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  • Skate like a girl

    I love roller skating! My mom always tells people that I was skating before I could even walk. Growing up in the 1980-90s, roller skating on a Friday night with friends was the thing to do. When I saw a flyer in a local coffee shop asking people to join the local roller derby team, I called for

  • Tyndall celebrates air dominance milestone

    Editor's Note: April 15, 2013 marks a very important date in Air Dominance history. Through the years, Tyndall has become known as the "Home of Air Dominance," due to the wide variety of missions here and what they bring to the fight. On this anniversary, two Tyndall units stepped forward to

  • Is your security clearance current?

    To support the Air Force's global mission, you must commit to maintaining your personnel readiness. So, your immunizations are current, you have a solid family care plan in place and your finances are squared away, but are you really prepared to deploy and support the global mission? Have you

  • Using my voice to find my strength

    I felt like everyone knew how stupid I was; and because I made bad choices - he got away with it. I really did make bad choices. I put myself in a position to get sexually assaulted, just two months after turning 21 years old. My story is not so different from the many stories shared by survivors of

  • Sexual assault undermines AF values

    April is recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness Month by both military and civilian communities across the country. This year, the Department of Defense has chosen the theme "We own it ... We'll solve it ... Together" - a statement that exemplifies the military's approach to preventing and ending

  • To hell and back: The Bala Murghab saga

    var stayOnPage=confirm("The following story, photos and videos contain graphic depictions of war and violence. The Operation Red Sand video contains live audio footage of five servicemembers being wounded by an rocket-propelled grenade during combat in Bala Murghab. If you are more than 18 years of

  • My last cold swim

    On a beautiful Sunday not too long ago in Panama City, Fla., a good day turned into a bad day really quickly. The temperature was just right. The winds were calm and the tide was super low. Perfect to go walk around finding shells; this is one of my wife's favorite hobbies. It was around 10:30 a.m.,

  • Making a 'mess' at CPOA

    With palms sweating and my heart fluttering, I stood on a wooden platform hanging from a redwood tree in Northern California. Seemingly far below me, my eight shipmates assembled, ready to catch my fall. In unison, they bellowed, "Faller ready?"I quickly thought about the Coast Guard motto of

  • 'Social engineering': Espionage against our domain

    As members of the Department of Defense, we must always consider the impact our network and infrastructure has on our mission and how we protect these assets. They are under constant attack, whether by hackers, people digging through trash attempting to find valuable information or through "social

  • 'Core Values Spotlight': Integrity

    Editor's note - this commentary is part of a series.As members of the U.S. Air Force, we have all heard the standard definition of integrity, "doing the right thing even when no one is looking." Another way to think of integrity, as the famous humorist Will Rogers said, is to "Live in such a way