Commentaries

  • Encouragement vs. discouragement: Your pet will love you either way

    January is ‘Train Your Dog’, ‘Walk Your Pet’ and ‘One Health Awareness’ Month. Please observe responsibly. Just like teaching them to sit or play dead wasn’t straight forward, repetition, patience and rewarding at the right times are the fundamentals of dog training, so you’re going to have to

  • Winter is coming - be prepared

    Winter weather is often unpredictable here in Nebraska. Storms can vary depending on precipitation, wind and temperatures and can produce sleet and ice, moderate to light snow or blizzards.

  • Airman’s Perspective: 19 OSS, Offutt AFB Professional Development TDY

    Sixteen members from the 19th Operations Support Squadron recently completed a unit professional development trip to Offutt Air Force Base where they had the opportunity to learn about a few diverse mission sets within Air Combat Command. This is the perspective of one of those members, Senior

  • 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

  • Celebrating Black History on Offutt AFB

    Team Offutt will join bases around the world throughout February to celebrate diversity and pride during Black History Month.Multiple organizations across the base have scheduled events as part of the celebration. On Feb. 15, there will be a food sampling at the Commissary from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. On

  • Nebraska Attorney Licensing Initiative

    Military families are an integral part of every community. Despite being uprooted every few years, they connect to their communities and make great neighbors. But military spouses often struggle to find work to support their families, and those with jobs requiring state-specific licensing have it

  • Reflecting on the military’s shift to more inclusive ranks

    I was sitting on the third floor of Building C on my very first day in the Air Force. Master Sgt. Alden Harriman pulled out one of the many pieces of paperwork we were going through and placed it on the desk in front of me. He then went over it, defining what same-sex sexual contact was. He noted