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  • Buzzed driving is drunk driving

    The holiday season between Thanksgiving and New Year's is one of the deadliest and most dangerous times of the year due to an increase in impaired driving. In fact, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in December 2005, more than 1,200 people across America were killed in

  • Success comes to those who persevere

    Thomas Edison, a man who is arguably one of the greatest inventors in all of history, was awarded 1,093 patents in his 84-year life. He invented the dictaphone, mimeograph, storage battery, stock-ticker, phonograph and the first silent film. He had the rare combination of scientific and business

  • Native American efforts not forgotten

    During World War II, Native American zeal to serve this country was so great that according to U.S. Army officials, the draft would not have been necessary if the country's entire population had enlisted in the same proportion as did American Indians. American Indians began enlisting in the late

  • You wouldn’t fly without ‘strapping in,’ would you?

    We all have our pet peeves, and mine admittedly is seat belt use and safety in general. As a trainer, supervisor, flight superintendent, and presently first sergeant, one of my many concerns is the safety and well being of my Airmen, peers and supervisors. Some of my experience comes from being an

  • Reckless driving contributes to increased car accidents

    Traffic accidents on the public highways of Valdosta total more than 3,500 annually. The most accidents occur where North Valdosta Road intersects with Country Club Drive. The second highest number of accidents occur on Bemiss Road at Northside Drive. Several fatalities have occurred at these

  • AFSO21 ... everyone must be a player

    I know what you are thinking: another fad, another "bumper sticker," another case of Total Quality Management! It's particularly true for those of you who have been around a while. Over the years, our Air Force has looked for ways to improve things, often borrowing from the latest private sector

  • Domestic violence should be addressed all year long

    In my short Air Force career, I have come across many individuals who have been affected in one way or another by domestic violence. Although the U.S. Department of Justice estimates more than 90 percent, which adds up to more than 4 million in one year, of all victims of domestic violence are

  • Staying informed key to preventing cancer

    October is designated National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and is dedicated to increasing public knowledge about a disease that will strike more than 212,000 women and more than 1,700 men in the United States each year. Every three minutes a woman in the US is diagnosed with breast cancer, and one

  • All responsible for suicide prevention

    Most people would do anything to avoid death. However, the fact remains some people commit suicide, and there is not always an easy or clear answer to why a person would end his own life. Many people who have attempted but failed to end their lives tell us they were in intense, overwhelmed emotional

  • Remembering those still missing

    There are 78,000 still missing from World War II; 8,100 from the Korean War; 1,800 from the Vietnam War; 120 missing dating to the Cold War era, and one missing from the Gulf War, according to the Joint Prisoner Of War / Missing In Action Accounting Command Web site at http://www.jpac.pacom.mil. An