Commentaries

You can’t quit work until your money goes to work for you
March 17, 2008 — Isn't it amazing how fast you can spend $50 today? This week I spent $50 putting gas in my truck and buying two drinks. I dropped another $50 at a sports store for a T-shirt and some shorts. It went quick, and that happens every month. However, did you know that had I invested that $50 each month, in 50 years I would have had $880,707 (assuming 10... MORE

Commander's Comments
March 14, 2008 — "Sir, why are we having an ORI if we're already at war and deploying downrange everyday?" This question, probably the most common one I get from young Airmen these days, makes a lot of sense on the surface. They're right, we're at war. We've got more than a fourth of the wing deployed -- almost 900 Airmen. We have an entire C-17 squadron moving... MORE

Command Chief’s Corner
March 12, 2008 — Team Charleston, last month I put another successful fitness test behind me. Like me, I'm sure many of you breathe a sigh of relief when it's completed. We're relieved to be good for another year. Now, we can take a break ... right? Well, for me that's a fleeting thought, a daydream really. After which, I awake to the reality that we can't exercise... MORE

Flexibility really is the key to airpower
March 10, 2008 — It's Friday afternoon, and all seems quiet around Charleston AFB. A staff sergeant is in the protocol office planning her weekend. The phone rings and it's the command post, and they're telling her a distinguished visitor is on board a C-21 set to arrive on base in 30 minutes. She has the distinguished visitor's full name and rank, but that is it... MORE

Make your future a positive one
March 7, 2008 — Why do some people seem to reach the top while others remain stuck? You may think it's because they have more "brains, talent and friends." But there is something else that is more important: a positive attitude. You and I know people who walk around with a half-empty glass. The right attitude can make a difference in your career. How can you adopt... MORE

Command Chief's Comments
March 7, 2008 — Team Charleston, to keep pace with this premier airlift wing means we have to manage our busy schedules well. As we remain engaged in the war on terror, more and more demanding and challenging tasks are continually being assigned to us and we continually find ways to complete them. Although many Airmen deploy, there are many more that stay behind... MORE

AMC commander discusses new KC-45A tanker
March 7, 2008 — To the men and women of Air Mobility Command, On Feb. 29, it was my pleasure to join with the secretary of the Air Force and the assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition in announcing the award of the contract to build the next generation tanker, the KC-45A. It was really a great day for AMC, our Air Force and America. As you know, the... MORE

First sergeant thanks you for serving
March 6, 2008 — When I enlisted in 1983, the world was a very different place. Russia was our enemy, the one computer our unit had was large enough to fill an entire room and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" created a new form of entertainment called the music video. "Back in the day," many of us joined the Air Force to travel, earn money for college or simply to get... MORE

Colonel discusses top 10 ways to dazzle IG
March 5, 2008 — Why are we having an Operational Readiness Inspection? Didn't we do one of these a few years ago? Why can't the inspector general just come here and observe our real mission? We deploy Airmen every day to fight a real war. Does it make sense to stop doing our real-world job so we can prove that we can fight a simulated war? Where in the world is... MORE

Commander's Comments
February 29, 2008 — Above AllThat's what we are as members of the United States Air Force. Above All, we dominate air, space and cyberspace and we do it better than anyone else. Above All, we are warriors who fight to defend freedom. Above All, we are Airmen. Above All is more than the Air Force's new recruiting and public awareness advertising slogan, it's our way of... MORE