2013 TORCH CALENDAR Published Jan. 7, 2013 By Readers Via e-mail -- Well, we received the 2013 Torch Calendars. ... Hmm... The puzzle design is unsuccessful. For the first time, these calendars are not going fast, or anywhere actually. More likely, there's cussing as they are tossed back. The format is disappointing at best. I can just picture a meeting where someone agrees that this is to make folks "think" about safety at every glance ... and cause you to "reconsider" your life as you safely build a plan for a "safe" day ... to put "the cute pieces together"... etc., .etc., etc. Honestly, we don't want an alternative, artsy, hip-hop fractured design with strong Department of Defense messages. We just wanted to admire big picture Air Force ... flying. Simple, clean, clear, quality aerial photographs of our fleet are best. Oh well. Better luck next year. Lt. Col. Roland S. Dansereau Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, Houston, Texas ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you for the recent shipment of 2013 Torch Calendars. They are again a highly professional and high quality product. Jeff "Miztah" Rogers Air Force Academy, Colo. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ We needed to order more calendars because so many people loved it and asked for it ... I didn't have enough. Bulent Patur Izmir Air Station, Turkey ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Your calendars are the best around, but they are hard to get ahold of here at the Arizona Air National Guard 161st Fire Department. Staff Sgt. Brett Sanchez Mesa, Ariz. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Best calendar around for 2013! I appreciate you sending these each year, as I so look forward to getting them. Gina P. Bradley Harvest, Ala. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Your calendar continues to be a huge success. Thank you from many very grateful employees. Billy Doolittle Wichita, Kan. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Your calendars are a big hit! Also we love the articles and photography in Torch. Keep up the awesome work! Rene' Stevens Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ My family and I are big fans of the Torch calendar. I also like to hand them out to a few young people to inspire them for higher education. Maj. Sean Gradney Austin, Texas ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Torch is a very popular calendar at the office. With the Julian dates and the legal holidays, it makes them very useful in our daily work. The photos are also great to have hanging in the office and at home. Robert Rivera Randolph Air Force Base, Texas