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  • Year of Leadership: A closer look at core values

    Integrity, service and excellence. As Airmen and leaders, these terms represent the underlying principles of right and wrong we profess to apply in all of our decisions. Fundamentally, the core values are the basic foundation of how we go about our lives. Simply put, they are the ethical practices

  • Vandalism hurts the whole community

    Look around our community. What do you see? Do you see graffiti? How about broken street lights or windows at the bus stops or spray-painted street signs? This is vandalism and it is a crime. Vandalism is the willful destruction of public or private property. It may be described in terms of criminal

  • Year of Leadership: Lewis and Clark leadership lessons

    Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; [it] procures success to the weak and esteem to all. - Col. George Washington, then 25 years old, in a 1757 letter to the captains of the Virginia regiments Discipline was key to the expedition's success As I wrote in an editorial

  • Year of Leadership: Peeling the onion

    During my last Front Range Guardian submission, I wrote about change and change management. Little did I know the extent of the changes to come for the Air Force between then and now. Ironically, then as now, we are looking down the barrel of an NSI inspection. At that time, I specifically asked

  • Year of Leadership: American-made discipline

    "The discipline which makes the soldiers of a free country reliable in battle is not to be gained by harsh or tyrannical treatment. On the contrary, such treatment is far more likely to destroy than to make an Army. It is possible to impart instruction and give commands in such a manner and such a

  • Year of Leadership: Defining discipline with core values

    As we set off into the Year of Leadership, it's important to look to those who have gone before us for guidance. Our first President provided wise counsel with the following: "Nothing is more harmful to the service than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one

  • Dress, appearance reminders for inspection

    I experienced more than 20 major inspections during my 23 years on active duty, such as the one headed our way at the end of the month. Back in my day, our footwear required spit shines, our uniforms required definite creases and all awarded badges, patches, and awards and decorations were mandatory

  • Saving lives from an unspoken epidemic

    If you had the ability to save the life of someone who was dying right in front of you, would you? If you were given the option to learn how to save that life, would you turn it down? Would you say "it's someone else's responsibility, not mine"? Or would you step up, learn the skills and save the

  • Life is full of choices

    Every day we face choices in life. The choices we make determine who we are. Joining the Air Force determined your career, where you live and how much you earn. Every decision sends you down a path. Did you go to college? What school did you choose? Did you come into the Air Force right out of high

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