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  • Michael Young graces Maxwell

    Hollywood actor, director and producer Michael Young came back to his roots Nov. 15 to speak to an audience at Maxwell during the base chapel's first lunch-and-learn event."I'm glad to be here today. I am the quintessential military brat. My dad was here, and this is where he learned to fly during

  • Do you know what’s happening inside your mouth?

    Picture this: You're enjoying a relaxing vacation on a sunny beach and, out of nowhere, you experience excruciating pain inside your mouth. Now you're thinking, "What am I going to do? It's the weekend. I'm on vacation, and I surely don't want this toothache to ruin it, but it's too painful to

  • Good intentions and misguided authority

    Authority is a two-edged sword: One cannot lead without it; one cannot lead relying exclusively upon it. Novitiate leaders lean heavily upon position and rank as the basis for their authority. Given time and experience, good leaders expand their authority base through experience, education,

  • Adding 'senior' to NCO

    It takes about 15 years for enlisted members to be considered technical experts in their career fields. At what point, however, do they become leaders so that those behind them can become successful in their own right? That point is when a noncommissioned officer gets "the point," the chevron that

  • Library launches new loan service

    Created as a direct response to feedback from student and faculty surveys regarding the process for borrowing sources from other libraries, the Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center introduced its new online interlibrary loan service on Nov. 1.The loan service, called ILLiad, allows a user

  • Air Force launches new doctrine website: simplifies access, process

    The Air Force's center for doctrine development has made it easier to access the service's fundamental documents and has the potential to cut the time it takes to publish updates to the documents from years to months or even weeks.Officials at the Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and

  • ACSC students visit CNN Headquarters, discuss military-media relations

    Eleven Air Command and Staff College students visited both the headquarters of CNN and a Defense Department news distribution operation November 20 as part of the elective "The War for Public Opinion," produced by the U.S. Air Force Public Affairs Center of Excellence.At CNN, the students were given

  • Leaders, spouses help Airmen at holiday

    In celebration of Thanksgiving, Maxwell-Gunter leadership and key spouses showed what they're thankful for by conducting events aimed at giving back to Airmen. "The events were created because installation leadership felt it was important as a community to show some appreciation and take care of our

  • AIC course empowers OTS instructors to train future leaders

    The Air Force needs leaders. It needs leaders who can make decisions at a moment's notice. There is no warning, heads up or reminder email for some situations; there is just do. The Air Force needs leaders who can do. The Academic Instructors Course, a part of the Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer

  • Athletes' sweat honors veterans, warriors

    More than a dozen athletes walked into the Maxwell gym annex at noon Nov. 12, warmed-up and ready to workout. Exchanging comfort for sweat, they remembered veterans who have served and suffered worse things than a grueling day at the gym.The WOD for Warriors was a way for those on the installation,