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  • Anonymous gift hammers home the message

    Sometimes it just takes something so unexpected -- and so unbelievably appreciated -- for us to remember how lucky we are to be stationed here and be serving in the Armed Forces at this time in our nation's history.Let me tell you a little story that will help explain what I'm talking about.Last week, a bunch of us were at a local restaurant having
  • Patricia Gragg, 45th Space Wing Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, kicks off a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response training session at the Patrick Air Force Base Theater, Fla., April 7, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo/Cory Long) (Released)

    SAPR: Respect the red line

    April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. Attending training is mandatory for active duty, reservist, and civilians, to include NAF employees. Contractors may attend with permission of their company.Presentations will be in the base theater on alternate Tuesdays: 8:30-10 a.m. and Thursdays: 1:30-3 p.m., now through the month of May.

  • Stay CONNECTED -- but be aware what you're sharing!

    Let me begin by congratulating Team Patrick-Cape, United Launch Alliance and all of our mission partners for yet another "100 percent Mission Success" launch of a Delta IV rocket carrying the Air Force's IIF-09 navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station last week.Another fabulous performance and the

  • The beauty of a diverse workforce – and the need for one

    Earlier this month,  Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James helped kick off Women's History Month at the Center for a New American Security "Women and Leadership in National Security" conference in Washington, D.C.It was there, that she spoke of the importance of a diverse workforce."There's simply no country in the world as widely diverse as
  • The car of Roberta Clark, 45th Space Wing Safety, is pictured following an accident at the main gate of Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., April 11, 2003. She was exiting the main gate when a vehicle ran the red light and stuck her. She spent three months in the hospital and a month in rehabilitation following the accident. (Courtesy photo)

    Even when you're right, something wrong can still happen to you

    Riding in a vehicle can be an unsafe activity, even if you are following all of the rules. The year was 2003 when Ms. Roberta Clark was driving her vehicle exiting the Main Gate at Patrick Air Force Base. While attempting to turn left onto A1A traveling northbound, another vehicle traveling southbound on A1A ran the red light and collided with her
  • (Graphic/Senior Airman Danielle R. Grannan)

    Air Force Diversity, Inclusion

    Airmen of the United States Air Force:There is no other country in the world so widely diverse, yet so deeply committed to being unified, as the United States of America. The challenges we face today are far too serious, and the implications of failure far too great, for our Air Force to do less than fully, and inclusively, leverage our Nation's
  • Brig. Gen. Nina Armagno speaks during an Officers Call Jan. 23, 2015 at Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute Auditorium at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Matthew Jurgens)

    'Eliminate Inspection Prep; Institute Readiness'

    As many of you are well aware, every 18 - 24 months or so, Air Force Space Command schedules on-site visits, followed by a Unit Effectiveness Inspection (UEI) Capstone Inspection.This is an opportunity for AFSPC to visit our Wing and provide an independent, transparent assessment of readiness, efficiency and discipline -- as well as to validate and

  • Leaders share messages, priorities at AFA Symposium

    Let me begin by congratulating SpaceX, NASA, NOAA, all our mission partners and "Team Patrick-Cape" on their picture-perfect launch last week of NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory -- known as the DSCOVR mission -- from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.Great job by the entire TEAM!Let's switch gears and share some important

  • CSAF: 'It happens; I got to see the most important part'

    About two hours prior to our first attempt to launch NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission from Launch Complex 40 Sunday evening at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, General Mark A. Welsh III, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, and his wife, Betty, along with Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody, walked off

  • Lessons taken from CSAF Wing Commander's Call

    Last week, I had the distinct honor and pleasure to attend the Air Force Chief of Staff's "Wing Commander's Call" hosted by Gen. Mark A. Welsh III.It's always good to get clear direction from the top, and this meeting certainly filled the bill on that note.Gen. Welsh began the meeting by telling us how proud he is of all the work being done by all
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