by Ryan Reyes A red Toyota cargo van backs up to the EMEDS tent, brake lights flowing through the bitter dust that had been stirred up as the Continue Reading
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To All of You on This Veterans Day
I was standing in the back of a ballroom last week. A retired general who had jumped into Panama for OP JUST CAUSE was the guest speaker. It was the Continue Reading
The Air Force Needs Fewer Leaders and More Wrench-Turners… Here’s How to Get Them
There is a mega-corporation here in the U.S. where the CEO tells every employee that they must move up within the company and eventually achieve top Continue Reading
Dog and Pony Shows, Elephant Walks, and Other Air Force Circuses
What I’m about to say applies to any VIP including civilians, and some of it will be tongue-in-cheek, but please try to see the underlying concept Continue Reading
Whose Freedom at What Price?
It seems that a huge percentage of the U.S. population believes that they should have a right to know everything about everything, as long as it's a Continue Reading
Air Force & ANG: Stop Treating Part-Timers Like They’re Subjects in a Social Experiment
This post popped up on my feed today on a business networking site where a mom was talking about her young daughter getting older. “"It's easier Continue Reading
The Distinguished Flying Double-Cross
The Air Force claims to care about its people, yet this stunt happened. On April 1st (I’ll let the reader draw the irony of the date connection) the Continue Reading
Life is a Gift
by Tyler J. Britton Life is a gift. I won't play the victim. I'm not a victim. But it would be easy to act like one: my body, my mind, my Continue Reading
Mandatory Awards: No Thanks… Oh, It’s Either That or an Article 15?
Directly from the Air National Guard Yellow Ribbon webpage: “The National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 established the Yellow Ribbon Continue Reading
505th Command and Control Wing Supports Navy Large Scale Exercise 21, biggest USN exercise in a generation
U.S. Airmen from the 505th Combat Training Squadron and the 505th Communications Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla., are supporting the U.S. Navy Large Continue Reading
New USAF Warfare Center commander’s first visit to 505th CCW
HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. – After assuming command of the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, not five days ago, Maj. Gen. Case Continue Reading
‘Service. Strength. Sacrifice’: Special Tactics training complex dedicated to fallen STO
HURLBURT FIELD, Fla.--- In a split second while on a mission in 2015, U.S. Air Force Capt. Matthew Roland made the last leadership decision he would Continue Reading