Operation Home for the Holidays helps Minot Airmen return home
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — For many Americans, the holiday season is a time spent with loved ones, exchanging gifts, and expressing gratitude for blessings received throughout the year. For military service members, the costs of traveling during this time can be expensive. This is especially true […]
Chief Master Sergeant Selects Announced
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] Congratulations s to the newest CMSgt selects across Striker Nation! You represent the best of the best as the pinnacle of the enlisted force, demonstrating how our Airmen enable […]
Creation of Cookies Consistently Create Community
Minot, N.D. – It’s almost time again for the annual Team Minot Holiday Cookie Drive on Minot Air Force Base! Each year, freshly baked cookies are collected from the base and community to distribute holiday cheer to airmen. The collected cookies are distributed to the nearly 1200 first term airmen between the ages of 18-20 […]
Magic City Discovery Center Presents Quilt of Valor to Local Veteran
The Magic City Discovery Center held a ceremony Tuesday afternoon where Peace and Honor Quilts of Valor members presented a Quilt of Valor, locally crafted by area kids at the discovery center to veteran, Rex Sisco. Sisco is a retired Air Force Master Sergeant that served from December 5, 1966 -September 30, 1991. Sisco trained […]
Minot AFB Wins Double Gold in Las Vegas Hockey Tournament!
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Minot AFB was able to send a Varsity and Junior Varsity team to the 2023 International Armed Services Hockey Association tournament that took place 9-12 November in sunny Las Vegas, NV. The tournament, in its 20th year, brought over 70 teams from across the Untied States and Canada […]
Burning Leaves, Notre Dame, and Amish Cooking–I’m From Around Here
Northern Indiana is full of trees. Full. There are trees everywhere you look. Lots of them, and all different kinds. Oak, maple, ash, cherry, gum, dogwood, cottonwood, the list goes on. If it’s a tree, it’s probably here. My husband and I grew up here. For 22 years, I didn’t bat an eye at all […]
Measuring Up
On Wednesday, December 6th, just one day before the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, they laid Edward Zilli to rest in the veterans’ section of Rosehill Cemetery. He began his life in Clifton, New Jersey, which was some 1,700 miles from where his life ended. Never having been to Clifton, New Jersey, I did a bit […]
Much More than a Game
The scoreboard above the end of the rink reads 2-0 in the first period. A young player is called for cross-checking, a two-minute penalty, and shows his disgust by pounding on the plexiglass before stepping into the penalty box and slamming the door. The angry display doesn’t go unnoticed by the referee who responds by […]
Our personal affairs are important…
There was a recent funeral I attended and before the service, I was chatting with the funeral director, who has been a friend for many years. He was telling me that he was dealing with a separate situation in which the deceased didn’t have a will, didn’t have a life insurance policy and the loved […]
Minot AFB Pollinator Project: A Great Example of Partnership!
There are incredible joys experienced as a multi-stakeholder project or program approaches the finish line. A few weeks ago, I experienced this joy as seed was laid on a 5 acre plot next to an elementary school at Minot Air Force Base for a pollinator garden. I want to share this joy with you. The […]
