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  • When and how was Guam formed?

    As I was reading some background on Guam's origin and about the Marianas Trench, I came upon an awesome graphic of what lies beneath and the neighboring trench. Imagine the areas surrounding Guam without water--all you will see are mountains of volcanoes and a nearby crevice known as the Marianas

  • Mentorship comes from all levels

    During a Senior NCO Enhancement Seminar, in which master sergeant selects attend before pinning on, a select asked me what the relationship between master sergeants and new lieutenants should be. The answer is: being a good leader also means being a good follower. As a squadron commander, I am both

  • With all the recent earthquakes, has Guam ever experienced tsunami?

    I have not personally witnessed any tsunami occurrences after an earthquake on Guam. However, I have memories of an 8.1 earthquake on Aug. 8, 1993. Just as my husband, Charlie, and I got into our house, I picked up the phone to call my mom. While speaking with her, there was a loud rumbling sound

  • Leaders: the Air Force's most important resource

    America recently remembered the 9/11 anniversary - a day in our history that tragically changed the United States and arguably the entire World - I would like to discuss a requirement critical to our future. Sept. 11 marked a momentous change in what we expect and require from our Nation's leaders;

  • Leaders – The Air Force's most important resource

    America recently remembered the 9/11 anniversary - a day in our history that tragically changed the United States and arguably the entire World - I would like to discuss a requirement critical to our future. Sept. 11 marked a momentous change in what we expect and require from our Nation's leaders;

  • Ask Joyce: Do Chamorros have a lunar eclipse superstition?

    According to historians, ancient Chamorros believed the beginning of mankind began on this tiny island in the Pacific and that they are superior in culture than any on Earth. They believe the god of this tiny island was called Puntan, who came into being before the Earth and sky were made. Puntan

  • CAA Corner: What the career asisstance advisor can do for you

    At the end of the 1990s, the Air Force struggled with ways to combat its retention problems. Air Force leadership decided to create the Career Assistance Advisor position. On Oct. 1, 2000, Senior Master Sgt. Randall Keen (now a Chief Master Sergeant) was selected as Hurlburt AFB's first CAA. He had

  • NCO reviews Creed and Charge, develops answers

    [Editors' note: Staff Sgt. Glenn Mitchell, deployed from Andersen, was tasked by the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Commander to provide a written review of areas of the NCO Creed and the NCO Charge after he created a PowerPoint slideshow making fun of the new Airman Battle Uniform and e-mailed it to

  • The Legend of The White Lady of Fonté Point

    In the early years of my childhood, there were many instances where strange and unexplained experiences occurred here. Chamorro parents handed down these legends through generations and many are believed to this day. Long ago, families from upper Mongmong village walked to church early in the

  • FTAC - Getting Airmen off to a good start

    In the "old days" reporting to a first Air Force duty station following technical training could be confusing for first-term airmen, and frustrating to supervisors. The new airmen would report to their duty section, then would "leave" for various "in-processing" appointments such as finance (to

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