• 509ers lead the way

    The 509th Civil Engineer Squadron snow and ice removal team was recently named the 2007 Air Force Balchen/Post Award winner. The Air Force Balchen/Post award focuses on who has the best snow and ice removal program in the Air Force. "We won the Air Combat Command level award three years in a row,

  • 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

  • Who will be crowned Whiteman's biggest loser?

    The Health and Wellness Center staff is excited to offer what promises to be the biggest health campaign to kick off this year! Whiteman's biggest loser will kickoff Friday, Feb. 1 with initial weigh-ins conducted Feb. 1, 4 and 8. Numerous phone calls and questions have flooded the HAWC because

  • Ambrosia “acting” on desire to serve in the Missouri National Guards

    Missouri Army National Guard Soldiers are often referred to as Citizen-Soldiers, but for one Guardsman, he prefers actor-pilot. 1st Lt. Michael Ambrosia of Kirksville, Mo. is an accomplished actor who spends one weekend a month flying helicopters for the Guard. While attending Truman State

  • 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