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  • Use DISC profiles to better understand Airmen

    As the nights get shorter and the days get cooler the signs are showing that fall is quickly approaching. Fall not only signals the change in landscape when trees begin losing their leaves, it also signals the end of the Permanent Change of Station season and the change to our UNIT landscape.By now,

  • Service organization delivers during time of need

    I'd like to share a quick story about a few, true patriots. One summer day this past July, I received word one of our deployed 21st Air Mobility Operations Squadron members was returning stateside on emergency leave. His father-in-law was rapidly declining in health, and he was on his way home to

  • Share expeditionary lessons

    (Article originally published in Armed Forces Journal: http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2012/07/10439399)USAF combat support leaders must embrace a new TTP approachWhile the Air Force does a remarkable job of capturing and codifying lessons within the flying community, the lack of a well-defined

  • Celebrate the fourth, see the fifth

    We have holidays that celebrate our thanks, that re-enforce our faith and that honor our fallen, but the 4th of July is unique in that it celebrates the one thing all of us are sworn to defend; our nation and the Constitution. This year we celebrate 236 years of independence and we hope that you

  • The Courageous 56

    When 56 courageous patriots put their signatures to a single piece of parchment 236 years ago, the course of world history changed in an instant. Although we celebrate the fourth day of July as Independence Day, it should not be lost on us that those signatures were the culmination of months of

  • This Memorial Day remember those who served and make safety a priority

    Each and every day of service you give to our Nation, you are honoring the men and women who have given their lives in defense of freedom. With the Memorial Day weekend upon us, please pause a moment to reflect on those who came before us. Courageous men and women whose selfless devotion secured the

  • "Never take counsel of your fears"

    In times of rapid change and uncertainty, it is human nature to get distracted and to perhaps even become fearful. With the dynamic changes occurring in the Department of Defense, some of you may be feeling somewhat rudderless in predicting what lies ahead for you as an individual and as a military

  • 15th Expeditionary Task Force inactivates, legacy continues

    On March 20, the 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force here will cease its operations as the unit formally inactivates. This inactivation brings to a close the unit's legacy of world-wide rapid deployment, mobility support, and contingency response, ending nearly 75 years of mobility excellence. At

  • Expeditionary Task Force inactivates, 70-year tradition to continue

    On March 19, a 70-year long chapter of air mobility history will close here with the inactivation of the 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force.The EMTF's lineage began in 1942, when the organization was first established as the 23rd Army Air Forces Ferry Wing. The unit changed names several times,

  • Taking care of our Airmen...one CCAF credit at a time

    When Airman 1st Class Eugenio Santana arrived at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center for a mandatory course required for his job as an intelligence journeyman with the 19th Operations Group at Little Rock AFB, Ark., he had no idea that upon course completion, he would earn five credit hours for