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  • The benefits of “thank you”

    Have you heard the old adage, "with age comes wisdom"? I have...often, and it's usually from people significantly older than me. Sadly, the list of people older than me is getting smaller, and surprisingly, the amount of unsolicited wisdom I offer is getting larger. Not sure if it's really wisdom,

  • A resiliency myth

    Usually, when I think of resiliency, I think of the ability to bounce back from diversity. I view it in terms of getting stronger; of exercising all the components of wellness; of making sure that my emotional, social, physical, and spiritual self is robust and vibrant. Research is straight forward

  • You keep the most important mission in the world moving!

    Throughout this base you are doing amazing things that affect people all over the world and I'd encourage you to take some credit for it. I'm saying this because I've overheard more than one conversation where someone asks another person what they do and the answer is often less than inspiring.

  • AMC: Maintaining a global lifeline

    More than a decade after the start of American involvement in Afghanistan, pilots and aircraft belonging to a global mobility enterprise headquartered amidst the cornfields of Illinois here continue to provide a lifeline for thousands of Americans overseas.Each day, Air Force C-17 and C-130 aircrews

  • Defending freedom is everyone’s responsibility

    A couple of weeks ago I took my son to see the movie Hunger Games. The movie portrays a nation in which a dictator has risen to power and its people have been split in two classes. The upper class lives a life of luxury and indulgence while the lower class is scattered across twelve districts and

  • 90 in 90—Go for it!

    I used to be an athlete, having run track and cross country in high school and college. Running was easy and fun. After college, however, I stopped running competitively, and eventually quit running at all, except for an occasional 5K or weekend jog. A few years later, when I was in the Army,

  • Teamwork

    We have all heard the saying "walk a mile in somebody else's shoes", but odds are not many of us have actually done it. You may have noticed personnel in flight suits assisting with morning traffic at Dover Air Force Base's, Del., main gate last Tuesday morning. Lt. Col. Charles Velino, Capt. Craig

  • Beware the unplugged coffee pot

    Routine is not always a bad thing. Whether the activity is a routine landing, a routine maintenance repair, or a routine medical procedure, it generally means some activity that we are familiar and comfortable accomplishing. Routine takes a little bit of the stress out of our everyday lives. It

  • Shirt’s corner: planning your career

    From the time a new Airman arrives at the Air Force Academy, Basic Military Training, Officer Training School or Reserve Officers' Training Corps, they are told what to do and when to do it. This lasts, for the most part, all the way through technical training or the equivalent. Then they arrive at

  • Finding happiness in the joy of others

    For more than 14 years I have had the honor of donning the uniform of this great Air Force. Although I was trained to memorize the core values, my true comprehension of them has changed over the years. In particular, I always knew what service before self meant, but until recently I don't think I