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  • EFT-1: A launch legacy we’ll proudly carry forever

    It seems every time I think I can't be more proud to be your commander, you go and do something else to make me realize (once again) that there is no limit to the greatness this team can achieve when we all come together.That was certainly the case in the early morning hours of Dec. 5, when we fully

  • Remembering, honoring Pearl Harbor and Pacific Theater Veterans

    This Saturday will mark the 73rd anniversary of "A Day That Will Live in Infamy" - the Imperial Japanese Navy bombings at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, that commenced just before 8 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941.As you may know, more than 2,000 Americans were killed and more than 1,000 were injured, in the sneak

  • It takes a whole lot of 'You' to make a Team

    Where did this year go?Seriously ... it seems like just yesterday, we were gearing up for a Falcon 9  (THAICOM 6) launch on Jan. 6, 2014, and now we're heading into the final stretch of the year with just  two missions left.On Dec. 4, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV-Heavy rocket will launch NASA's

  • When to seek help

    We all have breaking points.Imagine you are wearing a backpack that is being filled with weights.Some of us might collapse at 50 pounds, some of us at 150 pounds, and some of us might make it to 500 pounds, but at some point we will all collapse, no matter how much we would like to stand upright.

  • Lots to be thankful for around here; So stay safe!

    First off, I want to offer my congratulations to all the Airmen who were nominated for the 2014 Military Affairs Council Community Service Awards held Wednesday evening in Cocoa Beach.You are all winners in my mind; giving back to a community that gives us so much is a wonderful thing to do.It's

  • Innovate Now: Winning with change

    "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." -President Barack ObamaAs members and supporters of the DOD, the one thing that we all know is: change is consistent. Whether we are assigned to a

  • Veteran's Day: A time to 'remember and honor' all who served

    On Tuesday, we will celebrate Veteran's Day - for the 60th time since President Dwight Eisenhower signed the bill that changed the name from Armistice Day!  Veteran's Day is a time to remember and honor all who served.It's the very least we can do, because they really deserve such honors each and

  • Challenge, innovation, leadership

    These are challenging times for the U.S. Air Force and the United States. The mission is more difficult than ever, the Air Force is getting smaller, and we have fewer resources than any time in recent memory.  As Airmen, our response should be step up and lead in the same way Americans have been

  • On your mark, get set, LAUNCH!

    Let me begin by giving a heartfelt thanks to all of Team Patrick-Cape and our first-class mission partners for executing a picture-perfect launch Wednesday afternoon of a ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the Air Force's eighth Block IIF navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System from Launch

  • A passion for excellence in all we do

    "If a [person] is called to be a street sweeper, [they] should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry.  [They] should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who

 

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