Traditional-Fulltime Relationship in the Guard Directly Affects our Combat...
Our legislators are rediscovering the value of the National Guard. In these fiscally constrained times, our cost-effective way of doing business is one of the primary reasons we were able to beat back...
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Air Force's 10 Most Important Missions
What was the most important mission in the Air Force? How did we get to where we are today, as the most powerful Air Force in the world, with a decades-long legacy of air supremacy? As a self-styled...
View ArticleThe Smell of Freedom
They call it the sound of freedom. It is that distinctive sound made when the auxiliary power unit is running and the jet engine starts to turn. Man, I love that sound. Or maybe you prefer the roar as...
View ArticleTime for the May PT 'Pain Plan'
Yep it's that time of year again, Dr. Seuss said "How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get...
View ArticleSelf ... Serving
Today I would like to talk about Service Before Self and how it relates to being a senior noncommissioned officer and a noncommissioned officer. It is not uncommon, many of us have either worked with...
View ArticleHooked on America
By the Bicentennial, I was hooked. I think the part I liked best was that business about all men being created equal. Later, I discovered that Mr. Lincoln's language was had become a bit dated and it...
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The Value of Diversity
Diversity it is a word we hear about from time-to-time, and many of us only think of it when we have attend a class on the subject in order fulfill a training requirement. Diversity, however, is...
View ArticleBe an Expert in Your Specialty
I'm glad that I have an opportunity to express some thoughts to the wing this month, just as we execute our wing-wide SAPR training in August. I have served in the Air Force, first as a cadet and now...
View ArticleBeing Obsolete
What are you doing to make yourself obsolete? Are you making yourself obsolete by not knowing the ins and outs of your career field? Every career field has something that changes over time. Once you...
View ArticleCarpe Diem for CCAF
Carpe Diem, Latin for "seize the day", is a call to take full advantage of the opportunities before us. If you are an enlisted member and have not completed your Community College of the Air Force...
View ArticleLeadership
Is Sexual Assault Prevention and Response training so important that the Department of Defense (DOD) needed to shut down operations for a mandatory 4 hours of training? Is it really that bad? Let's...
View ArticleThe Air Power Imperative and the Value of the Air National Guard
Transcript of Oral Testimony to the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force, September 14, 2013 My first memory of historic Selfridge Field is of my father, a proud Air Corps veteran,...
View ArticleAttitude A Key Quality for Successful Leaders
Of all the qualities that go into being a successful leader, I believe the most important is maintaining a positive mental attitude. A positive attitude doesn't mean being sunshine and rainbows all of...
View ArticleAs Consistent as a Prevailing Wind
Prevailing Wind that is the name of our Wings' e-newsletter, but what does that mean? Wikipedia defines prevailing winds as "winds that blow predominantly from a single general direction over a...
View ArticleFocus and Uncertainty
On a cold morning in the winter of 2012, we received the news that the A-10s where going to be removed from the 127th Wing. From that day forward we have been on a rollercoaster ride like no other I...
View ArticleWhat are Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century (AFSO 21)?
First of all, let me congratulate everyone in the Wing for their efforts and performance during the January, 127th Wing Unit Effectiveness Inspection. During the Unit Effectiveness Inspection that was...
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Flying WIth The EPOS Bag
At about 10 minutes after 10 o'clock on a Thursday morning, Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Liggins gave me the words that may save my life one day. He pointed to a little green bag hanging along the...
View ArticleMy Country 'Tis of Us
(Part of a series of stories about Michigan Air National Guard Airman originally from different countries.) My country got stronger by a factor of 40 this morning. At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014,...
View ArticleThe Enlisted Force Structure
Are you familiar with the Three Enlisted Force Structure Tiers? Our guidance on how to be an Airman at every stage of your career comes directly from the "Little Brown Book," AFI36-2618. Here are the...
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An Ever-Changing Air Force
My co-worker's son graduated from Air Force Basic Military Training last week. It was a basic training totally different - and yet completely the same - as the one I graduated from 29 years ago. I...
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