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  • Leading your boss with active followership

    In this Year of Leadership, we are all grappling with the idea of what it means to be an effective leader. An often overlooked component of it is; what does it take to be an effective follower? For that reason, February has been dedicated to the subject of followership, acknowledging that a vital

  • Reach out; before they take action

    The past ten days have been hard for the wing and me because we lost a valued member of our wing prematurely. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family. It's times like these when we are reminded how crucial people are to us both at work and at home.As leaders and as wingmen, we all try to do all

  • Learning from the 'Pole of Knowledge'

    When did you first REALLY understand our "Excellence in all we do" core value? Well, I was taught a memorable lesson during my first week in Basic Training.My flight was on the drill pad, learning flanking moves. Our Military Training Instructor was barking out rapid-fire commands, over and over

  • Never lose that winning spirit

    I don't know if you are a football fan like I am or not, but I am pretty sure the vast majority of you know by now that the Pittsburgh Steelers nicked the Arizona Cardinals by scoring the winning touchdown with 35 seconds left in the game.Less than two minutes earlier, the Steelers had gone behind

  • Responsibilities: yours and your contractors

    Relationships with contractors...not something many of us think about, but certainly something we should!Consider this: There are more than 5,000 contractor employees at Patrick and the Cape, and more than 75 percent of our wing's annual budget goes to contracts. In virtually every important mission

  • Get in peak condition with an educational fitness program

    By now you have probably already heard about the findings of a recent worldwide audit on the effectiveness of the Air Force's fitness program. You know the report... the one that finds Airmen are not routinely getting their minimum prescribed weekly exercise, and that the "fit to fight" program

  • One (launch) down…more than 20 to go

    Well, one launch down - and if the current range launch schedule is correct - we have a lot more to go.By now, I'm sure you know we successfully launched a Delta 4 rocket from launch pad 37B last Saturday night at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.If you didn't get a chance to see it, you missed

  • Guideposts for successful leadership

    January's "Year of Leadership" focus on Training and Education provided me with an opportunity to reflect on the many successes and personal milestones I've experienced during a 28-year career I can only characterize as "extremely rewarding." Much of my success can be attributed to the outstanding

  • Commitment, flexibility remain key to success

    When people say "the only constant is change," I don't always know for sure if they are specifically referring to the space and launch business, but it seems to fit these days.Never before in my 20-plus years of experience as an Air Force officer have I seen an environment as dynamic as this one.

  • Give your very best to get their very best

    We hear the word 'leadership' daily, but do we really know what it means to be a good leader? Some think leadership is showing up to work on time, attending all the meetings and taking care of the mission. Not true! While leadership incorporates these activities, much more goes into being a "good



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  • 45th OG change of command

    Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith, 45th Space Wing commander, presents Col. Burton Catledge, 45th Operations Group commander, with a guidon during a change of command ceremony June 30, 2016, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Changes of command are a military tradition representing the transfer of

  • 24 Patrick-Cape members promote in July

    Congratulations to the following 24 Team Patrick-Cape members who are scheduled to promote in the month of July:                                                                                                                                        Airman 1st Class:Ochan B. Furula, 45th Medical

  • Flight exercises HAZMAT response

    Members of 45th Medical Group's bioenvironmental flight suit up for training and respond to a simulated incident at the Patrick Air Force Base Post Office June 29, 2016. Their goal during the exercise was to train in identifying and evaluating environments that could harm personnel and families at

  • 45th AMDS change of command

    Col. Julie Stola, 45th Medical Group commander, presents Lt. Col. Ian Rybczynski, 45th Aerospace Medicine Squadron commander, with the guidon during a change of command ceremony June 28, 2016, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Changes of command are a military tradition representing the transfer of

  • Adjusted gate hours for 4th of July weekend

    Patrick Air Force Base's Main and South gates will change access hours beginning the evening of Thursday, June 30, and continuing through the Federal Holiday. Both gates will resume normal operations on Tuesday, July 5. June 30:MAIN Gate closes at 10 p.m. and reopens at 6 a.m. on July 5SOUTH Gate is

  • Air Force bids farewell to Welsh

    Stealing a moment of silence, looking into the eyes of his wife, he takes a deep breath and prepares for what’s to come. Standing tall and proud, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III walks into a hangar in front of hundreds of onlookers, all there to bid him farewell.

  • 45th MDOS change of command

    Col. Julie Stola, 45th Medical Group commander, presents Lt. Col. Donna Fox, 45th Medical Operations Squadron commander, with the guidon during a change of command ceremony June 24, 2016, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Changes of command are a military tradition representing the transfer of

  • 45th SW supports successful Atlas V MUOS-5 launch

    The Air Force’s 45th Space Wing supported United Launch Alliance’s successful launch of the MUOS-5 spacecraft aboard an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 here June 24, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. ET. The ULA Atlas V rocket is carrying the U.S. Navy's fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite

  • 333rd RCS change of command

    Col. Patricia Sergey, 369th Recruiting Group commander, presents Lt. Col. Joseph Roth, 333rd Recruiting Squadron commander, with the guidon during a change of command ceremony June 21, 2016, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Changes of command are a military tradition representing the transfer of

 

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