• Spiritual fitness: A Jewish perspective

    The term "spiritual fitness" can mean something different for everyone, depending on a person's background and spiritual beliefs. For Jews, this term fits nicely with some of the words that Airmen hear every day: integrity, wingmanship and balance.Growing up in a Jewish home, I was encouraged to "do

  • Comprehensive Airman Fitness 2015: Spiritual fitness

    Avengers ... step aside! Of recent it seems that Hollywood has become interested in the biopic stories of war heroes, such as Chris Kyle, Marcus Luttrell and Louis Zamperini. Certainly, they have not replaced the fictional characters of Iron Man and Thor who battle intergalactic war criminals. Yet,

  • A new year requiring a new mindset

    Happy New Year Team Whiteman!Welcome back and I hope you all had an enjoyable holiday season and have returned refreshed and ready to tackle the opportunities and challenges that we'll undoubtedly face in the upcoming year. I like to take a mental inventory early in the year, as I am sure many of

  • From the Frontlines: Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Miller

    After serving five consecutive deployments in five years, one Airman left for a sixth deployment, leaving his wife behind to care for their six-month-old child.Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Miller, 509th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal NCO in charge, left for a deployment to Southwest Asia

  • Teaching Dads "The Basics"

    On a late night, emergency ambulance services respond to an incident at base housing. They arrive on scene to find a four-week old infant lying cold and motionless.His skin has a black and blue tint. His face is swollen and unrecognizable, due to Shaken Baby Syndrome, which is the "leading cause of

  • Existing tools help users reduce PII breaches

    Members of 24th Air Force are refurbishing an old email tool to help Air Force users reduce breaches of personally identifiable information, or PII.The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool, or DSET, which currently prompts users to provide a digital signature when an email contains an active hyperlink

  • Secretary of the Air Force visits Team Whiteman

    The Secretary of the Air Force interacted with Airmen and shared her top priorities for the future of the Air Force during her first visit to Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., May 29, 2014.The 23rd Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James visited Team Whiteman to learn about the B-2 and overall

  • Recycling: More money brings renovation

    Recycling is good! No really it's great!It contributes to many different elements around the base.Thanks to the 509th Force Support Squadron recycling center, the base has a rubber track, batting cages and restrooms at the baseball fields.When Whiteman Air Force Base recycles it makes a huge

  • Don't stand in someone else's shadow

    Walking around base, you will see several first sergeants, but have you noticed this one in particular? He is five feet, seven inches tall, with a Mr. Clean appearance and a presence that lights up a room.No matter the rank, he snaps to attention, arms straight down the seam of his pants, heels

  • Days of Remembrance 2014: A time to remember

    The U.S. Congress established the Days of Remembrance as the nation's annual commemoration of the Holocaust. This year's theme is "Confronting the Holocaust: American Responses." Days of Remembrance is from April 27 to May 4."The 2014 Days of Remembrance provide an opportunity to reflect on the