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Never Leave An Airman Behind
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Author :Craig M. Perry Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781530633494 Total Pages :472 pages Book Rating :4.6/5 (334 download)
Book Synopsis Never Leave an Airman Behind by : Craig M. Perry
Download or read book Never Leave an Airman Behind written by Craig M. Perry and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I AM AN AMERICAN AIRMAN. I AM A WARRIOR. I HAVE ANSWERED MY NATION'S CALL." Thus begins the "Airman's Creed," recited by raw recruits and seasoned veterans throughout the United States Air Force. This mantra ends with an inspirational affirmation: "I AM AN AMERICAN AIRMAN: WINGMAN, LEADER, WARRIOR. I WILL NEVER LEAVE AN AIRMAN BEHIND, I WILL NEVER FALTER, AND I WILL NOT FAIL." And yet, Air Force leaders have left far too many of these airmen behind in recent years. The USAF has been at war with our nation's adversaries for decades, and its pace of operations shows no sign of letting up. Despite declining end strength and aging equipment, American airmen consistently manage to accomplish the mission - but doing more with less has come at a cost. Along the way, many airmen have lost faith in their senior leaders, who all too often seem to sacrifice integrity for expediency, substitute self-interest for service, and aim far lower than excellence. Our nation's Air Force is now confronted by a crisis in confidence, which jeopardizes its effectiveness as an instrument of American power. A turning point in this precipitous decline came in 2012, after several instructors at Air Force Basic Military Training were implicated in crimes of a sexual nature. The witch-hunt that followed needlessly ruined the careers of countless airmen over increasingly frivolous allegations, all in the name of implementing transformation initiatives that have only made a bad situation worse. Such abuse of authority has since metastasized across the Air Force, with increasingly troubling implications. This is the story of some of those airmen the Air Force left behind: squadron commanders wrongfully relieved of command, instructors persecuted for victimless crimes, defendants railroaded over dubious allegations of sexual misconduct. The Air Force is facing a catastrophe of its own making, a predictable outcome of toxic leadership and a lack of accountability. As this book will attempt to demonstrate, there are no signs the Air Force intends to reform itself, or even acknowledge it has a problem. It's time to call this sorry situation to the attention of Congress and the American people.
Book Synopsis Trust Quotient: A force multiplier you cannot ignore by : Virender Kapoor
Download or read book Trust Quotient: A force multiplier you cannot ignore written by Virender Kapoor and published by Clever Fox Publishing. This book was released on with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have trust nothing else matters if you do not have trust nothing else matters! People trusted each other more a hundred years back than they do today. There are more litigations, breakdown of families, relationships today than five decades ago. True for every organization, a corporation, factory, sports team, hospital, college, army unit, aircraft carrier - trust is like one size fits all. The way to achieve may differ, syntax could be different but semantics remain the same. You must trust and believe in people and people must trust you or life becomes impossible. This book shows you how.
Book Synopsis Air Bridge by : United States. Air Force Reserve. Air Refueling Wing, 927th
Download or read book Air Bridge written by United States. Air Force Reserve. Air Refueling Wing, 927th and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Unforgotten in the Gulf of Tonkin by : Eileen A. Bjorkman
Download or read book Unforgotten in the Gulf of Tonkin written by Eileen A. Bjorkman and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On November 18, 1965, U.S. Navy pilot Willie Sharp ejected from his F-8 fighter after being hit while positioned over a target in North Vietnam. With a cloud layer beneath him, he did not know if he was over land—where he would most certainly be captured or killed by the North Vietnamese—or over the Gulf of Tonkin. As he ejected, both navy and air force aircraft were already heading toward him to help. What followed was a dramatic rescue made by pilots and other airmen with little or no training or experience in combat search-and-rescue. Told by former military flight test engineer Eileen A. Bjorkman, this story includes nail-biting descriptions of air combat, flight, and rescue. Bjorkman places Sharp’s story in the larger context of the U.S. military’s bedrock credo—No Man Left Behind—and calls attention to the more than eighty thousand Americans still missing from conflicts since World War I. She also explores the devastating aftershocks of the Vietnam War as Sharp struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder. Woven into this gripping tale is the fascinating history of combat search-and-rescue missions that officially began in World War II. Combining the cockiness and camaraderie of Top Gun with the heroics of Sully, Unforgotten in the Gulf of Tonkin is a riveting tale of combat rescue and an unforgettable story about the U.S. military’s commitment to leave no man behind.
