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Leading with positive energy

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — If we step back and look, everything on Earth is run by energy, including us. This energy acts as fuel and variance of our fuel level can change our emotions. Furthermore, as we walk through life, we emit emotional energy, which – positive or ...

Refusing to be a bystander

GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — A friend of mine seemed in a funk when we were catching up via text a couple years ago. He ended up calling me to tell me how tired, angry and frustrated he was with everything going on in his life. I asked him if he was depressed and he told me he just did ...

Mobile devices and OPSEC

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Mobile devices are being introduced into the Department of Defense at an astonishing rate.The Defense Logistics Agency defines mobile devices as a wireless-enabled portable device. These include but are not limited to iPhones, iPads and tablets.This fast paced integration has ...

Creating high performance through job satisfaction

F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyoming — Do you like your job? Do your Airmen like their jobs? If you answered no, why? How you answer those questions can say a lot about your organization. Believe it or not, you can create a better workplace for your Airmen.At the bare basics, think about what ...

Motorcycle Safety Training: What AF riders need to know

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — Training season for motorcyclists is just around the corner, and as training gets into full swing, it may be helpful to shed some light on the Air Force’s training requirements, as well as what the proper acronyms are for the Motorcycle Safety Foundation ...

Protecting our People Protects our Mission

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — Defined as intentional sexual contact characterized by the use of force, threats, intimidation, abuse of authority, or when the victim does not or cannot consent – sexual assault, directly or indirectly affects every Airman.The Sexual Assault Prevention and ...

Free assistance available 24/7, 365

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — The Employee Assistance Program, or EAP, is an agency paid benefit, free to Air Force civilian employees and their family members, providing counseling and other resource and referral services to help better manage work and life responsibilities.EAP services are ...

Vaccine preventable disease on the rise

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — In recent years, vaccine preventable diseases such as measles and whooping cough have made a resurgence in the U.S. and in Europe.Why is this happening?One significant correlation is that childhood immunization rates have plummeted after a 1998 study falsely ...

Transferring Your GI Bill Benefits?

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J — Last summer a substantive change to the policy on the transfer by service members in the Uniformed Services of “Post-9/11 GI Bill” educational benefits to eligible family members occurred.The changes to the policy for authorizing the Transferability ...