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  • Commander's Corner: If you see it, pick it up, don't leave it

    Pick it up, don't pass it, applies to many things in life. Let's start with the trash around the base: pick it up, don't pass it. We live in one of the most beautiful areas of the United States, let's keep it that way. Every piece of trash you walk by, every cigarette butt you throw out your window

  • Airmail, Feb. 15

    Gate delays during lunch Question While I normally try to eat lunch on base, the last two days I've had to run errands off base during my lunch hour. Upon returning each day, I was greeted with a nearly 20 minute wait to get into the Eubank Gate one day and the Wyoming Gate the next. Each was down

  • Career Focus: One team, one family, Feb. 15

    At last month's right decision briefings, I shared career information with enlisted folks who were contemplating reenlistment. We covered entitlements and personnel programs. We also discussed force shaping. I talked about how our rosters have decreased to 340,000 and reminded them that as we get

  • Commander's Corner, Feb. 9

    Get involved in the community; now's your chance I would like to begin by thanking everyone for taking extra care this past weekend during Super Bowl Sunday and arriving home safely. Hopefully many of you made wise decisions and made good use of your wingman rather than rolling the dice and hoping

  • Airmail, Feb. 9

    We want your suggestions and comments; however, you may also call base agencies or use the chain of command. Callers to Airmail will not have their names printed in the Nucleus. To submit an Airmail, e-mail airmail@kirtland.af.mil, call 846-4240, or write 377 ABW/CC Airmail 2000 Wyoming Blvd. SE

  • Career Focus: Faces change, missions stay the same

    Last Friday, members of the 377th Mission Support Squadron bid their commander, Maj. Emi Johnson, farewell and welcomed their new commander, Maj. Darwina Bugarin, to the squadron. This event occurred during a formal change of command ceremony at the Mountain View Club. The ceremony gave each of us

  • Airmail: How does the Air Force take care of their own while downsizing?

    Question: I had the chance to read your article in the Nov. 3 Nucleus and I have a question. How are you "taking care of your own" with regard to the above subject? My concern is with Airmen who may not have a place in the new Air Force because of technological advancements. Are they being offered

  • Career Focus: What makes an organization tick?

    Wow! Another intense week has passed. If your week was like mine, it was filled with lots of work, lots of people and lots of running around. It was one of those weeks when even after you have removed your watch, you continue to check the time on your empty wrist. Staying busy and engaged in work

  • Commander’s Corner: Farewell 58th SOW, Team Kirtland

    Men and women of Kirtland and particularly the 58th Special Operations Wing, I want to pass on my appreciation for all that you do every day. As I prepare to move on to another assignment, I wanted each of you to know how proud I have been over the past 20 months to serve next to you. It will be a

  • We are ready for the NSI; continue working on fitness

    The Nuclear Weapons Center Nuclear Surety Inspection starts tomorrow. Almost every unit at Kirtland gets inspected at one time or another, and if you're part of the NWC, it's your turn in the spotlight. The advance team should be here already and the rest of the inspectors arrive this weekend. We