Book Synopsis Contemporary Military Culture and Strategic Studies by : Alastair Finlan
Download or read book Contemporary Military Culture and Strategic Studies written by Alastair Finlan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-02 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores and compares the contemporary military cultures of the United States and the United Kingdom. The last decade has witnessed astonishing global events, from 9/11 and military operations in Afghanistan in the same year, to the military intervention in Libya in 2011. Western military forces have been involved in all of these campaigns and have been engaged in continuous military operations for over ten years. It is therefore now apt to focus a spotlight on the military cultures of these state-based armed forces. This book examines how contemporary American and British military culture is formed, focusing explicitly on the six major military institutions. The author dedicates a chapter to each of these institutions with each one sharing a unifying analytical framework. These chapters explore the formation and sustenance of US/UK military culture under the rubric of common themes that include social origins, transformative events, leaders, approaches to war, technology and contemporary identity. To conclude, the book considers the impact of the War on Terror on the military cultures of the US and UK, as well as likely directions for the future. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies, strategic studies, security studies and comparative politics.
Book Synopsis Airman by : United States. Air Force
Download or read book Airman written by United States. Air Force and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Airman's Guide written by Boone Nicolls and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2011-12-13 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Top-selling reference guide, revised and updated throughout. Covers the history and customs of the Air Force, standards of conduct, rights and restrictions for servicemembers, training and education, the promotion system, medical care, veterans benefits, and more.
Book Synopsis Career Progression Guide For Airmen: The Basics by : MARK C. OVERTON
Download or read book Career Progression Guide For Airmen: The Basics written by MARK C. OVERTON and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-05-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’re considering joining or joined the United States Air Force (USAF). You desire to put your best foot forward at your new job and achieve a rewarding career. To rally toward your goal, “march in step’ ---work as a team---with proven strategies of success to “close ranks”---get and stay ahead in your career---for building your leadership skills and earning your next stripe. This scaled down, second book in the Career Progression Guide for Airmen series ‘cuts to the chase’ and walks you through career progression steps –from A to Z – allowing you to still hone in on the hard-core information for leadership and promotion increase opportunities. As you near the milestone of making the next rank, it then becomes a stepping stone for you to further mission accomplishment and see, sense, and smell a ‘rewarding career’ fi nish line. You’re also supplied with coaching and mentoring you must have for growth and value as a professional Airmen. The Basics features inspirational lead-off chapter quotes, step-by-step arrangement of the performance report’s accomplishment bullet statement’ sequence, which is important for documenting your job performance, and a 6-point key summary to reinforce your learning and help you to keep your job and career goals in sight. From goal setting, successfully performing to meet expectations, to serving others and self, “The Basics” cuts to the quick and provides you the means to get the job done well and touch and taste the promotion you earn! Chief Master Sergeant Mark C. Overton, USAF (Retired), is a graduate of the USAF Chiefs’ Leadership Course and earned a masters degree in computer resources and information management. During his twenty six years in the Air Force, Chief Overton’s background includes various duties in 25 communications-computer systems assignments and deployments at the unit, wing and numbered air force levels. Offering a rare perspective of serving as a chief master sergeant, retiree, key spouse mentor, and federal civilian employee, he has penned commentaries on leadership
Book Synopsis Tough and Competent by : Eugene F. Kranz
Download or read book Tough and Competent written by Eugene F. Kranz and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “It was as tough a test as could be conceived and put to flight control . . . if there was any weakness, the team would have crumbled. The teams dealt with IT!! There is no way that you could have a team stand up the way we did. We knew we had IT. It was all built in as we had been working on IT! for years.”