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  • Uncommon Valor part six: Colonel George "Bud" Day

    While all recipients of the Medal of Honor have more than earned the title of hero, the events in the life of Col. George "Bud" Day seem almost superheroic.Colonel Day is our nation's most highly decorated living soldier and the most highly decorated since General Douglas MacArthur in our nation's

  • What is Federal Magistrate's Court?

    So few military members deal with Federal Magistrate's Court that most do not know it exists. However, with many civilians working on or visiting military installations, there must be a forum in order to deal with criminal acts they commit. That is what Magistrate's Court is for. If you are a

  • Uncommon Valor part five: Platoon Sgt. Finnis McCleery

    While thus far the Medal of Honor recipients covered in this series have been Airmen (whether assigned to the Army Air Corps or the Air Force) who have been stationed at Goodfellow, another native San Angeloan is also a recipient of our nation's highest honor. Army Platoon Sgt. Finnis Dawson

  • For ISR training, the future is now

    On Wednesday, the 17th Training Group took a major step toward implementing an enlisted Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance training transformation at Goodfellow Air Force Base as the first ISR class to begin the 17-day Intelligence Fundamentals Course kicked off. Historically, individual

  • Strategies to help avoid sexual assault

    Responding to sexual assault has become a critical issue in the Air Force and the military as a whole. The support to victims of sexual assault has been refined through the establishment of the Sexual Assault Response Coordinator offices. So what is next? The next step is to become proactive

  • Uncommon Valor part four: Lt. Col. Leo Thorsness

    While honor is due those brave servicemembers who have passed on, no less deserving are the Medal of Honor recipients still living. Such a recipient is retired Lt. Col. Leo Thorsness, an F-105 Thunderchief pilot during the Vietnam War. Leo Thorsness was born in Walnut Grove, Minn., in 1932, and

  • Let your creative side shine

    She briefly explains what stained glass is then gives each of her students a design, a piece of glass, a felt pen, a glass cutter, breaking pliers and starts to keenly explain the process of making stained glass. Her student's eyes look directly at her eager to hear what she has to say. In great

  • How to become a pro-social bystander

    Prevention of sexual assault in today's culture is a complicated task. Most of the prevention comes in the form of educating on what constitutes sexual assault and how the bystander impacts sexual assault. Traditional bystander intervention training will work in many situations but is much less

  • Uncommon Valor part three: Maj. Horace Carswell

    While Medal of Honor recipients are often thought of as heroes who risked or sacrificed their lives valiantly for the battle to be won, the ranks of Medal of Honor recipients are also filled with heroes who sacrificed their lives in order to save the lives of others. One of these brave men was Maj.