• COMMENTARY: Eight pieces of advice to military kids

    We’re put in a very unique position as the children of service members. From birth, we are part of their journey. One or both of our parents are leaders in this quest to protect our nation and aid the rest of the world. The quest requires us to move every few years to a new base where our parents

  • 2nd MDG opens 24/7 appointment cancelation line

    There are a number of reasons why patients may not be able to make a scheduled medical appointment. Calling to cancel the appointment is the best way to avoid a no show and open up availability for another patient. It is not always convenient to call during duty hours and speak to an appointment

  • COMMENTARY: Wonder

    “Wisdom begins in wonder” SocratesWhen is the last time you had a sense of wonder? I mean, really a sense of awe that stopped you in your tracks and took your breath away? The first such experience of mine that I can recall is when I first saw the Grand Canyon. I was only eight years old, but I

  • Not in my Air Force

    There is no doubt, question, uncertainty or room for sexual assault in the Air Force, only zero tolerance.

  • 2nd CS keeping up connections

    The phone rings, someone answers and a joyful greeting from a friend in another state comes through. They check their morning emails and learn when their next meeting will take place. They open an internet browser to read international news. All of these are forms of communication. Nearly everyone

  • COMMENTARY: Go hard or go home

    For any sports enthusiasts out there (don’t worry this isn’t going to be a sports column) you are aware of the storied debate about who is the greatest: Michael Jordan or Lebron James. For many it is a generational question.

  • Airmen return home

    Airmen returned to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., in July, after a six-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific Command, in support of a Continuous Bomber Presence in that region.

  • Raidr 21: 10 years later

    The Barksdale community will come together July 20, 2018, at the Global Power Museum to honor the Airmen of Raidr 21, a B-52 Stratofortress that crashed off the coast of Guam on July 21, 2008, leaving no survivors.