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  • AMC commander: 'Take time to pause, reflect on what your service symbolizes'

    The holiday season is a wonderful time to spend with our family and friends. For many, it means packing up and traveling our nation's highways to visit our loved ones. As we enter this holiday season, please take time to pause and reflect on what your service symbolizes to our nation, and take

  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff sends Thanksgiving message

    Citing the many blessings bestowed upon the United States, these timeless words were delivered by Abraham Lincoln in his 1863 proclamation establishing Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday: It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as

  • Veterans, recipients of Berlin Airlift symbolize reason to be thankful

    Every Thanksgiving, I'm like many other Americans who find reasons to be thankful. I might be thankful because we are having a feast of turkey, or, for just having a family. This year, however, I was reminded to be thankful for a whole lot more. In April, I met the family of former missing in action

  • Have a 'cup of joe' with the veterans you know

    On July 3, I had the best cup of coffee I've ever had. It wasn't that the coffee had a special flavor or that it was made in some fancy pot. To be honest, it was a pretty strong blend and needed lots of sugar and creamer for me to choke it down. To me, though, it wasn't about the coffee itself as

  • Honoring our veterans -- past, present and future

    Each Veteran's Day, Americans have the opportunity to reflect upon and honor the sacrifices of noble men and women who have served in defense of our great nation and its freedoms. We also take this time to express our deepest gratitude for those serving today. Through daily mission accomplishments,

  • It’s all about the 'team'

    It was a simple game of driveway basketball, but to me and Jeff Laessig -- it was a battle to beat the Titans. My friend Jeff and I were one team taking on his older brother and his friend. We were only in our mid-teens and Jeff's brother and company were in their mid-20s. They were bigger than us,

  • A virtual ‘orange-a-topia’ awaits us

    In a recent conversation with another Airman, we were discussing the color of his car. It was a "burnt" orange color -- the kind that stands out in a parking lot from other cars. For several minutes we went back and forth on the official name of the color. It went from "metallic orange" to "sunburst

  • From the commander: 'Airpower...From the Ground Up!' is more than a motto

    "Airpower...From the Ground Up!": This is more than a motto for the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center "Eagles." It is the way we, the Air Force, are able to fly, fight and win in today's contingencies. At the Expeditionary Center, we provide the education and training that ensures the success of

  • USAF EC command chief thankful for time with 'Eagles'

    Wow, my time at the Expeditionary Center has flown by! When I was hired as the Command Chief in Dec 2006, I knew very little about who you were or what you did. However, over time I have watched you train more Airmen going to the deployed areas of responsibility than anybody else in the Air