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  • Fuel Conservation

    With fuel prices expected to average $3.92 per gallon nationwide for unleaded gasoline this summer, it's no wonder drivers are getting frustrated as they fill their gas tanks each week. Even the DOD is incorporating electric and hybrid vehicles into fleets world-wide. Rather than letting your blood pressure rise as you watch the numbers climb at

  • The Boss

    Some think being the "boss" is all about attending meetings and making decisions. Well, that's part of the job, but as you learn to become an effective leader, you find that being the boss is much more in depth. Leaders influence all people they come in contact with; subordinates, peers and supervisors alike. Everyone looks toward a leader for

  • Police Week - Honoring our Fallen

    Police Week began on October 1, 1962, when President John F. Kennedy Jr. signed a public law, designating May 15 of each year as 'Peace Officers Memorial Day' and the week in which it falls as 'Police Week.' In 1994, President Clinton signed another public law directing that the flag of the United States be flown at half-staff on all government

  • How to conserve energy and money at home

    The spring months in Altus present us with a great opportunity to conserve energy in our homes and dollars in our pockets. The first steps toward improving the energy efficiency of your home include "air sealing" and insulation. Air sealing is the process of plugging the many cracks and voids through which air can get in and out of your home and

  • Quality Health care…there’s an App for that!

    The growing cost of American health care has been the subject of much debate lately, both in the civilian market and in the DoD. Since 20 cents of every GDP dollar represents health care spending, experts and leaders alike recognize the responsibility and challenge that comes with reform. Even among the DoD, it is common knowledge that we spent

  • Attention to detail, small problems have big consequences

    The importance of aircraft maintenance being conducted with prescribed rules, publications, regulations and technical guidance goes without saying. The same rules apply to all Air Force disciplines. We are all professionals. Aircrews follow checklists and Civil Engineers use prescribed repair manuals. Anytime we deviate from proper procedures, bad

  • Volunteerism

    When I retired from civil service at Altus AFB in Dec. 2006, I had a plan or a vague idea of what I wanted to do. In Feb. 2007 I visited Ida Fay Winters at the Great Plains Literacy Council and volunteered to be a tutor. I taught English as a second language for three years and I will tell anyone that asks - teaching English is difficult. When a
  • ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), tobacco use kills around 443,000 Americans (about 18 percent of all deaths) yearly and secondhand smoke kills about 50,000 a year. If the current smoking trends continue to rise, tobacco use has the potential to kill 1 billion people by the end of the 21st century. Including Nicotine, historically one of the most addictive substances to break, tobacco smoke from products such as cigarettes contain over 4,000 chemicals and 69 of those have evidence of causing more than 15 kinds of cancer. Currently, 23 percent of members on Altus AFB are currently using some form of Tobacco. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Levin Boland / 97th Air Mobility Wing / Released)

    Not the usual tobacco article

    We have all read the usual tobacco cessation articles telling us to quit using tobacco because of the numerous detrimental effects it has on our health. I will do my best throughout this piece to not be the nagging echo of such stories.Many tobacco users believe that tobacco use relieves their stress. In reality it actually increases it. According
  • Dont Be A Servant To Good Enough. Poster created by Col Darryl G. Treat of SAF/US(M), Col Michael S. Smith of SAF/US(M) and Ms. Susan Beall of HAF/IMMG. Image is 8.5x11 inches @ 72 ppi. Photo credit: U.S. Air Force photo/SRA. Alexandre Montes. AF.mil does not provide printed posters but a high resolution PDF file of this poster is available. Requests can be made to afgraphics@dma.mil. Please specify the title and number.

    Are you a Servant Leader?

    What makes a good leader? Anyone who has spent any amount of time in the military or attended a Professional Military Education course has spent time discussing the definition of leadership and what it means to them. One of the most basic definitions of leadership is influencing people to do things they would not otherwise do themselves. How a
  • Suicide Prevention

    A permanent solution to a temporary problem

    Another 12 hour shift is over. It's Friday night, struggling to get the key into the lock since bags of his favorite poison are filling his hands. He finally makes it into his empty, lonely house. Ever since his wife left and took everything, redecorating and cleaning are the last things on his mind. He removes a bottle from a brown paper bag and
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