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  • Reinforce compliance, accept nothing less

    Aircraft maintenance is a challenging and rewarding endeavor. Success for a maintainer is seeing a job through to completion, fixing an elusive discrepancy and watching a Bone or Herc take-off into the wild blue yonder as it flies toward a combat or training mission. Failure, though, can take many forms. The worst is the loss of life and equipment,

  • What it means to be a club member

    You may have heard comments like, "Being a club member is a waste of money," or "If I joined the club I would not get my money's worth." However, do you really know what you get out of a club membership? Do you know what happens to your membership contributions?Club membership has existed since the days of the U.S. Army Air Corps and is a cultural
  • Senior Airman Angela Duff, 62nd Aerial Port Squadron, runs on a pathway along Heritage Hill April 19 as part of her daily routine. Revisions to the Air Force fitness programs take effect July 1, 2010. These modifications, improvements, and upgrades will bring about some of the most significant changes to fitness standards in the last five years and shift a greater level of responsibility for maintaining year-round physical fitness to all Airmen. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Abner Guzman)

    Standards by Example

    We often talk about setting the standards for our Airmen to follow and holding them accountable when they fail to do so. In my opinion, the best way to teach adherence to the standards is through example. This became painfully clear to me one summer morning at unit PT. Back in 2009, when I was a technical sergeant stationed at Patrick AFB, I was an

  • The Helmet Habit

    According to the Emergency Medical Services Authority, or EMSA, 900 people die each year from injuries sustained in bicycle accidents and more than 567,000 end up in hospital emergency rooms. More importantly, 350,000 of those injuries are from children under the age of 15. What does this mean? We need to do a better job of protecting our children

  • GMVs: Official Use or Misuse … What’s the Difference?

    There are more than 435 Government Motor Vehicles, or GMVs, in the 7th Bomb Wing fleet and most are issued to units and used daily to support the Team Dyess mission. That begs the question, "Do you know the difference between official use and misuse of GMVs?" I am sure we are all aware that we can use a GMV for work related travel, but did you know

  • Are you involved or committed?

    One day I was driving from a TDY location to the airport after completing some training. During the drive, I switched the radio station from music to a talk show. This particular show had a motivational speaker on the air. He used a question that was simple and effective in delivering his message. He started by asking, "Are you involved or

  • Empowerment: Lead, follow and get out of the way

    "To lead the people, walk behind them." - Lao TzuI remember sitting beside my son one Christmas morning as he was putting together a model airplane he just unwrapped. By looking at the box, it was going to look pretty cool. But as my son started to use too much glue and stick pieces in the wrong places, I realized it was going to end up looking

  • How to detect fraudulent activities

    The Air Force Office of Special Investigations needs your help in identifying and reporting fraudulent activities. Besides general crimes, counterintelligence and research as well as technology protection missions, a significant amount of AFOSI's resources are assigned to fraud investigations. In the past few years, AFOSI has recovered more than a
  • Staff Ssgt Kevin Sicalari recites the Airmans Creed during the 2012 436 AW Annual Awards Ceremony, held Feb 8, 2013 at Dover Downs Hotel Casino Dover Del. U.S. Air Force photo/David S. Tucker

    “Our” Airman’s Creed

    Gen. T. Michael Moseley, the 18th Chief of Staff of the Air Force, introduced the Airman's Creed on April 18, 2007. It provides Airmen a tangible statement of beliefs that we cherish. The Airman's Creed was not created to regain some ideal that was lost or never otherwise identified, rather, it was created to focus on and recognize a spirit that

  • 7th BW/CC - Thoughts from the Top

    Can you believe it's August already? It's hard for me to believe that I have had the honor and privilege to serve as the 7th Bomb Wing Commander for the past 13 months. We started off this tour focusing on the ACC Consolidated Unit Inspection. You kicked butt earning an overall Excellent rating thanks to hard work and dedication to the Team Dyess
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