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  • What's your CQ?

    A large number of Americans travel the world annually, but less than an estimated one percent of the citizenry actually live abroad. The ability to reside, work and travel in a foreign country provides each of us a rare and challenging opportunity to improve our Cultural Intelligence Quotient, or

  • How to be a quitter

    When I was younger I was always told never to give up, to never be a quitter. I now find myself at odds with those statements. Quitting smoking has been a long and strenuous process for me over the past few years. Between the stresses of everyday business combined with additional stressors from my

  • Mrs. Jenna Fletcher, 39 ABW/DS: Monkey food

    Several years ago I had the opportunity to attend an Office Personnel Management leadership academy. During three weeks of intense and quality training, there was one story in particular from our instructor that made a deep impression and has stuck with me after all of these years.My instructor

  • Traveling Turkey: Mamure Castle to Anamur

    Editor's Note: This is part of an ongoing series of spots of interest in the area.Since coming to Turkey, I have found one of my biggest joys is traveling around the country. Many don't realize there's more to see in Turkey beyond Istanbul until they live here. Turkey's beauty and history extends

  • Spiritual fitness is as important as physical fitness

    I have noticed since I set foot on Incirlik almost two years ago that people are willing to endure a lot to keep their bodies in shape. They will execute, with meticulous precision, diets, weight-lifting and aerobic routines, cycling feats, chin-ups, sit-ups and push-ups. It takes discipline to

  • Lt. Col. Vincent, 39 OS/CC: Shaping the future through mentorship

    We have all heard mentorship is key to Airmen development. We are told as supervisors we are required to mentor. We even have an Air Force Instruction dedicated to mentorship! But, how many of us have actually been taught what mentorship truly is and how to accomplish it?Let me begin with a

  • A lesson from an interior design 'fail'

    You might be wondering why there is a boring photo of a poster board sitting on an easel associated with this article, and you should. Since when does quality Air Force photography look like this?This picture, believe it or not, is really worth a thousand words (ok, maybe more like half of that).

  • Traveling Turkey: The road to Alahan Monastery

    Editor's Note: This is part of an ongoing series of spots of interest in the area.One of the things I hear most from people who have been stationed at Incirlik is, "I wish I would have traveled more and seen more of the country."Turkey is full of so much history and beautiful scenery, and all you