Commentaries

  • Know the military civilians' right to vote

    Voting is a fundamental right and privilege of the American people. According to the office of personnel management, where polls are not open at least three hours either before or after an employee’s regular work hours, an agency may grant a limited amount of excused absence to permit the employee

  • It’s what you don’t say that matters

    I remember being a kid on the playground hearing the melodic retort which traditionally followed a sizzling brickbat: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”

  • The indefinite temporary: 2020 teaches lessons in gratitude, personal growth

    In April, as much of the world was cooped up indoors, waiting out the first, deadly batch of cases during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, I was binge watching every episode of the classic American TV show “M*A*S*H.”One of my favorite episodes follows the gang at the 4077th through 1951 in a

  • Political activities while in the Air Force

    With the upcoming 2020 general election, it is important for Airmen to understand how they can participate in the political process and the restrictions placed on them as members of the armed forces.

  • Commentary: Deployment Challenges and Coping

    Rule shares his experiences and struggles with deployment during a past deployment as an Airman in operational control assigned to a U.S. Cavalry unit in Afghanistan and during post-deployment.

  • The importance of diversity and experience

    The Air Force continues to drive home the importance of diversity and rightfully so. We all make better decisions by surrounding ourselves with people who don’t look, think and act like we do.

  • Positive Change

    General Dwight D. Eisenhower once said that leadership is the ability to get someone to do something you want done because they want to do it.The quote is one that I wasn’t aware of until I saw it etched into the first going away gift I ever received. I spent the first 3 years of my career at

  • It’s what you don’t say that matters

    How many of us throw around our words without pausing to decide if what we feel we need to say actually needs to be said. This lexical abstemiousness might best be summarized by the verse, “A fool gives full vent to [their] anger but a wise man quietly holds it back” (Proverbs 29:11). Or as the

  • The weapon system making Air and Space superiority happen

    The Department of the Air Force plays a key role in ensuring national security of the United States and our allies. Air and Space superiority is foundational to Joint and Coalition success, and the Office of Special Investigations is vital to bolstering this foundation and defeating our adversaries.