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  • Commentary: From the bottom to the top

    Have you ever noticed how every leadership commentary comes from the top of the chain? What about the opinions of our largest population segment in the military -- our junior enlisted? Since it was my turn to write an article, I decided to take it to the troops and reverse the commentary process by

  • Josh Turner headlines Reserve band's final Independence Day concert

    American country music superstar Josh Turner and his The Tonkin' Honkies band got hands clapping and feet thumping at the this year's Independence Day concert in Warner Robins July 2.Turner's new album, "Punching Bag," was rated No. 1 on Billboard's Country Albums and No. 4 in Billboard 200 during

  • 931st welcomes chaplain

    Chaplain (Maj.) John Key never really planned to be in his current position.In 1984, the former enlisted Airmen left the active-duty Air Force after four years of service with no intention of ever again wearing a military uniform."I said goodbye to the Air Force and had no plans to ever step foot in

  • 931st Commander's Independence Day Message

    As our nation celebrates its 236th birthday, we are again reminded of the ideals that gave birth to this grand experiment called the United States more than two centuries ago. The founding fathers of America framed this country based on the principles of freedom, equality, and those "unalienable

  • Don't be a 4th of July statistic: An Airman's story

    The summer before his senior year in high school, Airman 1st Class Sean Huntley was celebrating the Fourth of July the same way most Americans do: By setting off some fireworks with friends."We bought several hundred dollars worth of fireworks," said Huntley, now a KC-135 Stratotanker crew chief

  • Supporting role: Kansas Reservists refuel Military Channel

    A KC-135 Stratotanker aircrew assigned to the Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., was cast in a supporting role of sorts for a Military Channel television program while performing an air refueling mission in the skies above New Mexico today.The routine air

  • Commentary: Education apparently never ends

    One reason I joined the military instead of heading to college after high school was to take a break from all of that learning.It's been 28 years and I'm still waiting.I just completed National Defense University's Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education Course, which I had sidestepped