Oct. 28, 2010 Leaders are readers! "Other than religion, sex, and politics, leadership may be the most discussed subject in the world. The reason is very simple -without effective leadership, very little happens; with effective leadership, anything can happen."That's the opening statement in the book, "Exceeding Expectations,"
Oct. 28, 2010 To the dump with the doo-doo Imagine strolling through a park or meadow and, upon hearing a splat, lifting your shoe to find a huge, brown, fetid mass. Imagine looking around and seeing poop everywhere. That scenario is common in many places, because many people do not pick up after their dogs. Everyone should pick up after
Oct. 20, 2010 AFSO21: Smart Operations for Scott AFB It's been almost three months since Mr. Jim Suttles joined my staff to serve as the wing's Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century, or AFSO21, program manager and I'd like to share our progress and vision as we continue to build the AFSO21 culture.It's important to note that AFSO21 has five
Oct. 20, 2010 Who do you play for? If you would have asked me 15 years ago what my favorite movie was, I probably wouldn't have had a Disney movie anywhere in my top two or three. Now when I get asked, "What is your favorite movie," a Disney film comes right to mind. That movie is the 2004 classic, "Miracle," which is about the 1980
Oct. 14, 2010 Dream or goal? There’s a difference At one point and time in our lives we probably were asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" My answer was a baseball player. I used to love watching #34 of the Minnesota Twins, center fielder, Kirby Puckett, and "dream" about how I wanted to be just like him. Unfortunately I am not the
Oct. 14, 2010 ORI - A team effort for 932nd & 375th! Members of the 932nd Airlift Wing (Reserve) are getting ready to mobilize this weekend for their Operational Readiness Inspection. Just like the 375th did this past spring, they'll launch an all out effort to show the nation that they can respond quickly and safely when called upon to defend our
Oct. 6, 2010 Have you had your energy epiphany yet? Join the Scott Energy Conversation Have you had your energy epiphany yet? Your energy epiphany occurs when you realize that 1) as the single largest institutional consumer of oil in the world, the U.S. military (and our national security) is dependent on abundant supplies of low cost energy to execute our strategy of global reach and
Oct. 6, 2010 Doing Recon on the AFSO21 Battlefield Ask an Airman if they're doing a good job, they'll likely say, "Yes." Ask them to prove it, and most won't know how to answer. It's not that they aren't doing a good job; they just don't know how to answer. You'd like to hear, "Our section processes requests within one day of a call and fixes the
Sept. 29, 2010 The personal responsibility of crossing the street I like to consider myself a fairly safe driver. Sure, like the rest of the driving population I'm not perfect, but overall I'm a good and courteous driver. I follow speed limits to the best of my ability, I use my turn signal when I turn or switch lanes, and I'm happy to share the road with
Sept. 29, 2010 Push yourself to the max! At 6 a.m. Sept. 23, Lt. Col. Patrick Castle lined up on the James Gym track for his 1 1/2 mile run portion of the Air Force's annual fitness test, having just completed a marathon 11 days previously. Normally this is the time period for athletes to recover and slowly rebuild their muscles, not push