the 17th Training Wing's 311th Training Squadron, a geographically-separated unit based at the Presidio of Monterey, Calif., has nearly 1,600 personnel making it larger than most Air Force groups and some wings. It

  • Sharing the burden

    One of the clichés I invariably read during my morning review of the Early Bird--the Pentagon's daily compendium of military-related newspaper articles--is how the American people aren't "sharing the burden" of the Global War on Terrorism with the United States Armed Forces. The articles pontificate

  • A pinewood derby lesson

    It all started innocently enough. My eight-year-old son Liam was invited to a Cub Scout meeting by one of his friends. I was TDY the night of the meeting (off on another adventure to lovely Goodfellow Air Force Base). When I returned my son was excited and told me he had great news...we'd be

  • A chief, a wingman

    Within a matter of a few days, Chief Master Sgt. Paul Moreau, 17th Training Wing command chief master sergeant, will leave Texas in order to begin his duties as the new top enlisted-servicemember for the 2nd Air Force. Although Chief Moreau will soon be relocating to Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.,