COMMENTARY SEARCH

  • Instill Pride in Luke Air Force Base

    As I look around the installation, I am incredibly proud of the men and women who accomplish our mission of training the world's greatest fighter pilots and maintainers while deploying mission ready warfighters. This mission couldn't be accomplished without your professionalism, commitment and

  • Happy veterans day from a veteran

    This will be a different Veterans Day for me this year. Last year I spent Veterans Day as part of an Air Force provincial reconstruction team in Qalat, Afghanistan, doing an in-lieu-of mission. I guess I never considered myself or members of my generation as veterans. That is a pretty lofty title

  • Heritage, tradition, celebration important to remember, pass on

    An important anniversary was honored in September as in preceding years, and it is something I'm proud to celebrate. It's our Air Force's birthday and celebrating it helps us recall our heritage as well as symbolize our current mission. Our service's birthday gives us an event to honor the service

  • It's 'my' base

    I have the best job in the Air Force. As the support group deputy, I get to enable the wing mission and I look forward to working at "my" base every day. Part of my Monday routine is to cruise the base and look for problems that popped up over the weekend. I regularly see people who have made Luke

  • Leaders: Be successful, have fun along journey

    In your military career you experience many educational milestones -- basic training, technical school, PME and one other major milestone -- your responsibility as a supervisor. I classify this as a milestone because becoming a supervisor is an educational event that continues throughout your

  • Past leadership traits still relevant for future

    Under the authority of the National Security Act of 1947, the U.S. Air Force was born on Sept. 18, 1947, when W. Stuart Symington became our first Secretary of the Air Force. Contemplating our 60th Anniversary theme, "Heritage to Horizons... Commemorating 60 Years of Air and Space Power," we can see

  • Transformation to a warrior

    In October of 2006, I found out that I was deploying to Iraq. I was not happy. Are you surprised? Read on to learn the rest of the story. My husband and I are both active duty stationed here at Luke. We had a plan already developed for the future, and deploying was not part of it. I was going to

  • Deployment challenges foster greater commitment to service

    Having just returned from my second joint (U.S. Army) deployment, I'm filled with the same feelings of pride and satisfaction as when I returned from Baghdad, Iraq, in 2004. Deployments are mentally and physically challenging and typically strain family relationships. The combination of working long

  • America's freedom gained through other's courage

    What is courage? The American Heritage Dictionary defines it as "the state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self- possession, confidence and resolution." July 4 was a profound date for all of us, and it was fantastic we got to celebrate and

  • 56th welcomes new CV

    The 56th Fighter Wing welcomed Col. Henry Reed as the new vice wing commander Wednesday. Colonel Reed comes to Luke from the 53rd Test and Evaluation Group, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., where he was deputy commander. "I see my mission here as twofold," said Colonel Reed. "First, support the wing