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  • Integrity First: Reflections on the Mission

    Everyday at Whiteman Air Force Base our Warrior Airmen are confronted with challenges and choices when executing their duties to Hunt Down and Destroy America's Enemies. The decisions we make and the actions we take can and will have a direct impact on both the 509th Bomb Wing and our nation. We all

  • Whose Responsibility Is It Anyway?

    It has been said that when the student is ready, the teacher appears. That is exactly how I felt back in the summer of 2004. As a relatively new Major, I felt I was ready for command, but wondered if the opportunity would ever present itself.As fate would have it, I was called upon to stand in as

  • Put The Gum Back

    So much of what we need to learn about how to live a successful life we learn at a very early age. Over the years I've read many self-improvement books on leadership and life by people like Machiavelli, Ken Blanchard, Anthony Robbins, Gen (Ret) H. Norman Schwartzkopf, and former President Ronald

  • Rise to the Challenge

    Challenge yourself! I don't remember it, but I am sure that I had butterflies in my stomach the first time I let loose of my mother's hand and tried to take those first few steps by myself. I do remember the butterflies I had in my stomach the first time each of my daughters, Julia and Sarah let

  • Words from the Forward Operating Location

    Hafa Adai (greetings) from the Niner Forward Operating Location, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. With three months of this deployment complete, we've succeeded in accomplishing many of our pre-deployment goals and have also fielded many additional taskings and projects with professionalism. As this

  • Path to perfection

    Being from New Hampshire and a life-long New England Patriot fan, I was extremely excited this year watching them work their way to a perfect season. They proved their dominance in the National Football League by being the first team in 35 years to go undefeated during the regular season and the

  • Words to live by

    I can save my own life. For everyone stationed at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, these words are part of their daily lexicon. As for the 260 or so 509'ers who deployed here last October as part of Pacific Air Forces' Continuous Bomber Presence, we too have become very familiar with the concept and

  • Niner's Notes

    Team Whiteman has done superbly this past year accomplishing our mission. Thanks to the dedicated and professional efforts of all of our team members, we have been an awesome force at searching out and destroying America's enemies. America's Air Force and our country have benefited greatly due to

  • It’s Better To Give

    There's an old saying - 'tis better to give, than to receive - this time of year it seems to be more prevalent. Oh sure we have Angel trees, food pantries, and the bell-ringers to remind us to give. And that is great. But what about the rest of the year? It is the small things we do year-round that

  • Base motorcycle club helps local children

    So for three years now we, the Green Knights Motorcycle Club have tried to get some kind of Toy Run started. But to no avail it has fallen apart every year, for one reason or another. Usually because it was always presented as just another toy run among the many other toy runs that people were