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Gen. Johnny Lamontagne, commander of Air Mobility Command, participated in a panel discussing the importance of fueling and sustaining the fight for global power projection with Lt. Gen. John P. Healy, Chief of the Air Force Reserve and Air Force Reserve Command commander, March 5, at the 2025 Air & Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium.

Commentaries

  • Dreams

     403rd Operations Group7/31/2015 - KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, BILOXI, MISS -- Each of us has dreams. We dream about exotic places, relaxing experiences, adventures, things we might accomplish and financial security. Some of our dreams intersect with our military service. Our dreams include things like

  • It's never too late to restart

    Our Air Force stories are as unique as our fingerprints. For me, it started in 1996, I was 20 something years old, and knew I had to change my choices or I would end up exactly like everyone else. I feared I would get some college, but not complete it, get married, have 2.5 kids and never leave

  • There's something about a chaplain

    It was September of 1981, most of my friends were beginning their college experience, and I was in a white van headed to the airport on a journey that would begin at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. The next morning I woke up as an Air Force Basic Trainee. In

  • Every March, I mustache myself a question

    Therazor hovered just above my upper lip; the blade suspended millimeters from myskin. The consequences of my next move would have lasting ramifications for atleast the next 30 days. Even at this moment of reckoning, I wasn't surewhich path I would choose.The day had started like any other

  • Custer's lessons in bold leadership

    "Airmen have much to learn about bold leadership from George Armstrong Custer," said no one ever.George Armstrong Custer?  Seriously?  The man who led the Army's 7th Cavalry Regiment into one of the most embarrassing defeats in U.S. history?It is true that Custer is best known for his last and

  • Who goes to War?

    In April, I deployed to central Kabul, Afghanistan. The conditions at International Security Assistance Force headquarters varied between friendly and toxic.  Two 107 millimeter rockets exploded near us in our first few hours on the ground.  Many of us got sick because of bad bottled water - the

  • Freefalling to overcome fear

    Iused to let the fear of jumping out of an airplane control me. But this year, Ifaced and conquered that fear.Throughout my career, I've been in thebackground, facilitating familiarization flights in numerous airframes includingT-38s, F-16s, F-15s and even KC-135 refueling flights. I've done the

  • Finding, keeping focus on the motivation to quit smoking

    "I can smell it, and it makes me nauseous," he said. "I can't kiss you or even be around you. This has to stop."That was the exact moment I knew it was time to get serious about quitting smoking. When my husband and I were in the dating stages of our relationship, I was trying, unsuccessfully, to

  • Random acts of kindness know no season

    The Holidays are over, that glorious time of celebration, family and the season of giving.There is no other time of year that brings us the simple joy of giving, reaching out to loved ones, friends, and even to strangers. Who among us can resist the call of the bell ringer, standing in the cold

  • 22nd AF commander thanks members, wishes all safe holiday season

    As we look forward to this holiday season and the New Year, I want to take a moment to express my gratitude to each of you, your families and employers for the sacrifices you make for our country each and every day.The holidays provide an opportunity to reflect on the daily blessings we take for