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  • DON'T DROWN YOUR CAREER - AN AIRMAN TELLS HER STORY

    Driving under the influence, driving while intoxicated, driving drunk, wasted behind the wheel. However you decide to say it, the sting of those words hits harder than you know when you have been labeled as "one of those" Airmen.When I left my last duty station en route to Elmendorf Air Force Base a

  • UPDATE: PACKAGE BOMB VICTIM GETS HAND TRANSPLANT

    A team of military and civilian doctors performed the first-ever female hand transplant in the United States Feb. 17 at Wilford Hall Medical Center here.Retired Master Sgt. Janet McWilliams, a victim of a July 31, 2001, package bomb sent by a disgruntled Airman who had been involuntarily discharged

  • QUEASY RIDER - MOTORCYCLE MISHAPS SPIKE DURING SPRINGTIME

    Motorcyclist deaths have more than doubled since 1997 across the nation, hitting a record 5,091 in 2008, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Air Education and Training Command, during the last decade, lost 30 Airmen to motorcycle mishaps -- and 40 percent were killed during the

  • MEDICAL AIR TRANSPORT TEAMS NEEDED AFTER EARTHQUAKE

    Airmen on 81st Medical Group critical care air transport teams here completed eight medical missions to provide care to victims of the Haiti earthquake who were airlifted from Haiti to hospitals in Florida, as of Feb. 7.Emergency medicine physician Maj. (Dr.) Stephen Boskovich of the 81st Medical

  • HELPING HANDS - CRITICAL CARE NURSE TREATS PATIENTS IN HAITI

    The earthquake that struck Haiti Jan. 12 changed the lives of countless people forever.Perhaps no one group has been more exposed to the bare humanity of the disaster than the medics who were on the forefront, providing lifesaving care to those who survived the 7.0 earthquake.Maj. Jon Earles, one of

  • MOMS COLLIDE - A RIDE HOME CAN TURN SO DANGEROUS

    It's 4 p.m., quitting time for a lot of people heading west on U.S. Highway 98. The speed limit is 55 mph, and everyone's in a hurry.Long day at work -- traffic flows at about 60. One young mother heads east, on her way presumably to pick up her son from school, and another heads west with her

  • SPOTTING DISASTERS - HOW TO AVOID A TRAIN WRECK

    "I can hear that train coming down the tracks."If you're like me, then you've heard people use this analogy to describe an inbound issue or challenge. We all face challenges each and every day -- they are nothing new. The challenges range in significance and in ability to impact our organizations.

  • LISTEN TO GROVER

    Sometimes pre-kindergarten children don't obey their parents, but they nearly always listen to Grover. And studies show that what's important to children is usually important to their moms and dads.So, want to make a lasting cultural change? Get children involved.At least that's the hope of leaders

  • THIRD STRIKE ON BIKE - SURVIVING ON ROADS FILLED WITH MOTORISTS

    It's Saturday evening, Oct. 11, and I am a mile away from finishing my second Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii. It consists of a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride, and a 26.2-mile marathon for the last leg. It is 140.6 miles -- the equivalent of traveling from New York City to Washington