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  • Team Eglin members take the Polar Bear Plunge into Choctawhatchee Bay Jan. 17 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The almost 100 “plungers” also completed the annual Resolution Run prior to their quick dip in the bay. Warm drinks and food awaited those who took part in the plunge. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

    Life Tip: Mindful Running

    Often physical fitness and mental fitness are looked at as two different entities.   By giving focus to your breath and reducing the rate, it will decrease your heart rate.  This in turn will make you feel more calm and in control.  However by combining this mindfulness technique and running, you can take your physical abilities and mental
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    Life Tip: Spirituality

    Religious and spiritual practices can play an important role in daily life while supporting the mind, body and spirit.  Around 84 percent of people in the world, identify as being part of a religious group.  Those who do ascribe to a religious or spiritual belief have lower levels of depression, less suicidality, decreased substance abuse, and
  • Bovee and Thill offer exclusive coverage of topics and issues related to interpersonal communication.

    Life Tip: Love Languages

    In relationships both parties generally want to feel appreciated and loved.  As we become more involved, the expectation is the other party will reciprocate.  Many feel they have sincerely tried, but at times can be unsuccessful, and are at a loss.  This can cause a major disconnect in any relationship.  Often it is because they are not speaking
  • 2020 Goals

    Life Tip: New Year- New You!

    Are you looking to develop a healthy lifestyle? Kicking a bad habit? Studies have shown that only 8 percent of those who make New Year’s resolutions actually accomplish them. If you are looking to join that 8 percent, you will need to create a well-defined goal. By doing so, it will aide you in having a well thought out plan of attack.  A useful
  • Senior Master Sgt. Allen Le Vie, 50th Operations Group first sergeant

    It's okay to ask

    My role as the 50th Operations Group first sergeant allows me the privilege to act as an adviser to six commanders regarding the health, morale and welfare of our Airmen who are charged with delivering global combat effects to defend our nation and its interests.
  • Chief Master Sgt. Tommy Mazzone, Command Chief for Air Force District of Washington, visits with members of the 11th Wing Force Support Squadron Management Team Feb. 24, 2017.

    Words Matter - So Think Before You Speak

    How often do you say something you wished could be taken back the moment it left your mouth? Those situations happen all of the time, and to nearly everyone. Sir Winston Churchill, one of Britain’s most influential leaders and speakers, once stated, “We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.” It is so easy to let
  • Lt. Col. Jeffery Stephen, former deputy commander of the Defense Language Institute English Language Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, receives a certificate of appreciation from Col. Jeffery Cooper, DLIELC commandant and 673th Training Group commander during Steffen's retirement ceremony Jan. 30, 2016. Steffen returned to DLIELC soon after his military retirement to become an English instructor.

    DLIELC deputy commandant retires after a remarkable 30-year military service.

    The retirement ceremony of Lt. Col. Jeffery D. Steffen, deputy commander, Defense Language Institute English Language Center and commander of the associated U.S. Army element, took place Jan. 30,  after a remarkable 30-year military careerThe day before, Steffen pleasantly offered one of DLI's international students the opportunity to make a

  • In An Instant

    Col James Garret former commander of the Defense Language Institute, English Language Center here shares his eyewitness account of motorcycle accident as a reminder to all of us on motorcycles or off to practice safety on the roads. It was a perfect morning for fishing. The temperature was down just a little from the last few days of intense heat,

  • Leader Speaks against tribal behavior

    6/8/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Twenty-first century technology and the 24/7 news cycle has made the world smaller, but over millennia human nature has not changed. We long to identify with and belong to a tribe. The myriad of patches, uniforms, ranks and patchwork of partner nation flags bear witness to that constant within
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