April 14, 2008 Personal responsibility You've heard the saying, "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink." The same truth can be applied to life. Success comes only to those who take advantage of the opportunities and resources given to them. You are the key ingredient to your professional and personal success. You
April 10, 2008 JTF Scott makes a positive impact every day Greetings, Joint Total Force Scott, from 5,000 miles away. For the last week, I have had the privilege of being deployed as the deputy director of mobility forces for a U.S. Pacific Command joint exercise called Terminal Fury. Now more than ever, I am proud to be a JTF Scott ambassador. My
April 10, 2008 It’s Easy Being Green In less than a month, we'll be celebrating Earth Week. It all started April 22, 1970, when 20 million people across America celebrated the first Earth Day. It was a time when cities were buried under their own smog and polluted rivers caught fire. Now Earth Day is celebrated annually around the
April 9, 2008 Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month begins Earlier this month, the Department of Defense released its findings on two congressionally mandated reports - the 2006 Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Members and the Fiscal Year 2007 Report on Sexual Assault in the Military. The first of these reports on gender relations found that 6.8
April 9, 2008 Tips to managing your career Several years ago, an officer I worked with was getting ready to PCS. We got to talking about his career plans, when I stopped him. I explained to him that while his goal for an Air Force Institute of Technology funded advanced degree was on target, his timeline was off. I spent the next hour
March 17, 2008 Exercises - working together, preparing for the worst By now, we're all familiar with the routine. You're recalled at 4 a.m. You grab your reflective belt and Airman's manual, sign in at the unit control center and wait for the phone call announcing an exercise has kicked off. This is a common scene at Scott Air Force Base and on military installations
March 11, 2008 Exercises - working together, preparing for the worst By now, we're all familiar with the routine. You're recalled at 4 a.m. You grab your reflective belt and Airman's manual, sign in at the unit control center and wait for the phone call announcing an exercise has kicked off. This is a common scene at Scott Air Force Base and on military installations
Feb. 27, 2008 Customer Service: Not just a $0.02 phrase If you ask anyone in the 375th Medical Group what my key initiative or emphasis item is for 2008, I hope any one of them would quickly respond, "customer service." Although those of us in the medical world would rather use the term "patient," the term "customer" is more inclusive, referring to
Feb. 14, 2008 Remembering past presidents, focusing on the future This Monday, our nation will celebrate the birthdays of two of its most well-known and respected presidents - George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Both presidents served our country during a time of war, and both statesmen led our country through significant cultural and political change. Over a
Feb. 14, 2008 Reflections from the AOR To our warriors stateside and around the world, I salute you! I just returned from my third trip to the Central Command area of responsibility, and once again I am both re-energized and incredibly impressed by the consistently motivated, innovative and professional Airmen I had the privilege to