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  • Your chain of command is here to help

    I hope everyone had a chance to enjoy some well-deserved time off and enjoy it with friends and family over the holidays. You have all worked hard to earn it. Now that we're all getting back, I'd like to take time to emphasize the importance and utility of your chain of command. Following your chain

  • Creeping normalcy

    You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event -- it is a habit ... Aristotle You don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time ... Vince Lombardi Very rarely does "stuff happen," especially to disciplined and well trained organizations. Things go wrong, sometimes

  • Airman reflects on recent DUI charges

    My name is Airman Tristan Williams. I am 21 years old and on the Sept. 23, I was stopped by 341st Security Forces personnel for driving under the influence of alcohol. I never thought this would happen to me, me being someone who has never been in trouble before and now I have a DUI. This just goes

  • Education: Give the gift that keeps on giving

    The holidays are here and people often say, "It is better to give than to receive." I agree whole-heartedly, but this year, give yourself a present...the gift of education. Everyone joins the military for different reasons. Education is normally top on that list, somewhere among service to country,

  • Calling all Wingmen: Suicide hits hard during winter months

    There are few experiences more emotionally intense than walking in on someone who is attempting suicide. As I opened the door, there she was, knife blade to her arm. She looked up, startled, but with no intention to stop. It was then my responsibility to ease her down, take the knife and help her

  • Make Time Your Ally

    Time is the working ally of effective leaders and supervisors. They understand it is essential to control and make appropriate use of working hours. But time is the enemy of inefficient leaders or supervisors because they spend it carelessly, giving too much attention to certain parts of their jobs

  • Commander sends holiday message

    We've had quite a year in 2007 to say the least. Its included events that many of you will carry with you for the rest of your lives ... I know I will. From the tragedy of the Snowbird crash, to our triumphs as the best ICBM wing in the world - we've demonstrated time and time again why Malmstrom is

  • Learning military justice lessons from the Lewis and Clark Expedition

    As many of you who have visited the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center are aware, the Corps of Volunteers for North Western Discovery (Corps) was a military detachment of 23 privates, three sergeants and a few hired laborers who volunteered to serve in an expedition under the command of Capt.

  • CYBERCOMMAND: What is it and why does the Air Force need it?

    When Billy Mitchell aggressively advocated for airpower, not only was the military establishment of the time not comfortable with what he was saying, his military career ultimately ended in court martial when he attempted to force the establishment to change. And, when Air Force Space Command stood

  • If you want something done right

    When it is cold outside, more than likely, I'll be wearing a jacket I received during a previous assignment. The unit I was assigned to assumed the mission of conducting all the maintenance portions of the ICBM test launches. To commemorate that new mission, a patch was created that contained the

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