Commentaries

  • Make a difference: November is Adoption and Military Family Awareness Month

    Besides Thanksgiving, November is also a very special month as it is Military Family Awareness and Adoption Awareness Month, celebrating the importance of family. The adoption of a child is a very special gift for everyone involved. I have been blessed that I have been able to adopt as well as

  • '101 Critical Days' Lessons – Wingman Day/Holiday Season Awareness

    Please accept my thanks for another tremendous fiscal year in executing the 2 AF mission of "Producing the best trained combat ready Airmen". Your extraordinary efforts resulted in the production of over 119,000 technical training 'schoolhouse' graduates and 29,000 new Airmen from Basic Military

  • Know Your Story

    When I was a new Lt Col action officer at the Pentagon, my boss asked me "What's your story?" To my confused response, he replied, "As an action officer, you need to know your story. You need to be able to quickly pitch your key issues and programs to any senior officer who you might confront in a

  • Don't Fall Down on Fitness

    As we move into November, the Holiday Season is right around the corner. With that time of year comes the promise of time off with family, the chance to take leave, more indoor activities, and the opportunity to "eat, drink, and be merry." All of these are good, but for many this becomes a

  • Halloween safety not a scary subject

    The one night where we can dress up and get free candy is almost here - Halloween! Each year, thousands of mishaps occur on this spooky night. There are a few simple cautious steps parents and children can take to help prevent these mishaps: H: Have grown-ups inspect treats before eating, and don't

  • Base set for air conditioning, heating changeover

    It's time again for Sheppard to begin its transition from cooling to heating. Heat will be provided when a facility manager calls the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning shop at 676-4277 to request changeover. Regardless of requests, base-wide transition to heating will start automatically if

  • Air Show offers once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

    For anyone who wears the blue uniform, this weekend is a once-in-a-lifetime chance you should not miss. We've all seen Air Shows before, but this one offers a rare opportunity--to get up close and personal with every aircraft in the U.S. Air Force inventory, from the modern C-17 to the cutting-edge

  • Domestic violence; end it now

    For all of us working in Family Advocacy, every month is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. However, October is set aside for us to raise the general public's awareness of this devastating and pervasive problem. While the term "domestic violence" conjures various graphic images for most of us, the

  • Don't miss out because all you do is your job

    Oct. 11 marks my one-year anniversary with the 82nd Training Wing. It's been a fast and exciting year! One of the best things I get to do is talk with our Airmen and NCOs about different things, whether its career related or just getting to know them. Last week, I had a conversation with a few

  • Happy New Year

    Happy New Year! We began a new year on Monday. It was the first day of Fiscal Year 2008, following New Years Eve on Sunday night. But there wasn't any celebrating or revelry on the base on Sunday. Instead a joint team from the 82d Comptroller and Contracting Squadrons worked all day and part of the