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  • Senior NCOs: Guardian, enforcer, role model, advisor, coach, leader

    The oath they take as they get promoted really does say it all about our senior NCOs, their professionalism and the future of our Air Force.Here is just a part of it..."In the United States Air Force, a master sergeant joins a unique group, the Senior Noncommissioned Officer Corps.... "This

  • Sharks--'Thanks for a job well done'

    As we welcome the cooling weather on the Space Coast, we here, at Patrick AFB and Cape Canaveral AFS welcome another annual milestone, the end of Fiscal Year 2014. What a year it was, full of success that highlighted our wing's priorities.At every opportunity we delivered "100 percent mission

  • Cyber OPSEC: Protecting yourself online

    President Barack Obama declared October as National Cyber Security Awareness month, which directly correlates to Operations Security, or OPSEC, and the protection of critical information.All Airmen share responsibility for protecting government networks and information residing on them, but

  • Innovate Now: Organize change efforts

    Many of us may face tough challenges during tumultuous economic times. Competitive pressures continue, unrelenting, with high costs.Looking for an edge, organizations strive to lower costs, reduce headcount, and improve technologies, but too few have become operationally excellent.Why is that?Costs

  • ENERGY: Clearly a mission-essential resource

    As you are probably aware, October is "Energy Awareness Month," and a time for us to foot-stomp how vital energy is to our national security and to our environmental well-being, now and in the years to come.This year's theme, "I am Air Force Energy," places all Airmen squarely at the center of the

  • Taking your performance to the next level

    As we develop future leaders of character, we teach them the five rights.They must be at the right place, at the right time, wearing the right attire with the right attitude and ready to do the right thing. The five rights are also applicable to active-duty members and DOD civilians. Living by these

  • ‘Combined’ effort equals greater success

    So far it has been a great first three months for me as the 45th Space Wing vice commander. The Sharks of the 45th have always had a great reputation throughout the command and we proved it again by successfully launching two rockets in one week, both going off without a hitch despite Mother

  • Teamwork: Delivering mission success

    "There is no limit to what can be accomplished if it doesn't matter who gets the credit." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, American PoetWhile playing shortstop during my first year of little league baseball, I anticipated the infield fly ball. The batter popped up the ball and I caught it.  It ended the

  • Innovate Now: Necessitate change

    Familiarity is comfortable. For that reason, change is uncomfortable.History could be viewed as one long story of fighting against change; such as the story of the Luddites, who fought against the industrial revolution, or, in the folktale story of John Henry Irons.Irons was the best of his kind. No

 

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