• ALS graduates 30 future NCOs

    The Whiteman Airman Leadership School Class 08-D graduated 23 Senior Airmen and 7 Staff Sergeants in a ceremony April 3 at the Mission's End. The award winners were: John L. Levitow: Robin Cunningham, 509th Civil Engineer Squadron Distinguished Graduates: Christopher Clark, 509th Communications

  • SGLI and designating beneficiaries

    A new business was opening and one of the owner's friends wanted to send him flowers for the occasion. They arrived at the new business site and the owner read the card, "Rest in Peace." The owner was angry and called the florist to complain. After he had told the florist of the obvious mistake and

  • Whiteman sees another network upgrade

    The information highway throughout the base is getting even faster, with improved security. More than 20 contractors and DOD civilians will arrive this month to begin the process of burying new fiber-optic cables and installing new equipment. More than 120 military facilities will be upgraded. That

  • Whiteman's Biggest Loser

    More than 216 Whiteman Warriors lost more than 578 pounds -- the equivalent of more than 2,300, quarter-pound cheeseburgers -- during the 2008 Whiteman Air Force Base 'Biggest Loser' contest. More important than the pounds lost during the competition were the many success stories across the 509th

  • 211 Whiteman members earn degree

    More than 215 base members received their degrees from the Community College of the Air Force, State Fair Community College, Park University and Webster University during a ceremony May 15. The Whiteman graduates are: Community College of the Air Force Alexis Agnew, Allied Health Sciences Cheryl

  • PDC serves as education, professional development one-stop shop

    It's been almost a year since its doors opened as a one-stop shop for education and professional development; today the Whiteman Professional Development Center stands ready to serve those who enter through its doors. "The reason the building was constructed was to bring all elements of education

  • Fit to fight, the path an Air Force captain took to lead by example

    Two Marines stood awe-struck at their pull-up booth as the words "I'm in the Air Force, and I'm an officer," rolled off his tongue after being pronounced the winner of a pull-up contest with 35 pull-ups. Capt. Michael Boswell, 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron and an amateur bodybuilder, came in

  • Leadership styles -who influenced you?

    I was recently interviewed by one of my non-commissioned officers working on a project about leadership in industry for a class he was taking. He was doing a comparison of leadership in industry and leadership in the Air Force. One of the questions he asked was if I had a particular leadership style