• Wait! Put that phone down

    Flash back to 1996, a young Airman walks into his team-building class. As he makes his way to the waiting area, other Airmen are standing around making introductions and carrying on in conversation. As the clock nears the starting time, the members already have an idea of who is who and where they

  • Three life lessons

    Hey Airmen with a capital "A", the following are three life lessons to help you refocus, achieve personal expectations and maximize your contributions to the Air Force, right now.Lesson one, focus on what you control. It is a time in our Air Force which we have been presented a myriad of changes and

  • Brace yourselves, summer is coming: Keep cool at the base pool

    Summer is approaching and the best way to cool off this season is to visit the Whiteman Community Pool ... the outdoor pool, that is!For many years, Air Force Global Strike Command financially supported the base pool program by allocating funds to cover the personnel expenses required to hire

  • Celebrating Nurse Appreciation Week

    National Nurses Day is celebrated annually on May 6 to raise awareness of the important role nurses play in society. It marks the beginning of National Nurses Week, which ends on May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale.National Nurses Week was first witnessed in October 1954, anniversary

  • Nuclear leaders share current, future state of deterrence

    Top leaders from U.S. Strategic Command, Air Force Global Strike Command and U.S. Submarine Forces shared the state of current and future nuclear deterrence forces May 5, during the Strategic Deterrent Coalition's symposium at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Missouri."Strategic

  • SOS: Save Our Stories!

    Lt. Olin "Short Round" Hardy was beloved by the men he served with, not just because he was a great forward observer, but because he managed to bridge the infinite divide between Artillery, his trade, and the Infantry of Company L. His misadventures bringing scavenged creature comforts to the

  • Retired Missouri Air Guard Chief Gives Art 'Wings'

    What does it take to make military aircraft fly?  The answer that Keith Brown gives today, as an artist, differs dramatically from what he'd have told you years ago as a flight dispatcher in the Missouri Air National Guard."Some are fast, some are slow, some are heavy," said Brown of the various