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  • Getting Organized for the New Year

    Have you ever heard the saying, "There are not enough hours in the day"? Do you find yourself overwhelmed by the number and complexity of tasks that need to be completed at work each day? As the days and weeks fly by, do you find yourself paying less attention to some tasks because other tasks keep

  • Home Team

    This past Veteran's Day weekend I was in my hometown to watch my New Orleans Saints hand the Atlanta Falcons their first loss of the season. I was excited to watch my home team play "our" biggest rivals and about the chance to wreck their undefeated season. Before the game, my fellow fans and I

  • Are you ready to lead?

    There are mountains of information on how to improve leadership skills. Stop and think for a moment; if someone asked you to make a list of great leaders, most people would quickly rattle off the usual suspects; Lincoln, Patton, Kennedy, Reagan...the list would be long and easy to compile.

  • 7th SWS tracks Santa Claus around the world

    On Christmas Eve, Beale Air Force Base kept the magic of Santa Claus alive as 300 children and family members filtered through the 7th Space Warning Squadron's radar tower to track Santa on his sleigh and talk to him on his special satellite phone. During the event, 7th SWS brings those who make the

  • Air-Sea Battle and Beale Air Force Base

    Tomorrow's security environment will likely be more unpredictable and complex than the world we live in today. As our adversaries grow their own capabilities, our ability to rapidly stay in front of changing conditions worldwide will be challenging. Accurate, timely, and precise intelligence will be

  • Honor in serving

    The legendary speech given in the halls of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in May 1962 by Gen. Douglas MacArthur can be quoted verbatim by many avid military history buffs. Sadly, fewer of us can just remember a three word excerpt - Duty, Honor, Country. He articulately wove his words

  • Our children are unsung heroes

    My husband and I are both active duty Air Force, and in the past four years we have endured four deployments and multiple temporary duty assignments, totaling almost 1,000 days of separation. We have two boys, ages 13 and four. Our youngest son has spent more than half of his life without his dad.