— Arnold Aldrich (Apollo 13) Tough and Competent documents the leadership and teamwork principles which emerged from an organization of novice, part-time engineers in NASA Mercury Control. By July 1969, when faced with the stress of the Apollo 11 mission to land Americans on the moon, they had matured into a group of hardened individuals empowered to make the split-second decisions to land with only seventeen seconds of fuel remaining. What had changed? Team chemistry, IT!, is the unifying soul of operations that emerged from the leadership, working, and social environment to achieve organizational excellence. Mission Control could address quickly the risks and complexity of spaceflight operations. The intangible element, IT!, elevates performance to where the impossible becomes commonplace. IT! was born in a bare-bones warehouse floor work environment, where learning by doing developed the materials for flight. Controllers spanned diverse backgrounds: Philco tech reps, farm boys, Native Americans, and junior college grads who became self-made engineers. A free exchange of knowledge developed expertise among colleagues. Everyone brought unique viewpoints and skills which coalesced into IT! In relaying his long tenure at NASA, Kranz narrates the development of IT! and how it began with a watershed moment. When he addressed a stunned team after the tragic loss of Apollo 1, Kranz delivered his “Kranz Dictum” that "Tough" and "Competent" were the new tenants of Mission Control. “Tough means we are forever accountable for what we do or what we fail to do. We will never again compromise our responsibilities. . . . Competent means we will never take anything for granted.” Moving innovation forward was never simple. From Gemini to Apollo launches, the Skylab program, and the stunning loss of the Challenger crew, Kranz was the face of NASA leadership. His views on lessons learned through decades of Mission Control are valuable for any innovation-based organization.
Book Synopsis Career Progression Guide for Airmen by : MARK C. OVERTON
Download or read book Career Progression Guide for Airmen written by MARK C. OVERTON and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’re considering joining or joined the Air Force team. You desire to put your best foot forward at your new job. Maybe you already have your foot in the door and feel job contentment eludes you. “March in step”---work as a team---with proven strategies of success to “close ranks”---get ahead in your career. Where other books are theoretical and geared toward soldiers or officers, Career Progression Guide for Airmen extends practical and insightful advice to develop your knowledge and leadership skills to see, sense, and smell a rewarding career. You´re also supplied with coaching you must have for growth as a professional Airman. Career Progression Guide for Airmen features step-by-step arrangement of the performance report’s bullet statements’ sequence and 6-point chapter key summary to keep your job and career goals in sight. From goal setting, performing to meet expectations, and serving, to transitioning, Overton covers your career progress and provides you tools to get the job done well and touch and taste promotion!
Book Synopsis A Magnificent Showcase by : Timothy R. Keck
Download or read book A Magnificent Showcase written by Timothy R. Keck and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2014 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated, large-format book presents the U.S. Air Force Art Program's depiction of the Air Force across the service's history, starting with the birth of U.S. military aviation under the auspices of the Army. It interweaves the story of the Art Program, including features on artists and their thoughts on significant works, with the history of the birth and growth of the Air Force itself. The volume includes a foreword by Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, the current Air Force Chief of Staff, who calls the book a "celebration" that records "how the connection between Airmen and artists began, how this relationship evolved, and how artists have documented Air Force operations over the decades." This publication would make a great coffee table book. The author, Dr. Timothy R. Keck, spent his career in the Air Force History program and championed the Air Force Art Program while serving as command historian of Pacific Air Forces. He retired as the Air Force senior historian in 2012. This historic art reference work may appeaal to current airmen, veterans, and members of the general public with an interest in the history of air power, particularly as it is portrayed in Air Force. Additionally, art students and libraries with art history and military collections may also be interested in this work. A suitable companion work published by the United States Army includes the following: In the Line of Duty: Army Art, 1965-2014 can be found at this link:https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00579-4 Other products published by the United States Air Force can be found at this link: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/888
Book Synopsis Military Flight Aptitude Tests, Fifth Edition: 6 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review by : Terry L. Duran
Download or read book Military Flight Aptitude Tests, Fifth Edition: 6 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review written by Terry L. Duran and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides test-taking strategies, tips and techniques ; includes detailed review sections ; provides overview of each exam and answers questions about requirements for becoming an officer and military aviator with descriptions for most common American military aircraft. Also includes practice tests for the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT), Army Selection Instrument for Flight Training (SIFT), and Navy/Marine Corps/Coast Guard Aviation Selection Test Batteries-Enhanced (ASTB-E).
