• 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

  • Whiteman honors military spouses, their contributions

    They are often referred to as "my other half," "honey," and "mom" or "dad." Regardless of what name they go by, military husbands and wives have been serving their country faithfully alongside those who wear the uniform every day for decades. In honor of these heroes on the homefront, military

  • Playing with fire

    In 2002, the National Fire Protection Association estimated more than 13,500 child-playing structure fires were reported in the U.S., with associated losses of 210 civilian deaths, 1,250 civilian injuries, and $339 million in direct damage. I think we can all remember as children being told not to

  • Hausman named new commander of the 1-135th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion

    With more than 250 Citizen-Soldiers standing at attention and company flags waving in the breeze, the 1-135th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion gained a new commander. The change of command ceremony for the battalion took place at the Capt. John W. "Jack" Haggarty Armory at Whiteman Air Force Base,