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  • After two full years, saying farewell

    For the eighth and final time over two years, it is my privilege to address you from the Commander's Corner. It's hard to believe two years can pass so quickly, but the moving boxes stacked in our driveway and a quickly emptying house are sure evidence our days among the Sharks of the 45th Space

  • Leadership: Service Before Self

    In a twisted way, leadership is both extremely easy and extremely difficult. It's easy because there are simple, consistent and enduring themes that any leader will tell you will work. But it's hard because what you hear from someone else in a classroom situation is sometimes much more difficult to

  • Freedom is not free this July Fourth

    The Fourth of July is our greatest celebration of freedom and the words "Freedom is not free" have extra-special meaning this year as we surge into the fifth year of war in Iraq.As with any war, this conflict has brought with it high costs in terms of sacrifice and loss. Fortunately, we have not

  • Looking back, looking forward

    This week marks my first anniversary as 45th Space Wing commander. It has certainly been a gratifying year as I review the accomplishments of the Sharks! We've had 15 launches on the Eastern Range during this time frame, including four shuttle missions to the ISS, two Delta II Global Positioning

  • Mental readiness... the warrior's vow

    As men and women charged with defending our country, we have a responsibility to maintain readiness in every area of our lives -- our equipment, our training, our attitudes, and even our minds. Mental readiness is the most important, for, without it, all other readiness is ineffective. While there

  • Meeting our challenges

    Greetings! I would like to thank the entire Wing and our Mission Partners for the hard work to help send off the Space Shuttle last week - and for what you are about to do to send off the Atlas V launch late this week! I sense that our 'dry spell' is over, and that the launches will now come at us

  • Good order and discipline -- boiling down the facts

    All military people abide by good order and discipline, right? What I don't know is how disciplined we are with the smaller things in life that become big things if we let them. Managing money is one of those things. If you let small over expenditures accumulate, the resulting debt can wreak havoc

  • Staying fit to fight critical

    Experiencing weightlessness is one of the great things about living on the International Space Station and flying on the Space Shuttle. Such is not the case back on Earth. Here, gravity and Air Force fitness standards remind us that pounds count.Because staying fit to fight is critical in our

  • What type of leader are you?

    What type of leader are you? I've been encouraged at several points throughout my career to "cast my net widely" and actively pursue a professional reading repertoire. It was in a reading club where we read a book called "The Tipping Point" by Malcom Gladwell (Little, Brown and Com-pany, 2002) and

  • Honor our heroes...

    With Sunday's tragic news that seven U.S. servicemembers were killed in Iraq Saturday, Memorial Day took on a more somber and personal meaning to the friends and families of those young American heroes. Those seven are among the almost 3,500 American troops who have died in the Iraq War and the



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  • New commander’s first stop: Cop shop

    Senior Airman Frances Hopfer, 45th Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog handler, and Digo, MWD, participate in a patrol attack demonstration with Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith, 45th Space Wing commander, Aug. 20 at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. The new commander met with the personnel of the

  • Rarest sea turtle nests found at CCAFS have hatched

    The rarest and most endangered sea turtle in the world was discovered nesting on the beaches of CCAFS for the first time recorded May 14, 2015, and then again May 28, 2015. Following an incubation period of approximately two months, both nests hatched, were excavated, or carefully uncovered, after a

  • Red Riding Hood skips into town

    Children from across the Patrick AFB community converged at the base's Youth Center July 27 to audition for parts in the Missoula Children's Theater production of "Red Riding Hood."Ranging in age from 5 to 17, the kids tried out for various roles in a stage adaptation of the children's story about a

  • Vermont ANG recognizes 45th SW for support

    Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith, 45th Space Wing commander, received a token of appreciation from members of the Vermont Air National Guard Aug. 6 at the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.The Vermont Air National Guard used the airfield at the Cape for a base of operations during their

  • 'Saddle up Sharks;' new commander takes charge

    "Do, or do not. There is no try."This was the advice Master Yoda gave to Luke Skywalker before attempting to raise his X-wing Fighter from a swamp on planet Dagobah and in true space fashion, the advice also applies to those who send rockets into outer space. Minutes after assuming command, the 45th

  • 45th MDSS change of command

    Col. Julie Stola, 45th Space Wing Medical Group commander, presents Lt. Col. William Breedlove, with the 45th MDSS guidon during a change of command ceremony June 15, 2015, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Changes of command are a military tradition representing the transfer of responsibilities from

  • 24 Patrick-Cape members promote in August

    Congratulations to the following 24Team Patrick-Cape members who are scheduled to promote in the month of August:SENIOR AIRMAN:Madeline M. Hopkins, 45th Civil Engineer SquadronRussell E. Lund, 45th Contracting Squadron  STAFF SERGEANT:Bradley W. Owens, 45th Weather Squadron  David J. Turner, Air

  • Rescue Wing assists in search for missing teen boaters

    Air Force Reserve search and rescue personnel from the 920th Rescue Wing from Patrick Air Force Base joined the Coast Guard search for two 14-year-old boys reported missing, July 25, 2015.A rescue crew departed in one of the wing's HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, July 28, at approximately 8 p.m. for a

  • TV chef featured at Patrick AFB

    Chef Robert Irvine visited Patrick Air Force Base, met and toured with several members of Team Patrick-Cape, toured a variety of facilities, and participated in a live show at the base theater, July 23, 2015. Irvine is a celebrity chef who has appeared on a variety of Food Network programs including

  • 45th LRS change of command

    Col. Matthew Wallace, 45th Mission Support Group commander, left, presents Maj. Jonathan Carter, 45th LRS commander, with the 45th LRS guidon during a change of command ceremony, July 17, 2015, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Changes of command are a military tradition representing the transfer of

 

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