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  • On getting refocused; some well-deserved recognition

    Thank you all for taking time on Monday for a Wingman Day. I asked our KC-135 operations and maintenance to take a no-fly day for a hard look at our processes and safety. This was done to underscore the importance of safe mission accomplishment. We can't do the work of the enemy for them by bending

  • Back at it for 2011; this week’s standouts

    This week allowed the MacDill family to jump back into our regular operational tempo from the holiday break. I enjoyed seeing and talking with many of you at your group and squadron-level holiday functions. These occasions provided me the chance to connect with the people who make the mission

  • ‘I’m here to help ... Really’

    "I don't know where to turn?" is what I hear when someone walks into my office with a complaint. Usually they have exhausted their chain of command and have nowhere else to turn. Sometimes the supervisory chain of command is involved so they come to me directly because they are in desperate need of

  • Grenade!

    "[W]e...are part of a unique profession that is founded on the premise of service before self. We are not engaged in just another job.... We are entrusted with the security of our nation, the protection of its citizens, and the preservation of its way of life. In this capacity, we serve as guardians

  • Coaching: Developing Airman of today for leaders of tomorrow

    The Air Force's greatest asset isn't our jets, missiles, or satellites. The United States of America is the champion of the air, space, and cyber domain because of our Airmen. Airmen possess a passionate, "no limits" mind-set, which drives them to overcome any obstacle and to accomplish the mission.

  • Team MacDill members doing outstanding work

    It's been a busy week around MacDill. School is back in full swing, so parents and children are busy with packing lunches, doing homework and adjusting schedules. For weekend entertainment, our base pool is now open!On Saturday, we had a great turnout for the grand re-opening of our pool.Thanks to

  • Teamwork in action preps MacDill for NORI/ORI

    In spite of the August heat, Operational Readiness Inspection players put forth a tremendous effort during our most recent mobility exercise. This MOBEX was arguably the most successful and efficient to date.My personal gratitude goes to our Exercises and Plans team, headed up by Lt. Col. Tom Emmolo

  • Quality footwear and analog leadership

    Every good story starts with "There I was..." This article is no exception. So there I was my first assignment as an aircraft maintenance officer assigned to a fighter squadron support section. I return from lunch and on my desk is the ACC Maintenance Officer Reference CD-ROM with a yellow sticky

  • 6th Operations Group - In the Fight Every Day

    In the past couple of weeks I have had the pleasure of shaking the hands of several  hundred MacDill Airmen and have visited a couple of dozen flights, squadrons, and groups. Teamwork is alive and well at MacDill and it's clear to me that we are the finest Air Mobility Wing on the face of the

  • MacDill's finest 'firmly in the fight'

    "Firmly in the fight." Those are four powerful words that describe mobility Airmen in today's Air Force. When it comes to ongoing operations around the world in Afghanistan and Iraq, that's what we, as Airmen, are: firmly in the fight. Not a single day passes in which an American Airman does not