Tinker Talks

This month we talk to special guest Charlson Gaines, PH.D., and Capt. Gabriel Malasig, the Tinker Air Force Base Deputy Sexual Assault Response Coordinator about sexual assault awareness and prevention as well as empathetic leadership, emotional intelligence, burnout and self-care.

Dr. Gaines spoke to three separate audiences about these topics as part of Tinker's Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.

Dr. Gaines is a retired Air Force veteran. He has authored a book and speaks to various groups including Air Force units.

The views and opinions expressed by Dr. Gaines are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the United States Air Force. This podcast does not endorse Dr. Gaines or products and services offered.

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This is a special episode as we turn the microphone over to Tinker Air Force Base Installation Commander, Col. Paul Filcek to have a conversation with a COVID-19 survivor. Mr. Anthony Baumann, Director of the Air Force Sustainment Center Contract Directorate shares the details of his battle with the disease, to include a 10-day stint in the hospital. He talks about the warning signs he missed.

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On this episode of Tinker Talks we talk about Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. What to look for, how to help weapons safety and more. This is a very important topic and this episode has a lot of valuable information and resources.

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Welcome to this edition of Tinker Talks. General Duke Richardson, the Air Force Materiel Command, commander sits down with us during his immersion of Tinker Air Force Base to talk about a host of topics.

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In this episode of Tinker Talks, we sat down with the Tinker Installation Commander, Col. G. Hall Sebren, Jr. He spoke about the importance of mentoring, the difference between coaching and mentoring, what makes a good mentor, and recognizing when a mentee should seek out others to mentor. Be sure to listen and to check out the commander's upcoming second commentary focusing on Air Force Chief of Staff CQ Brown, Jr.'s Action Orders.

On this edition of Tinker Talks, we sit down with Meagan Sebren, honorary president and top advisor of the Tinker Spouses Club, along with Tiffany Kalen, vice president of the Tinker Spouses Club. They spoke about support systems for spouses, such as the Spouses Club and Key Spouses, as well as the Airman's Attic and Thrift Shop on base.

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Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex Commander Maj. Gen. Jeff King recently sat down with Tinker Talks to discuss the OC-ALC mission, its innovative workforce and what the complex is doing to remain cutting edge to support the warfighters’ requirements while outpacing adversaries in sustainment. This is the second part of conversation with the general.

Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex Commander Maj. Gen. Jeff King recently sat down with Tinker Talks to discuss his career, the OC-ALC mission and the innovative workforce. This is part two of a two-part conversation with the general.

On April 19, 1995, Ondré King was at work in the YMCA building in downtown Oklahoma City. Her one-year-old daughter, Rukiya, was in the nearby daycare. At 9:02 a.m., their lives changed as a bomb exploded, killing 168 people and wounding hundreds more. In this episode of Tinker Talks, Senior Airman Rukiya Turner, now a paralegal in the office of the 72nd Air Base Wing Staff Judge Advocate, and her mom sit down with us to talk about that day and how it affected their lives.

In this episode of Tinker Talks we sit down with Col. Louis Ruscetta, senior materiel leader with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Bomber Directorate, and we talk about the modernization efforts of the B-52 Stratofortress.