Book Synopsis Join the Air Force by : P. P. Mitchell
Download or read book Join the Air Force written by P. P. Mitchell and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Most readers will at least have a cursory awareness of the air force, the awesome, flying arm of the U.S. military fleet. This book is the next step for readers to learn and understand how to become part of this fighting force. Readers will enter the exciting world of the air force through accessible language and focused information that appeals to even reluctant readers. Full-color photographs, and a bonus diagram of the uniforms, bring the content to life, while fact boxes throughout provide a historical frame of reference."
Download or read book Gateway Wing written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Barron's Military Flight Aptitude Tests by : Terry L. Duran
Download or read book Barron's Military Flight Aptitude Tests written by Terry L. Duran and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-07-01 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only the best prepared are chosen to start the highly competitive multimillion-dollar training programs that transform aspiring candidates into U.S. military aviators. This fully updated edition of Barron's Military Flight Aptitude Tests provides would-be aviators in all five U.S. armed services with the competitive edge they will need to score their best and maximize their chances of being selected! This book is an effective, full-spectrum resource for officer candidates, ROTC cadets from all services, and current military members. Six full-length practice tests (two per service) with answers and explanations for every question get readers ready for the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT), the Selection Instrument for Flight Training (SIFT), and the Navy/Marine Corps/Coast Guard Aviation Selection Test Battery (ASTB-E). Test overviews and detailed review sections give potential pilots the boost they need to rise to the top of the selection list, and most of the review subjects apply to all three tests. Successful aviation applicants strongly recommend working through every valuable review section, and the other services' tests are great for extra practice to reinforce your learning. Written by a veteran, joint qualified military officer and instructor, this book's review sections cover language skills, reading comprehension, math knowledge, arithmetic reasoning, mechanical comprehension, aviation and nautical technical information, science, and specific mental skills such as block counting, finding hidden figures, and spatial apperception. The author also coaches readers on effective study techniques, provides expanded information resources, and gives pilot candidates a thorough preview of how each test is structured and conducted.
Book Synopsis The U.S. Air Force by : Tanner Billings
Download or read book The U.S. Air Force written by Tanner Billings and published by 'The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc'. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Security Act of 1947 created the Department of the Air Force, but the U.S. Air Force's history began well before that. The U.S. Air Force began as the U.S. Army Signal Corps in 1907. Since then, the branch has progressed greatly, constantly using the latest technology. Through accessible text and eye-catching photographs, readers learn about the U.S. Air Force, past and present. They'll take a look at the many amazing aircraft the branch has used throughout history.
Download or read book Saving Bravo written by Stephan Talty and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 2018 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of the most important rescue mission not just of the Vietnam War, but the entire Cold War: one American aviator, who knew our most important secrets, crashed behind enemy lines and risked capture by both the North Vietnamese and the Soviets. One Navy SEAL and his Vietnamese partner had to sneak past them all to save him. At the height of the Vietnam War, few American airmen are more valuable than Lt. Colonel Gene Hambleton. His memory is filled with highly classified information that the Soviets and North Vietnamese badly want. When Hambleton is shot down in the midst of North Vietnam's Easter Offensive, US forces place the entire war on hold to save a single man hiding amongst 30,000 enemy troops and tanks. Airborne rescue missions fail, killing eleven Americans. Finally, Navy SEAL Thomas Norris andhis Vietnamese guide, Nguyen Van Kiet, volunteer to go after him on foot. Gliding past hundreds of enemy soldiers, it takes them days to reach Hambleton, who, guided toward his rescuers via improvised radio code, is barely alive, deeply malnourished, and hallucinating after eleven days on the run. In this deeply-researched, untold story, award-winning author Stephan Talty describes the extraordinary mission that led Hambleton to safety. Drawing from dozens of interviews and access to unpublished papers,Saving Bravo is the riveting story of one of the greatest rescue missions in the history of the Special Forces.
