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  • A Tactical Year in Review

    As I was standing on the stage accepting my role as the first squadron commander for the 803rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, September 11, 2017, I had no idea what was in store for the next 12 months. My hope was to be a part of an organization that provided significant purpose to the Air Force

  • Focusing on Airmen, mission

    When I accepted the 403rd Wing guidon two months ago, I accepted responsibility for our success.   As I said when I took command May 7, leadership is a privilege I don’t take lightly.   To be the best leader I can, I promised the men and women of the 403rd three things: My actions will always be

  • A father’s love for his children – and the 80s

    I’m a child of the 80s, through and through. I still have an old Nintendo I used to play on, with games like Metroid and Super Mario Bros. sitting on my shelf. I have a Walkman cassette player and headphones, with an actual mix tape I painstakingly recorded. I still have a Trapper Keeper binder I

  • Hurricane Season 2017 – be safe, be smart, be prepared

    It seems as if we are always receiving briefs concerning the importance of being prepared. Prepared for our next fitness test, prepared for our next deployment and, around here, to be prepared for dangerous weather. Well, it’s that time of year again as June 1 marks the beginning of hurricane

  • Chief's Chat: Leadership

    John Quincy Adams once said, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

  • Month of the Military Child: My brat makes me proud

    Parents worry. It’s just what we do. We worry our child will get hurt. We worry we aren’t making the right decisions for them. We worry they’ve become irrevocably addicted to their iPad and that they really shouldn’t spend so much time watching videos of a 5-year-old millionaire open new toys.

  • Women's History: We all contribute

    It was a frigid day in January on a quiet hill-side cemetery just north of New Market, Iowa. Surrounded by friends and family, we bid farewell to my grandmother. As we departed on those dusty gravel roads, I remembered my childhood and how she’d had such a profound impact on my life.

  • 403rd ASTS ensures deployment readiness

    The 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron is first and foremost a service organization. During war, we serve patients and at Keesler Air Force Base we serve the 403rd Wing. We are here for you, and I hold our members to that ethic.