Olympic lessons

Eli Bremer, U.S. Olympic Team pentathlete, speaks to an audience gathered at the Peterson Air Force Base Auditorium June 22. His speech addressed the parallels related to sports and leadership during the Year of Leadership Fitness month. Half of the Olympians in the last four years are servicemembers, according to Mr. Bremer. (Air Force photo by Thea Skinner)

YOL

Retired Major Kenneth Carpenter receives a decorative coaster from Chief Master Sgt. David Natoli, 721st Mission Support Group superintendent, following his Year of Leadership speech at the base auditorium April 27. The blue and silver coasters, which are made of glass and metal, are given to visiting distinguished visitors as a token of appreciation for their support of Peterson Airmen and the United Stated Air Force. (Air Force photo by Dennis Howk)

Fifth CMSAF visits Peterson

Former Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Robert Gaylor speaks at the Peterson Auditorium March 26. Approximately 200 Airmen braved snowfall and high winds to attend the event, during which Chief Gaylor discussed the importance of face-to-face communication in an age of increasing technology. Chief Gaylor served as the fifth Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. (Air Force photo by Rob Lingley).

Compassion ever present at Thule Air Base

Julemand, or "Santa Claus" in Danish, hands a present to a girl during Qaanaaq, Greenland's, Julemand celebration in Qaanaaq Dec. 20. A year of fundraising at Thule, called Operation Julemand, culminates in this event where nearly 300 gifts are given out and thousands of dollars donated to local communities. Started in 1959, Operation Julemand is a humanitarian program organized and supported by all members of Team Thule – American, Danish, Greenlandic and Canadian - to give back to the local Greenlandic community. Members of Team Thule flew to Qaanaaq to participate in the celebration which included a visit from Santa, singing and gift exchange. Three other Inuit villages also receive money from Operation Julemand donations (Photos by 1st Lt. Lisa Meiman).

Cookies for the Troops

(left to right) Nicholas, Jordan and Jason Pasley, sons of Maj. (ret.) Darren Pasley, wore smiling faces as they helped bag and sort cookie donations Dec. 16, at the base chapel as part of this year's Cookies for the Troops campaign. The campaign, put on by the Peterson Spouses Club, is one way that the Team Peterson family takes care of its own. Spouses and about 40 volunteers collected and packaged more than 500 dozen cookie donations that were delivered to Peterson’s dormitories (Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Jonathan Simmons)

Core Values

Gen. (ret.) Ronald Fogleman, the Air Force's fifteenth chief of staff, spoke to a filled auditorium of Peterson AFB Airmen Nov. 24 to highlight the importance of Core Values and leadership as Air Force Space Command’s Year of Leadership initiative focusd on Core Values during the month of November. (Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Matthew Lohr)