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  • Roll Call: All Airmen can do their part to conserve our resources

    As Airmen, we all have a responsibility to our country and the environment to conserve fuel and energy. Our Air Force leaders recognize this, and recently met to discuss the service's strategic viewpoint on fuel conservation. As the Department of Defense's greatest fuel consumer, the Air Force must

  • We need home support to do our mission well

    We currently have Airmen deployed around the world fighting and winning the Global War on Terrorism, as well as Airmen here at Misawa preparing for an Operational Readiness Inspection and deployments this spring. I'd like to take some time out to say thank you to the family members who are here

  • Officer reduction in force

    Shaping our Air Force and ensuring we have the right mix of skills sets will result in approximately 40,000 active-duty Airmen separating from the service in order to meet our lower authorized end-strength. The process for separating these Airmen is very methodical and detailed, and it's being

  • A janitor’s ten lessons in leadership

    William "Bill" Crawford certainly was an unimpressive figure, one you could easily overlook during a hectic day at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Mr. Crawford, as most of us referred to him back in the late 1970s, was our squadron janitor. While we cadets busied ourselves preparing for academic exams,

  • Communication vital to ORI success

    Communication is vital to mission success at all levels. Most importantly, communication is the link between all organizational levels and outside agencies. The Operational Readiness Inspection will test and strain our ability to communicate. The ORI inspectors, just like real-world adversaries,

  • Keep your focus

    The 35th Fighter Wing just successfully completed our last ORE prior to the Operational Readiness Inspection in march. First of all, I would like to take this time to say thank you for your hard work - your professionalism and dedication to the mission is very apparent. Secondly, I'd like to ask

  • Weekly Roll Call: PCS Changes

    As an Airman (whether officer or enlisted), moving you, your family, your pets, your car and all of your household goods from one part of the world to another is very costly. The Air Force pays for these PCS moves thousands of times each year...it really adds up. But sometimes when the Air Force

  • Weekly Roll Call 9-15 Feb 2007

    Ancillary Training Week of 9 Feb 07 - 15 Feb 07 The Air Force thinks Airmen need to spend less time on non-job related training Anti-terrorism awareness training; information assurance awareness training; law of armed conflict training; self aid and buddy care training; records management training;

  • CMSAF Viewpoint: Weekly Roll Call

    Weekly Roll Call I'm extremely proud of the tremendous dedication and sacrifice each of you make everyday to ensure the security of our Nation. Our Air Force is the greatest on this planet because of your professionalism, dedication and ability to get the job done right. America's air, space and

  • Every Airman an ambassador

    Delivering sovereign options for the defense of the United States of America, as well as her global interests, and winning the Global War on Terror are our Air Force's most fundamental objectives. We provide the air, space and cyberspace capabilities necessary for Joint and Coalition forces to