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  • Gearing up for a successful military, personal career

    Changing roles from employee to military member to student is a lot to keep straight. Rushing from class to class, then off to work and adding in military service can be overwhelming, but rewarding for the type of person who likes to get the most out of life. This is how Air Force Staff Sgt.

  • Illinois Services Airmen take on the path of the hurricane

    Imagine watching the evening news with your family and you witness everything being ripped away in the blink of an eye from the citizens you took an oath to serve. What would you do? Would you have the courage to put everything on hold? Would you set aside a sister’s sixth birthday party, a little

  • Forging relationships to expand wing family

    Messages are constantly flying in on her three phones. Voicemails, emails and text messages from over 20 applicants would seems like a barrage to some, but keeping track of the details amid the chaos is crucial to performing in the fast paced environment of a recruiter. This is a normal day of work

  • What is mentorship?

    What is mentorship? Images may come to mind of a formal, rigid process in which an Airman gets assigned to study under a superior. However, the Air Force Mentoring Program states it’s more about a relationship in which one person guides and develops another person both personally and professionally.

  • Family, employers help keep Peoria Air Guardsmen always on mission

    The National Guard Bureau says that success in serving with the Guard is like a three-legged stool made up of the service member, the family and the civilian employer. If one of the legs can’t support the stool, the entire structure could collapse.For Airmen with the Illinois Air National Guard’s