• Looking ahead, tackling new year's challenges

    Welcome back. I trust you had a good holiday season with family and friends. It's time to put our game face back on and get ready for the final run before our Unit Compliance Inspection with our team mates, the 436th Airlift Wing. We are down to the wire for our upcoming inspection with only three

  • Sometimes it takes a stranger

    It was cold that day when I was about to leave the base after a long day's work. Actually that afternoon, it was windy enough to warrant one of those pop-up computer alerts, and there was a rain-ice mix in the forecast. It reminded me of a scene from the movie, "Forest Gump," where he described the

  • AFSO 21: Doing more with less

    For years now, we've been asked to do more with less - less equipment, dollars and personnel. It got to the point at least 10 years ago when it became generally accepted by all that we will be doing "less with less." So, why did I choose such an optimistic title for this article? Simply this: AFSO

  • Mentoring: not just for senior officers, chiefs

    A number of years ago, I found myself in the wing commander's office giving him the latest updates on a project he had given me. Once I completed my report, he suddenly asked me what my career aspirations were and what I thought about some of the recent trends in the Reserve command. I told him what

  • Commander reflects on SAV, holiday season

    Over the October UTA, we had a taste of what we can expect from the Air Force Reserve Command Inspector General in the spring, when they conduct our Unit Compliance Inspection. The 22nd Air Force Staff Assistance Visit gave us a good review to ensure our programs were compliant and were where they

  • Having the will to succeed

    Legendary Green Bay Packers Coach, Vince Lombardi once said: "The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will." During World War II, when the Armies and Navies of Nazi Germany and the Japanese Empire advanced across