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  • Measure of leader is result of mentoring

    How do you prepare your subordinates to be the next generation of leaders? You’ll have great success if you promote and prepare your troops for professional military education, coupled with mentoring and training them and providing them the lessons learned from your experiences. One of the first

  • Why do our enemies fear us?

    Date: March, 2004. Location: an Army post somewhere far away from the safety of America, supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Air Force Special Operations Command MC-130H Talon II aircraft have been flying tough logistics re-supply missions for months. The base is in hostile territory and has been

  • Common thread: Air Force family unites through tragedy

    April 5 was both one of the saddest and proudest days of my life. As a new member of Air Force Special Operations Command, one of my first duties was to travel to Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, to help support the 352nd Special Operations Group after one of its MC-130H Combat Talon IIs crashed