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  • The importance of education

    Growth is the cornerstone of progression in our lives. Each of us has had an opportunity to grow. Many of these opportunities come through our daily experiences. However, these opportunities slowly start to diminish as we set our routines and just go about our day-to-day activities. This is where

  • Why We Fight

    Only a very small percentage of Americans have come to know or fully understand what I'm about to tell you. Hopefully, I can do a decent job of helping you "connect the dots" about the true nature of our enemy, the plans they have in store for us and make it crystal clear to you why we can't afford

  • The 232-year-old roots

    The United States military is conditioned to look forward. Our hours and days here at Goodfellow Air Force Base are designed to train our people to constantly look to the future; to the next threat, the impending challenge, or the coming opportunity. Our focus on the future is one of the attributes

  • U.S. Space Force

    In November 1998, Sen. Bob Smith of New Hampshire wrote, "If the Air Force cannot or will not embrace space power...we in congress will have to establish an entirely new service." What an idea--a separate space force. Consider the arguments for and against a U.S. space force that is separate from

  • My AECP experience

    On April 27, 2007, I completed the most rewarding, demanding journey of my nine-year military career as a Russian Cryptologic Linguist and Communications Computer Systems Controller. On that day, I graduated from Officer Training School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. and was commissioned as a