Jan. 9, 2013 Focus areas for 2013 Welcome back! I hope you are well-rested after a well-deserved break, and I'm happy to report everyone arrived back home safe and sound! That's always the best news after a long holiday break. Thank you for being careful and taking care of yourself and your families throughout the past several
Jan. 9, 2013 What are your priorities? Maya Angelou said, "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." With the hefty work schedules we all maintain and the temporary duty assignments and deployments that we are all asked to go on, it's easy to
Jan. 9, 2013 Not just a movie theater Sure, to some it was just a place you went to see a movie; to get some popcorn, candy, and a soda pop. For others, though, it was much more. The movie theater at Scott Air Force Base may have closed its doors for the last time, but it will forever be full of memories. There were the Saturday
Jan. 4, 2013 Bold, Innovative, Risk-Taking Airmen To the Airmen of our great global mobility enterprise: thank you! We have asked a great deal from you and your families this year. Through it all you have been the model for operational excellence and allowed our Nation to accomplish some amazing things across the globe. You are, without a doubt,
Dec. 18, 2012 Another Missed Christmas To all of us, AMC is the Air Mobility Command, but to some, it is also means "Another Missed Christmas." There are few who haven't been away for the holidays during their career, regardless of their major command. My young brother-in-law is at Lackland Air Force Base attending basic training right
Dec. 17, 2012 AMC commander: Home for the holidays After years away, Ricki and I are overjoyed to return to Air Mobility Command. It feels like we have come back home, just in time for the holidays. To you, the more than 130,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian men and women who make up our Mobility Air Forces, we could not be more proud of
Dec. 5, 2012 Could’ve, should’ve, would’ve Have you ever found yourself muttering one of these remorseful words seen in the title? These words are frequently used in reference to an expression of regret ... the incalculable measure of "what could have been." Regret often surfaces when we realize that we have not lived up to our fullest
Dec. 5, 2012 Squadron members provide security ‘intangibles’ At Scott AFB, I have the honor and pleasure of serving with several hundred of the finest Airmen and civilians I have encountered in my military career. These exceptional defenders work very hard day-in and day-out, often in arduous conditions, to provide a whole host of "intangibles" that set the
Nov. 28, 2012 Hail and farewell AMC commanders Friday marks a historic change in leadership for Air Mobility Command as we bid farewell to Gen. Raymond Johns, Jr., who retires after 35 years of service to this nation--four of those as the AMC commander. The first thing you learn about General Johns is that he loves the people he serves. He is
Nov. 28, 2012 Finding time to shift focus As a young Airman striking out on your own for the first time, it's easy to find yourself losing traits that make you into who you are. Losing your familiar support system--combined with all the stresses of the work place--may challenge your ability to maintain the balance between being an Airman