Commentary Search

  • British Billy explains Bonfire Night, Nov. 5

    Although I am quite the party animal, I'm not a huge fan of fireworks. Those of us in the animal kingdom blessed with acute auditory gifts will not thank you if we have to endure startling explosions and high pitched squeals. As Bonfire Night approaches here in the UK, I plan to spend the next few

  • British Billy turns the clocks back

    There's going to be an extra hour for you all to enjoy on Sunday Oct. 31, and I am already trying to decide whether it would be best spent sleeping, eating or hunting. Truth be told, it makes little difference to me. I live in the moment and refuse to be a slave to the ticking hands of time. British

  • Disabling Prejudice

    October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and this year's theme is "Talent has no boundaries: Workforce Diversity INCLUDES Workers with Disabilities," which serves to inform us that employees with disabilities represent a diverse and talented pool of individuals, making valuable and

  • British Billy tucks into a Cornish pasty

    I am often told that variety is the spice of life and, as a bit of spicy individual, I am more than happy to sample different delicacies that come my way. I get a bit weary of some of my American chums telling me that British food is bland and boring. There is plenty to tempt the discerning palate

  • Professional Enlightenment

    Professional enlightenment occurs when our education and experiences allow us to distill wisdom from what often appear as disparate bodies of knowledge. Yet, even at this most crucial nexus our own perceptions and misperceptions, even our human nature, can fail us.John Nance, in Why Hospitals Should

  • Airman Lydia Faux 2: Fire Prevention

    After my mother's funeral, I went back to my duty station eager to help my friends, Airman 1st Class Ashley Ekaf and Senior Airman Jake Laernu, kick their smoking habits so that they would not have the same fateful end my mother experienced. Four months later, Ashley was a non-smoker and ten months

  • Action Line: Parking in Liberty Village

    COMPLAINT:I have several concerns about parking issues in Liberty Village that couldn't be resolved through Housing or Security Forcess. I've contacted Housing and SFS about this problem and am being told there is nothing to be done about it. Because of limited parking in Liberty Village, SFS will

  • Action Line: Parking for expecting mothers

    COMPLAINT:This is one of the few bases I have been to where there are no pregnant or family parking spaces available at amenities such as the BX, BXtra, and the Commissary. It aggravates me and other active duty members and spouses that there are no available spots for persons who are pregnant or

  • What is a Teen?

    Wikipedia says the teenage years are defined by a transitional stage of physical and mental development generally occurring between puberty and legal adulthood. This is a really technical way of saying teenagers are going through a lot of changes in their lives. Teenagers in military families are

  • The ‘Special Relationship’

    The ongoing 70th anniversary observances of the Battle of Britain prompted me to consider the circumstances under which we came to be stationed at RAF Lakenheath.In the summer of 1940, Great Britain stood alone against Nazi Germany. Denmark, Norway, Poland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the