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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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  • Patrick-Cape remembers 9/11

    A remembrance ceremony honoring those who lost their lives in the 9/11 tragedy was held Sept. 11, 2015, at the Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, flagpole."Fourteen years ago today four airplanes were hijacked by 19 terrorists," said Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith, 45th Space Wing commander. "It was an act

  • Base community partnership initiative kicks off with 'field of dreams'

    The ongoing clearing of a ball field located near Patrick AFB's south housing area is the first step of innovation for Team Patrick-Cape's partnership initiative with the community.A memorandum of agreement, effective Sept. 1, between the 45th Space Wing and Satellite Beach, Florida, provided the

  • 45th SW commander offers Labor Day safety message

    Another amazing summer is coming to an end and you have done an outstanding job maintaining our safety.  We've had no fatalities, no serious injuries and we've done well remaining vigilant about our personal health.Continue to utilize your "safety sense" as it's critical to the welfare of your team

  • The Iron Airman

    In the Air Force, fitness isn't just a stepping stone to success, it is a requirement. While each Airman has their own idea of how to stay fit-to-fight, 1st Lt. Roman Tillman has picked a practice that he believe also sharpens his skills as an Airman and a leader.Tillman, a 5th Space Launch Squadron

  • Wing supports 4th Mobile User Objective System satellite launch

    The U.S. Air Force's 45th Space Wing helped successfully launch the fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Launch Complex 40, at 6:18 a.m. EDT, Sept. 2, 2015."Here at the 45th we measure success one launch at a time," said Brig. Gen.

  • 36 Patrick-Cape members promote in September

    Congratulations to the following 36 Team Patrick-Cape members who are scheduled to promote in the month of September:SENIOR AIRMAN:Wooyong Cho, 45th Medical Support Squadron Nathan M. Dankiewicz, Air Force Technical Applications CenterStephen K. Poeorange, 45th Civil Engineer Squadron Thomas S.

  • Veterans honored for their service

    Team Patrick-Cape members, Junior Enlisted Officer Corp cadets, and others from all generations of military service gathered at Wickham Senior Center in Melbourne, Fla., at 2 a.m. to show their gratitude and respect to World War II and Korean War veterans Aug. 22, 2015.Nearly every month, the Space

  • Air Force extends SAPR services to AF civilians

    The Air Force released a policy memo, Aug. 18, 2015, allowing Air Force civilian employees who are victims of sexual assault to file restricted and unrestricted reports with their installation's sexual assault response coordinator.This policy is effective immediately and allows SARCs and sexual

  • 45th SW commander welcomes Patrick -Cape's newest NCOs

    Brig. Gen. Wayne Monteith, 45th Space Wing commander, addressed 75 newly selected staff sergeants of Team Patrick-Cape during a promotion release celebration Aug. 20, 2015, at the Patrick Air Force Base Golf Course, Fla.Air Force officials selected 13,269 of 39,260 eligible senior airmen for

  • 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

 

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