• Now's time to reinvigorate awareness of safety issues

    Please accept my thanks for another tremendous fiscal year in executing the 2nd Air Force mission of "Producing the best-trained, combat-ready Airmen." Your extraordinary efforts resulted in the production of more than 119,000 technical training graduates and 29,000 new Airmen from basic military

  • Unconditional love

    As Thanksgiving approaches, we reflect on the blessings we have received over the past year. We can learn so much from the unconditional love of a child. I know I have been blessed with three wonderful children, and their selflessness never ceases to amaze me. I would like to share with you a brief

  • Salute to my relative, a WWII hero

    Early this year, a World War II veteran and my twelve years of military service were buried out west. These were my two saddest experiences of the year, even though both could have easily been expected. Perhaps it was even an odd twist of fate that I resigned my commission shortly after my great

  • Carrying on a family tradition

    Many people have a hero of some sort; either real or made-up. Some people may consider their hero to be a famous person or a professional athlete, while others would choose a fictional character like Superman.  My hero is my dad. My dad, Chief Master Sgt. (ret) Richard R. Hyatt, was the 375th

  • A warrior's transformation

    In October 2006, my number came up: the Air Force tagged me to deploy to Iraq to support the war on terrorism. I can't say I was happy. As a matter of fact, I didn't say much at all. I just sobbed. My husband and I are both active duty. We had a plan, and deploying was not part of it. I was going to

  • Expect the unexpected during deployment

    When you are thousands of miles away from home, away from family and away from friends, the smallest events can remind you that you have no control over the things you left behind. The lack of control over events on the home front is even more apparent when big things happen -- that you could never,

  • Driving Under the Influence - can you afford it?

    We've all heard the statistics and dangers about driving while intoxicated, but do we really realize what these actions could cost us? Here are three examples of individuals apprehended by the security forces for a driving under the influence arrest following the consumption of a six-pack of beer.

  • Proud to call my son an Airman, myself a recruiter

    Last week I had the great privilege of attending my son's basic military training graduation. I know that I am not the only Air Force member who has a son or daughter already in the service, but I want to share my recent experience. During my 17-year career I've had many successes and great

  • Corner post of core values set long before boot camp

    Air Force core values aren't handed out at boot camp with with uniforms. Our core values do help us define our expectations, goals and standards, but we all learned values long before we put on the uniform. I learned a lot of my values growing up on a farm in Missouri. I particularly remember a

  • What were they thinking?

    I wonder what the friend was thinking. When he was talking on his cell phone to the young Airman freshly graduated from tech school, was he making plans for a get together, a barbecue, a night out on the town? Was he impressed at how excited the Airman sounded as he drove down the long highway

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