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  • Lessons learned: Deployment exercise gives new insight

    As a civil engineer and a RED HORSE 'Horseman', I have seen my fair share of deployments, five to the Middle East. Each one has been drastically different than the other, providing a broad range of experiences. In late 2013, I was told I was deploying to Belize. How do you deploy to Belize? How is a

  • I am second: USAFWC command chief bids farewell after 30 years

    I am second. As a senior enlisted leader I am often asked about my opinion or views on leadership and what makes a good leader. As I've reflected over the past year in preparation for my transition [to civilian life], I continue to come back to the same principle: make the other people in your life

  • Farewell to 'Mecca'

    When I flew up initial [in the overhead flight pattern] at Nellis AFB for the first time almost 20 years ago, I was a young wingman in an F-15 on my way from Georgia to Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. As my flight lead Chewy and I charted our route on a map back at base operations, I eagerly asked him where

  • Difficult force shaping calls made tougher by undeserved 'Firewall 5's'

    I was not a very good Airman in the early days of my Air Force career. I was passably good at my job and very bad at the Air Force. Here is an actual quote from one of my early Enlisted Performance Reports, "Improved responsibility in off-duty affairs would quickly set this top-notch performer above

  • Leader, wingman, father

    I am a new Airman at Nellis Air Force Base, and, as Father's Day rolls around I'm not home to celebrate. Since I can't celebrate with my father, I find myself more inclined to produce a sentimental approach this year. In honor of father's day, I've decided to write a letter.Dear Dad,When I was born

  • FTAC: Bridging gaps for new Airmen

    Everyday new Airmen graduate from technical school and move on to their first duty station. In doing so, the beginning weeks of a first-term Airman's transition to the operational Air Force can be quite unclear and stressful. As a first-term Airman when I arrived here, I didn't know anything the

  • Terminating your lease can be easy

    As summer approaches and many of you prepare for a permanent change of station; you may find yourself in a dilemma. You just received PCS orders, but your lease isn't up for another six months. As a military member, you have protection under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. You can use SCRA to

  • Man of honor

    This story is part of the "Commentaries" section on AF.mil. These stories capture the experiences of Airmen from a first-person perspective. "Anyone can carry his burden, however hard until nightfall; anyone can do his work however hard for one day."These words were penned by Robert Louis Stevenson

  • Nellis chapel hosts Marriage Care retreat

    I take you, to have and to hold, for better or for worse, to love and to cherish. I remember saying these exact words to my husband on our wedding day. That day, everything was right in my world and nothing meant more than being together. It was the happiest day of my life.Fast forward almost two

  • Navy leadership visits Las Vegas Navy Reserves

    The Las Vegas Navy Operational Support Center was honored to have Rear Adm. Bryan P. Cutchen, commander of the U.S. Naval Reserve Forces Command, as its special guest speaker during a recently conducted drill weekend. The distinguished guest was a beacon of inspiration for the 250 plus Navy