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  • Knowing True North is knowing your mission

    If you've ever been lost and attempted to get your compass bearings aligned, you were attempting to ascertain your True North. True North is the direction from any point along a meridian towards the North Pole. Sometimes called geographic north, True North is a fancy way of pointing you in the right

  • Sports Talk

    Hello Sports Fans. I was just sitting at the ballpark the other day, enjoying some Spring Training, when I realized that March has officially arrived! That means that we have reached the start of March Madness in the world of NCAA Basketball. For those of you who follow the sport closely, you're

  • Looking good, MacDill; some wing standouts

    Quick, take a look around you right now. What do you see? Hopefully you are starting to see a fresher, cleaner MacDill AFB. For the past year, it has been a priority of mine to make MacDill the envy of every other wing in America. Think back to when you first heard you were headed to MacDill. What

  • There I Was: A deployment like no other

    On the drive to Tampa International Airport, I thought about how my first tour to Afghanistan was going to be unlike any of my previous deployments. Normally in our career field we are tasked as a team, but this time, I was representing the 6th Force Support Squadron alone in theater. Upon arrival

  • Mission accomplished with perfect precision; global reach proven

    Recently the 6th Air Mobility Wing and 927th Air Refueling Wing launched eight KC-135 stratotanker aircraft with minimum interval timing and perfect precision for the first time in over a decade. The wings continuously practice three-ship formation flights, but rarely set out to execute an event of

  • Kicking off 2012 the right way; some standouts

    With this being the last full week of January, I'm proud to see that we are kicking off 2012 with a phenomenal start and building on the list of accomplishments from the previous year. Not just here at the finest Air Mobility Wing on the face of planet, but Airmen everywhere across the U.S. and

  • 'There I was"

    Deployments can be a difficult time for anybody, especially if you are not prepared. My wife and I were preparing to receive our first child when I got tasked with my last deployment. I knew I had to get my wife ready for what was about to come. I have been through a couple of deployments before so

  • Looking forward to a great 2012; some wing standouts

    The year 2011 has come and gone, and as we look forward to what 2012 holds as we operate the finest Air Mobility Wing on the Face of the Planet in concert with 37 other partner units on MacDill Air Force Base. Chief Master Sergeant Vickie Gamble and I will honor the 6 AMW's best of the best at this

  • Remember, there are two sides to every story

    How many times have you seen supervisors, upon hearing a story from one of their troops about some misdeed, go charging into the offender's office with sword drawn ready to do battle, only to find out they didn't have the full story and completely misjudged the situation? Embarrassing, isn't it? In

  • There I Was: I jumped on the opportunity to start from 'bare base'

    Over my last 22 years and all the deployments I have gone on during that time, I was never in a position or had the opportunity to open a new deployment location or "bare base." When that opportunity came, I jumped all over it. The location wasn't exactly new, it was one of those places the Air