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  • ORI focus: Be the expert and know the rules

    We all know that rules are important, and because of the nature of our business, they're even more important in the military. Rules, and adherence to those rules, are vital to our success. Since the American Revolution, it has been recognized that disciplined soldiers win wars. Unwavering adherence

  • ORI Professionalism – Key to success!

    Last week, we sent about 250 of our finest men and women to a Forward Operating Base to simulate operations in a wartime environment. Our task was to move the troops and cargo to the FOB at Volk Field, Wis., and I'm pleased to report that we did a tremendous job doing just that!We worked through

  • ORI Communications: Keep it flowin'

    Do we really mean what we say and say what we mean? When we launch military operations, one of the most critical aspects to mission success is the ability to communicate efficiently and effectively.Examples of communication breaking down can be found all around us. Take the following humorous

  • AF Family eases deployment separation

    My first deployment was not my own, but my husband's. We are both in the military, so we both expect deployments, but this deployment came when I was seven months pregnant and we had just bought a house. I was worried at first, but then I thought about the thousands of other women who had done this

  • Help for Haiti - A personal story

    I have been here for 11 days now, and it feels like months; but it has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life ... my soul drinks deeply of these experiences to provide assistance to this devastated country. The rest of the world has come together in lock step and brotherhood to the

  • ORI Communications: Keep it flowin’

    Do we really mean what we say and say what we mean? When we launch military operations, one of the most critical aspects to mission success is the ability to communicate efficiently and effectively.Examples of communication breaking down can be found all around us. Take the following humorous

  • Fight the war (not the IG)

    In a statement to Chn. 2 news Jan. 17, Maj. Melissa Steckler, who was on her way to a staging area in Florida with aeromedical crews from the 375th Air Mobility Wing, said that after seeing the devastation in Haiti on the news she was honored to be able to help in some way to relieve the

  • The 375th FSS never stops

    One never knows what the future holds. Six months ago I was the operations officer for the newly formed 375th Force Support Squadron. The 375th Mission Support and Services Squadrons merged April 3, 2009 and within two months, the commander, Maj. Billeye Juarez, deployed and in a blink of an eye, I

  • The secret to mission success? A sense of URGENCY!

    There was never a leader quite like Army Gen. George S. Patton, and there probably will never be another. He was a larger-than-life soldier who probably could have taken on the entire German army himself. Instead, he rallied his men to help him accomplish incredible things under harsh and extreme

  • ORI Attitude - Show It!

    The time has come to hit the ground running as we increase our efforts in preparation for the March Operational Readiness Inspection. We've been counting down the days, and we're only 10 weeks away from demonstrating to the Air Force that AMC's Showcase wing is combat ready!During the next several