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  • Coping through COVID: My Chinese family

    When we are feeling anxiety, we have to do something about it. If we don’t, then anxiety will do something about us. For the 131st Bomb Wing Director of Psychological Health, the key to dealing with anxiety is just that: a key.

  • Coping through COVID-19

    The first in an ongoing series of columns for dealing with the challenges brought about by COVID-19. 131st Bomb Wing Directors of Psychological Health Bethany Harris and Dan Shea offer some basic strategies for reducing your daily stress.

  • Leadership to emulate; lessons from Maj. Gen. Henderson

    As a husband, father, officer and supervisor, I am very aware that there are always people watching. What do they see? Am I approachable? Am I encouraging an atmosphere that allows others to excel and flourish? Do I tear down or promote barriers? How I act, speak, treat others and conduct

  • The Culture We Need

    We often talk about the culture that we want - more accurately - the culture that we need. However, defining that culture is defining the end state. We often gloss over, or even blow off, describing the path to get there....

  • UEIs help Team Whiteman continue on its path of excellence

    The Unit Effectiveness Inspection Capstone event is upon us. It is time to panic. We need to lock all of our skeletons back into the closet. We need to replace all of our binders with pretty new ones. We need to…wait a minute, what are we talking about? I thought we fixed all of this? If this is

  • The Art of the Debrief, Part 2

    A few weeks ago, in the July 6 edition of The Warrior, I shared the need to debrief in order to push our organizations to reach their full potential. Now that you appreciate the value of debriefing, I recognize that some of you might have no idea how to do a debrief. This article is for you.

  • The Art of the Debrief, Part 1

    In my humble opinion, there are no better aircrews in the skies than those in the United States military. While others may boast about their talented aviators, there are certain aspects to how our aircrews approach their craft that set them apart. One of the most important aspects is the debrief.

  • The cost of tolerance over time

    Recently, I had the opportunity to talk with my wing regarding some issues we’ve had in the last few years that I thought needed to be discussed. I am a believer that we can only get better if we debrief how we do business (which is a topic I’ll expand on in another article). I am not a big fan of

  • A simple thank you goes a long way

    In today’s instant gratification world, we are easily disgruntled if something doesn’t happen immediately. Because we are used to our cell phones and social media, we have become less and less inclined to deal with the human element of the mission.