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  • This chapter is not in the book

    As many of you study for promotion in the coming days, I should caution you. There is a chapter in the Promotion Fitness Examination that has been left out. It is called “experience.” We senior noncommissioned officers asked the book’s makers to leave it out for a good reason. Here is why.

  • Tragedy of war teaches leadership lessons

    Every once in a while, life has a way of slinging a curve ball at your chin and waking you up. For me, it happened last summer when the war we all watch and read about materialized right in front of me. It taught me a valuable lesson in life and leadership.It was supposed to be just another “check

  • Positive, flexible attitude helps face changes, meet challenges

    Change is an ever-present part of today's Air Force. It is part of what makes our force great. When we switch leadership, whether it is a new commander at the wing, group or squadron level, or when we move to a new installation, we are providing ourselves an opportunity to do our job better.A new

  • The ‘four pillars’ of career success

    When mentoring my troops, I always speak of four specific areas; I call them the four pillars.The first pillar is to do the absolute best you can within your capabilities, and have a positive attitude about doing whatever our Air Force has asked you to do. It doesn't matter if you are a member of

  • Force shaping -- the right program at the right time

    Since the Air Force became its own service in 1947, its mission has continually changed to meet new threats. As the mission of the Air Force has changed, so has the Air Force itself -- increasing and decreasing in size, changing its skill structure and the number of airmen in each specialty and

  • Values endure winds of change

    As I awoke this morning, I reflected on all the changes that are happening in the Air Force.Key initiatives such as transformation and force development are examples of ideas that demand a new way of thinking to get our jobs done faster, cheaper and more efficiently, while creating a new vision for

  • Are you your unit's weakest link?

    The host of the popular television game show "The Weakest Link" puts contestants on the spot by firing question after question at them in a timed round.The player who best handles the pressure and answers the most questions correctly usually winds up the winner.Let's play this game in under less

  • Make a difference, become a mentor

    Mentorship seems to have different meanings for different people. Some consider it a form of counseling, some look at it as communicating or learning by example. But, whatever you want to call it, it is something that certainly can be beneficial to any organization. It is a proven approach and

  • Abdominal Circumference: Friend or Foe?

    Are you frustrated with the abdominal circumference score for the new fitness standard? Have you pounded out hundreds of crunches, pumped oodles of push-ups, only to find your abdominal girth doesn’t get you past a composite score of 80?I must admit that I was at first perplexed and amazed that the

  • Misunderstanding the point

    Is flexibility the “key” to airpower? Does thinking “out-of-the-box” really solve problems?I have heard these two phrases quite often since my entry into the Air Force.Being an Army brat, I appreciate and take great pride in the adaptability of the Air Force and the creative solutions we find to