By Chief Master Sgt. Brooke McLean
314th Airlift Wing command chief
The last decade has seen the rapid growth and booming development of the retail book sales industry. Giant book retailers have captured the attention of people of all ages by offering the latest in books, magazines, music, wireless internet, movies, and gourmet coffee in a quiet comfortable setting.
I must confess I have spent hours, wandering the aisles of such stores. The only problem with these stores is they aren’t free.
Yes, you can browse for hours but the reason the store exists is to sell products.
If you want to leave with it, you buy it.
But, I know a place where you get all this for free.
Well, no coffee but that’s a small thing. It’s your base library.
Our base library, which is part of Services, is one of our best resources and a quality of life benefit you earn. It’s a “members-only” club and your family earns the privilege because of your service to our nation.
In addition to the items offered by big name retail stores, our library offers computers, specialized professional material like the CSAF Reading List collection, group study areas, and material to prepare for college testing.
All this is at no charge to you, but don’t take it for granted. As our budget decreases and the military spending contracts, some would target this benefit as something we can cut.
One way to help prevent this is to maximize the use of your library.
We happen to have one of the best in the entire Air Force, and it’s worth protecting.
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