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  • Leadership involves taking care of people

    I tell folks new to acquisition that anyone can be a program manager. After all, it's only about cost, schedule and performance. Then I tell them the tough part of being a program manager is dealing with people, and that program management is really all about relationships. It's those relationships,

  • Social networking Web sites pose risk to Airman, security

    It is an easy enough thing to do. Log on to your computer. Double click on Internet Explorer. Open up MySpace. Log in and vent about your job, your supervisor or talk about the new car you will buy when you return from your deployment to Camp Victory. Unfortunately, to do so may put you or your

  • Do you know our heroes?

    I have my own definition of what a hero is. My definition is a person who I personally respect and admire for not only what they accomplished, but also their impeccable character. As a young boy growing up in Iowa, finding or learning about heroes (outside of my family) came from three network

  • October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month

    Before you finish reading this article, you may become disabled and join the only minority group that one isn't necessarily born into. A tiny clot may strike your brain or lung and forever change you. Will you still be the same person you were before being striken? The answer is a resounding yes!

  • Vehicle safety and operator care

    In March 2006, an Edwards AFB Airman died tragically in a government vehicle accident. The formal accident investigation revealed the vehicle was being operated with both undocumented and unreported safety defects. Further, it was determined the Airman involved and her chain of command were aware of

  • EOHCAMP: An audit of our environmental compliance, mission sustainability

    In less than three weeks, every Eglin unit and organization will be subject to an evaluation of its compliance with environmental laws and guidelines when Air Force Materiel Command environmental officials visit to conduct an Environmental, (and Occupational Health) Compliance Assessment and

  • Quintessential patriot caps career with presidential award

    Thomas Robillard, a retired Eglin senior level executive with the Air Armament Center, was recognized recently with a 2006 Presidential Rank Award in the Meritorious Executive rank category. He was nominated for the award due to his meritorious service for his visionary leadership as the Director of

  • 96 CEG: Home of innovative, resourceful and effective civil engineers

    No matter where I look, the military and civilian personnel that make up the 96th Civil Engineer Group, from the biologists to the real estate professionals, are carrying out our group's vision of being innovative, resourceful and effective in the execution of our mission. Simply put, we don't have

  • PREVENTING SEXUAL ASSAULT: Two Years Later, Who Cares?

    The real measure of the success of anything is often found in the way it is embraced in the culture...how individuals, families, friends, communities and leaders esteem its importance. I pose the question, "Who Cares/" to begin looking at all facets of our society, as it relates to the prevention of

  • Safety message: Handling a high-speed blowout

    With the summer holidays upon us, many Team Eglin members will venture beyond the friendly confines of Eglin and hit the "Super Slab" in search of fun and adventure. Some will head down to Central Florida to discover all of its commercial venues to include Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, Busch