• Editorial: In 2015, "Just Lead"

    As we begin 2015, and our New Year's Resolutions, there's one you should add if you haven't already. It's also one that I'd ask you to stick with throughout the year. It's simply this: just lead. All Airmen - both military and civilian, and regardless of rank or number of people you manage - have

  • Take a step back this holiday season

    It's amazing to me how quickly 2014 has gone by--it seems we just put away the holiday decorations in January and now we're already in December pulling them out again!  Part of the reason the year has gone so quickly is that between our family activities, our civilian jobs and our military jobs,

  • Suicide prevention is everyone's year-round responsibility

    Though September was suicide prevention month, prevention must be on our minds continuously. That's why I want to reiterate that it's each Airman's responsibility to prevent suicide by building personal resiliency and by being a good wingman throughout the year.Recognizing the signs of suicide is

  • Airmen, families zip, flip and spin through Colorado sky

    If someone would have told me that a year and a half into my Air Force Reserve career I would be hanging up-side-down from a wire, speeding through the sky at upwards of 35 miles per hour, I would have called a recruiter a long time ago.On Sept. 20, the Buckley AFB Outdoor Recreation program hosted

  • The Citizen Airman: Will the superhero take a fall?

    Since their inception in 1948, and most especially over the last two decades of sustained global operations, the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard have developed into the most effective citizen air force in history. They are manned by multi-talented, multi-tasking superheroes that deserve