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  • Our mission? Mission support

    As Chuck Milam, Air Force Space Command Director of Services said recently, "Shut down the Child Development Center and see what happens to mission." I'd like to take that concept a little further... what would happen to our mission if we shut down Security Forces or Civil Engineering capabilities?

  • Meeting ‘special needs’ of mission success

    Unless you are an active duty member with a special needs family member, you are probably not aware of the Air Force's Special Needs program and what it can do for you. The USAF Special Needs program is used to identify and track active duty families with special medical needs and ensure those needs

  • Making our workplace safer

    Let me begin here the same way I ended up our commander's call Wednesday afternoon. And that's by thanking you once again for everything you do around here. There are few things - if any - that give me more pleasure than to publicly recognize some of the super-star award-winners we have. You make us

  • The awards just keep coming to the Sharks…

    This week I had the distinct pleasure of handing out a special award to the senior management of our Patrick AFB commissary - the Defense Commissary Agency East 'Superstore' Award for Best Commissary! This came as no real surprise - because this entire installation has benefited from the special

  • Teamwork: the important role each of us plays in our mission

    The apostle Paul made the analogy that people are like the parts of a body, designed for different functions and assigned unique tasks. When each part of the body functions as it is designed, the whole body performs a greater task that none of its members could ever accomplish individually.

  • Take time to take care of yourself

    A few weeks ago I used this space to write a column entitled "Taking care of our people." But as vital as it is to take care of our people, I want this week to ask each and every one of you to do something equally as important: take care of yourself.And I specifically ask you that you do this in

  • Strike a balance; get out and get a life

    We've all seen it ... the coworker who always seems overloaded or the boss who is at work until all hours of the night.You know the one ... they can't get to the unit workout due to the critically important task they are working for the boss. No time to have lunch with the troops - too busy. They

  • The end is only the beginning

    Remember that new computer, new car or new camera you recently researched, anguished over and finally bought last weekend? More than likely, it's probably out-of-date by the time you're reading this. Obviously, I'm exaggerating a little, but not as much as some of us would like to think.The

  • Transformation can be an opportunity

    For our service, which was born of a revolution in technology and doctrine, transformation is fundamental to who and what we are. Transformational change is coming to the way supplies and services are acquired at the installation level in our Air Force through an initiative called "Installation

  • You can't find all the answers in a manual

    Whether you're buying a brand-new car, an upgraded computer system or a high-tech toy for a three-year-old child, you're almost always guaranteed to get a very thorough owner's manual and operating instructions explaining - often in painstaking detail - the proper use, care and warnings associated



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  • Patrick Tax Office opens Feb. 1

    It's that time of the year again -- time to file income taxes in an effort to meet the April 15 deadline.Members of the Patrick AFB Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program will provide free income tax return preparation for active duty, reservist, military retirees, and civilian personnel of the

  • 28 Patrick-Cape promote in January

    Congratulations to the following 28 service members who are projected to promote in the month of January:SENIOR AIRMANAron A. Escobedo, 45th Force Support Squadron   Willis Q. Riggins, 45th Comptroller Squadron Tiffany S. Thornton, 45th Contracting Squadron Kendra N. Ward, Cyber Caps

  • Santa comes to town

    The Space Coast Chiefs Group hosted 'A Visit with Santa' for families of enlisted and deployed officers Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Shark Center.The Chiefs Group organized the event -- collecting gifts, providing refreshments and facilitating activities. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas provided gifts for 190

  • PAFB gate access information during holiday season

    Please make note of the following change of hours to the Patrick AFB gates during the holiday season: The North Gate (Main Gate), located at State Road A1A and Jupiter St., is scheduled to close Wednesday, Dec. 23 at 10 p.m. and reopen Saturday, Dec. 26 at 5 a.m.The North Gate (Main Gate), located

  • Spreading holiday cheer

    Members of the 45th Space Wing and its mission partners participate in the Holiday Parade, as residents line the sidewalks to witness the event, Dec. 17, 2015, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Fire trucks from Patrick AFB drove around base with Santa, Mrs. Claus, and Sparky the Dog, and greeted

  • AFTAC hosts Pearl Harbor ceremony, honors veterans

    Air Force Technical Applications Center hosted the 21st annual ceremony remembering Pearl Harbor and Pacific Theater Veterans, Dec. 7, 2015, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. More than 400 were in attendance to honor Pearl Harbor survivors. In the same respect, this is the fourth year honoring

  • Sharks welcome inspectors to space coast

    The Air Force Space Command Inspection General Team arrived at the 45th Space Wing and just in time to observe the launch of the Atlas V carrying Orbital ATK's advanced Cygnus spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, Dec. 6, 2015.A team of 78 inspectors from Peterson Air Force

  • 45th Space Wing supports NASA’s Orbital ATK CRS-4 launch

    The 45th Space Wing supported NASA's  successful launch of Orbital ATK CRS-4, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 41 Dec. 6, 2015, at 4:44 p.m. EST.This will be the first flight of an enhanced Cygnus spacecraft to the

 

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