United States Forces Korea

There are many different attributes and experiences Cadets bring to the USAFA. What individualizes me are my attributes which are: foresight, decisiveness, approach, commitment, common vision,integrity, and persistence. All of these things I use to help my team get the mission accomplished. First of all, foresight, or seeing beyond the horizon, to me means to prepare now with the luxury of time that might not be available later. My Flight Instructor, Col Glen Whicker (USAF Ret.) pounded into my…

The rising sun shone hot on the ranks of the Civil Air Patrol cadet and staff members of the Ohio Wing 2017 Encampment. Though the sticky July morning foreboded a sweltering and humid day, my heart beat rapidly with excitement as we saluted the rising American Flag. As Echo Flight Sergeant, I was directly in charge of the training and accountability of thirteen “basic” cadets. The cadet command staff interviewed and selected all other staff members in January. For the next six months, we trained…

The AFOSI website is organized just like any other official Air Force website. There are tabs at the top for Photos, New, Library, Units, Questions, and such. There is also a latest new box with articles relating to Air Force topics such as Happy 68th Birthday Air Force and National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. There is a box with just AFOSI Highlights that have to deal with specifically AFOSI like joining AFOSI and an anonymous tip line. The tip line brings you to a form you can fill out with…

be interviewed. They were crisscrossing the United States, then Europe didn’t find anyone candidate to their liking or any that were willing to commit. There next stop was Afghanistan where they had three potential candidates all in the same unit. They were traveling to Kandahar International Airport where the US Air Force had a PJ contingent. Word was sent ahead to the unit command to have ready for some undetermined type interviews by Air Force personnel coming in from the…

want to join the Air Force is to enhance my ability to lead, serve and help people. I am a psychology major. This area of study has given me insight into how to help individuals in various ways. I feel that joining the Air Force, through goal oriented training and education, would strengthen my ability to both lead and help individuals. The area of specialty on which I want to focus my education is Behavioral Sciences. My hope is that the training I get through the Air Force Officer Training…

were both influenced by the Jesus People movement. They taught my brother and me all about Jesus from our earliest years. My dad enlisted in the Air Force, to provide for our little family. When I was around six years old, I accepted Jesus into my life. The Air Force kept us in California, until I was seven. Then, we were stationed at Nellis Air Force base in Las Vegas, Nevada for 8 years. After that,…

this country was not pleasant. It felt as if I had been abducted and taken to a foreign land. Even though we were all from the same country, we viewed the world through different lenses. To this day, I believe that there are about five different “United States” in this one…

In my opinion, this is a tricky question and difficult to answer. As a First Sergeant, people and their needs is my mission, and I strive to work through problems effectively and efficiently to restore their mission focus. Over the last three years, my position has allowed to recognize the true value of responding to the needs of others. Usually, a myriad of problems may negatively affect a member’s duty performance including relationship issues, financial stress, alcohol, physical fitness,…

missions the possibility of being shot down by a Surface to Air Missile (SAM) was high. The Vietnamese IAD proved to be effective and lessening the effects of U.S. strike missions. With losses mounting the U.S. Air Force created the Wild Weasels to fly the SEAD mission. With the U.S. Air Force developing the SEAD doctrine…

One of the hardest parts about going to work every day is knowing that at the end of your shift the only thing you have effectively done has been sitting in a chair. A problem that plagues the ICBM force is that we perform a job 24 hours a day 365 days a year since the first Minute Man III was put in place without ever having to do our mission. Taking a step back, this is a great thing because if we were to ever carry out our mission there would be an unsurmountable number of casualties…