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  • Network security, information assurance - Everyone plays a part

    "We think we have pretty good control of our sensitive information, both with respect to intelligence and the equipment systems. But we, like everybody else, are under attack. Banks are under attack. Every country is under attack." - Secretary of Defense, Robert M. GatesThe traditional physical

  • Winter Always Turns to Spring

    We have faced many challenging moments during this past winter season forcing our community to deal with very serious issues. As I watch how our community has come together it reminds me of an old Japanese proverb, "winter always turns to spring." The message behind this encouraging saying is that

  • UPAR: Do your part

    Unit Public Affairs Representatives play an important role for their unit as well as for the wing, reporting the newsworthy actions of Team Whiteman as they happen."Why can't you PA folks just do it yourself?" you may ask.Of the hundreds of awesome, reportable stories that occur at Whiteman every

  • Why bother with Public Affairs?

    "You Public Affairs people shouldn't even be allowed to be in the military!" That was an outburst that a hot-headed Army Lieutenant Colonel once gave me, a senior Captain, just after I had transitioned out of the world of Operations and into the PA career field. "Are you kidding?" I replied. And he

  • Challenges can also be great motivators

    There I was ... riding shotgun as we flew down the highway in rural Alabama. It was Mardi Gras week in New Orleans, March 1984, and my college roommate and I were on a road trip. We had rented a red Plymouth Reliant and were headed home; he to Philly, me to the D.C. area. Some residents of New

  • Dedicated professionals serving the warfighter

    The 509th Bomb Wing is the tip of the B-2 spear. A vast infrastructure stands behind the 509th, working to make the B-2 more lethal, more stealthy, and more reliable. One of the final steps in that process is operational testing conducted by the 72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron.The 72nd TES is one

  • Meal skipping: Not a healthy way to lose weight

    "Forget about breakfast -- I just don't have the time to eat. Meeting at 7:30 a.m., the office is low-manned, and I have to pick up the kids at daycare. There's just no time. Anyway, I need to lose some weight!" Sound familiar? Whether you want to lose 15 pounds or five pounds before your next PT

  • Non-citizen Airman at Whiteman

    Every day we wake up and put our uniform on to "go to work." For some of us military life is just a job, for others it's a way of life. Some of us have goals to serve 20 or more years in the Air Force and some of us will only serve four. Whether you are here for a short time or plan to hunker down

  • Excellence in "ALL" we do

    The Air Force is making a monumental cultural change on July 1, 2010, with the new fitness instruction, AFI 36-2905. As Air Force professionals, every one of us needs to make a personal commitment to change. For some, it might be a significant lifestyle change and for others it might be more minor.

  • History of Black Economic Development

    The achievements of this nation are not due to one specific race, one defined color, one gender based on physical strength, one proclaimed religion, or a particular social/economic background. These achievements are supported by the untold stories of men and women that battled against social