Air Force
Space Force 2022 Reading List
Like my buddy Storm Williams likes to say, “getting a box of books is like a care package for the brain”.
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Personal Wellness Plan
Are you crushing your fitness test every year, and thinking that’s all your Personal Wellness Plan requires? Be warned, it’s not. Use this!
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Force Drawdown – Layoff Survival Guide
Thought about being laid off from the DoD? Well, if not, we all get out one day. This article highlights what you can do now to get ready for that eventuality, via force drawdown or otherwise.
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She’s Just Another Navy Pilot
When the USS Abraham Lincoln left San Diego in April 1995 for a six-month deployment in the Persian Gulf, it was the first Pacific Fleet ship to go to sea with female combat pilots
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Oath of Enlistment – It’s Your Oath!
You’ve taken the Oath of Enlistment to the Constitution, and perhaps administered it, too.
When’s the last time you read the U.S. Constitution or the Declaration of Independence, though? Your perspective on the meaning of those words changes over time. Revisit it now!
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Running With Cannibals
Philippine-American War, sometimes referred to as “the first Vietnam” (1899-1902). You might find that “desertion” really means conversion to a noble cause and “enlisting” is just another form of surrender…
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Reflections of a Servant Leader
Maj Gen Flowers reflects on his life by anchoring his story on the fact that he is the longest serving Airman in Air Force history and longest serving African American in the Department of Defense—46 years, rising to both Master Sergeant and Major General. He vividly describes his early life growing up in his grandparents’ home, working as young sharecropper, and spending countless hours in both church and school.
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Through the Glass: A Senior Enlisted Perspective #2
A military senior enlisted perspective on reading as it applies to military leadership and development. CMSgt Robert Rogers is featured in this interview.
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Through the Glass: A Senior Enlisted Perspective
A military senior enlisted perspective on reading as it applies to military leadership and development. CSM Lloyd Purswell (RET) is featured in this interview.
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Leading Lessons – It’s Your Leadership
The leadership experience from the U.S. Navy prompted my Leading Lessons from multiple leaders, who missed one critical step as they tried passing on good leadership principles: first, know yourself, then know others. Leading Lessions – It’s Your Leadership highlights covers it.
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Mars Adapting: Military Change During War
Mars Adapting examines what makes some military organizations better at this contest than others. The book explores the internal institutional factors that promote and enable military adaptation. It employs four cases, drawing upon one from each of the U.S. armed services. Each case was an extensive campaign, with several cycles of action/counteraction. In each case, the military institution entered the war with an existing mental model of the war they expected to fight.
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