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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

  • Commander's Corner: Practicing resilience

     “We’re talkin’ about practice, man!” – Allen “The Answer” IversonI’ve talked many times about the challenges we’re going through and how important it is for us to continue improving our resiliency. This month, while still working through the COVID-19 pandemic and dealing with financial challenges,

  • Knowing Your Why

    Airmen, Wingmen, Warriors,We often are asked to know our “why,” but do we take time out to understand it and put into action?

  • Let’s talk Mental Health

    908th Director of Psychological Health, Ms. Amy Kemp-Wellmeier, discusses combating mental health issues during a pandemic.

  • There is more than one way to be an effective Leader

    In the last edition of the Southern Flyer I spoke about the leadership perspectives from Gen. Brown, Chief of Staff of the Air Force and Chief Master Sgt. Bass, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force. In this edition I would like to give you one of my perspectives on leadership. Always remember that the

  • Minutes of Success

    While there are numerous differences between active duty and the Reserve, the most difficult hurdle for me has been the consolidated timeline I have to be a successful and effective leader. As a supervisor while on active duty, I had my Airmen eight to 12 hours a day, five to six days a week. As a

  • COVID 19: An Opportunity in Disguise?

    Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, "When it is dark enough, you can see the stars." Also, when it’s dark, sometimes good things happen. Almost overnight COVID-19 hit us and we are now in a challenging place. However, at the 52nd Network Warfare Squadron, we are used to trials and view this crisis as an

  • Chat Money—Seize the Pandemic Opportunities

    Editor’s note: Kristy Tubbs, AFC, FFC, provides financial briefings for Air Force Reserve Command Yellow Ribbon events. As the founder of Piece of Heart Financial Counseling, she has been providing wealth building budgeting and financial workshops to service members and their families for the past

  • Turn COVID+ into a positive: donate plasma

    So, you tested positive for Covid-19 and immobilized your whole shop for two weeks?It happens.Okay maybe it doesn’t, but it happened to me.At the beginning of October I got a call from a friend I had recently been around. They tested positive and were doing their due diligence to alert those they

  • Diversity in disability

    As I reflect on last month, I am reminded how no two individuals will ever travel on the same path or share the exact same experiences. In other words, we are all different and even if we are raised in the same household, we each observe and perceive the world in our own unique way.

  • Volunteering in a pandemic

    In March of this year the Freedom Fighters of the 42nd Cyberspace Operations Squadron, like so many others around the world, found themselves in an unfamiliar paradigm. I had just started to get my feet under me as a squadron superintendent when a global pandemic changed almost everything about how