Lackland Air Force Base

focused base commander, a squadron commander ready to retire and a director of operations who was given control and wanted it his way. As headquarters demanded answers to the problems we were having, no one listened to the…

A1C Jolley, we’ve had many feedback sessions on your career in the Air Force. After discussing your goals and aspirations, I’ve developed a deliberate development plan. This plan is going to help your professional and personal growth over time. You’ve been in the Air Force for one year and had A1C on for two months. You excelled at completing your upgrade training tasks and CDC’s two months ahead of schedule. Now that you received your 5 level and moved into the Journeyman phase of your…

Growing up in Texas near two Air Force Bases and two Army/National Guard Camps lead my life to be influenced by members of the armed services. One of my earliest memories was being taken to an airshow that was taking place in my home town where their modern military planes and WW2 planes were demonstrating their capabilities. It was that day that started my road down aviation. Later on, I joined the Boy Scouts of America. Through the Boy Scouts and the Civil Air Patrol, I learned what being a…

researched is a government job for the United States Air Force. This job involves you being in a group called a unit and there are many units at the base. The unit I will be talking about is called COMM. COMM stands for one word and that is communications. I have choose this topic for my research paper because my family has been through this branch of the military for now two generations now and I have always wanted to go through and be in the Air Force and would make my grandfather very proud…

Developing leaders to meet the challenges of the 21st century is clearly the most important imperative for the U.S. Army. History is flush with examples of leadership defeating superior technology or causing the defeat to technologically inferior forces: Battle of Little Big Horn,[footnoteRef:1] Gallipoli,[footnoteRef:2] Tafileh,[footnoteRef:3] Dien Bien Phu,[footnoteRef:4] and so on. Effective leadership is a like a tide that lifts all boats. Improvements in leadership directly translate to…

navies and air forces, but the great impact that Canadian soldiers had on the war should not be lost. Many people have dismissed Canada as a peaceful, non-militaristic country, but saying that Canada played an insignificant part in the Second World War is simply inaccurate: manpower does not equal effectiveness. The actions taken and victories gained by the Canadian Forces in the Second World War have had large and visible impacts on the final…

unique branch portrays and what type of recruit is drawn to these branches. For example, “The mission of the United States Air Force is to fly, fight, and win…in the air, space, and cyberspace. To achieve that mission the Air Force has a vision of Global Vigilance, Reach and Power (U.S. Air Force: Enlisted Overview).” As discussed in the introduction, the U.S. Air Force implements core values into their soldiers/airmen’s lifestyles. These values create a culture within their branch; this…

became the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for three years where he was then promoted to principal deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. For his final promotion and greatest achievement, Daniel James Jr was promoted to Four Star general of the Air Force. He was the first African American to achieve this…

The Tuskegee Airmen’s countless successes and achievements throughout the second world war in places such as Europe and parts of Italy contradicted the way they were treated socially in the United States, which ultimately inspired future African American military to carry on their tradition. When they were first deployed, the Tuskegee Airmen did not wait long to get started on a path to success. The first group to fly overseas was the 99th fighter squadron (part of the 332nd Fighter Group),…

went to the recruiting. We both wanted to fly. We went to the recruiting station to enlist. We were afraid the war might end, before we could get a piece of the action.” The Army couldn 't enlist anyone under 18. “It was the Army Air Force in those days, there was no US Air…