United States Air Force Academy

First Class I carry with me a military perspective which can be manifested in many ways. Already being in the Air Force, I have learned leadership skills and have been adjusted to the culture and know what it takes to be an enlisted airman who is also a maintainer on the AWACS. M.Sgt. Osborne, my military training instructor had implanted leadership in every one of us back in Lackland Air Force base San Antonio TX. I demonstrated my leadership during PT, where I would motivate my flight to push…

encountered MSgt Sherrod at work and he impacted me in a way that would shape my whole future and military career. I didn’t know it at the time, but he was a blessing in my life, especially when I didn’t want to believe it. I arrived at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri in the fall of 2014. I was a brand new Airman and proud of it. I was ready to accomplish any task set in front of me. I was assigned to Echo flight and heard rumors of my new Flight Chief. I knew he was…

Missile technology was embraced by fighter pilots and the USAF because it aligned well within the culture of air-to-air combat. While it was revolutionary technology, the pilots saw it as an offensive weapon that enabled pilots to gain a tactical advantage over the adversary. Although the missile greatly altered tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), logistics, and even support organizations, it did not seek to alter the fighter pilot culture and was therefore readily embraced by the…

Dan Dailey, “one of his priorities for 2016 has been to push for expanding tuition assistance to pay for credentialing…”4 Furthermore, the family council has recommended expanding MTAP to incorporate spouses. The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody has said the “DoD…

submitted its report to President Coolidge regarding the possibility and predicted outcome of bolstering the Air Service. Unfortunately, their findings did not meet Mitchell’s expectations, as the report rejected the ideas of a department of defense and a separate air force. The only victory for Mitchell and his supporters was that the Air Service would be renamed as the United States Army Air Corps, thereby strengthening the conception of military aviation as an offensive, striking arm rather…

Air force one documentary First of all, I picked a documentary call “Air force one”. Air force one is named of a planes, and this aircraft is only served one person that is the president of the United States. Other than commercial airline, Air force one have to get ready all the time to take the president anywhere around the world that he wants to go. Sometimes Air force one have to facing many problems, such as bad weather and dangers air space. The main points of the documentary were showed…

This essay combines critical reflection with dramaturgical analysis to uncover some of the ethical questions that arose when working in applied ethnographic theatre with veterans of the US Armed Forces. In the aftermath of 9/11, theatre in the United States has grappled with the ongoing armed conflicts through a number of recent projects and initiatives performed throughout the country, including Basetrack Live (2014), Holding it Down: The Veterans’ Dreams Project (2013), and The Telling Project…

American Sniper: or American Propaganda? The film American Sniper has been criticized by numerous reviewers and celebrities as depicting Chris Kyle as "a killing machine with a heart of gold." and "racist who took pleasure in dehumanizing and killing brown people." (Rolling Stone, Matt Taibbi) but Clint Eastwood’s response was "The biggest anti-war statement any film" can make is to show "the fact of what [war] does to the family and the people who have to go back into civilian life like Chris…

1. This memo is intended to convey the process in which the United States Air Force receives and distributes money each fiscal year. This assignment is submitted as an alternate proposal to the Cost of Capital Budgeting Analysis assignment, as the US Department of Defense does not use capital budgeting processes or the weighted average cost of capital numeric to qualify how to spend and invest their money, nor does it calculate official ROIs. In this paper, I will discuss the chronological…

Punctuality. What exactly is punctuality? Why is punctuality important and why is it something absolutely necessary in the united stated marine corps. What makes punctuality such a driving force to keeping everything in our life organized and non chaotic. Punctuality is the act of being on time. So what does that mean to you? Being on time means much more than just showing up when you're supposed to. To some being on time means simply you're not the last person to make it to your destination.…