United States Air Force

Picking up the Pieces: Grievances in the Hiring Process Overview The Boone Air Force Based is a sizable educating training facility, and a child development center providing state-subsidized childcare for military families. (Reinke)The base supports a total of forty-two thousand militaries and civilian service personnel (as cited in Watson, 2002). Marilyn James[ chief of staffing], Claudia Tyson[director of child development], Sheri Delgado and Dawn Jackson [non -appropriated funded employees],…

country, Daniel James Jr was awarded the “Outstanding American of the Year Award,” by the Florida State Jaycees. Through his hard work, James 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…

Gwen A. Bennington, Esq. (a.k.a. Dr. G.) was the founder and President of the The Real Angels Network (TRAN) and she coined the phrase that real angels fly under the radar. In other words, it is better to be a good person helping others from the place of unconditional love, as opposed to seeking notoriety (Matthew 6:1-8). Dr. G was a sociologist and practiced law specializing in civil liberties and family law. The Real Angels Network was a small, but not an insignificant organization. Dr.…

Staff Sergeant Michael T. Dugan is a Lead Firefighter for the 171st Fire Emergency Services, 171st Air Refueling Wing, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. Enlisting with the Pennsylvania Air National Guard in Coraopolis, PA, Sergeant Dugan began his military career in September of 2007. Upon graduating from the fire academy at Goodfellow AFB, he returned to the 171st Air Refueling Wing. As a member of the 171 FES, he has held the positions of Alarm Room Operator, Driver Operator, Crew Chief and Fire…

He verbalizes how he managed to go from his childhood home in Hamden to the Air Force. He explained that he joined because of his prior knowledge of motors and his curiosity of flying. Mr. VanSteenbergen is an inspiration to me to succeed in doing what I desire in life. He also…

The shortfall of Operation Anaconda was due to Organizational Management nevertheless CENTCOM Commander was designated the Commander and coalition/joint force commander for Operation Enduring Freedom and the headquarters was located at MacDill AFB, FL. (Fleri, 2003) The Organizational concept of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan was very unclear and caused major confusion. (Fleri, 2003) The Operation Anaconda planning phase constructed poorly from the start and almost failed due to…

Take up your arms men and follow me. Our freedom is at stake, we have declared our independence and now must fight for our very lives. Treason against the crown is a hanging offense. Either we die on the gallows or die for our rights. And so our journey begins, the year is 1776. America’s forefathers have come together to discuss and act upon the injustice England has imposed upon the colonies. Blood has already been shed at Lexington, Bunker Hill, Fort Ticonderoga and Boston. George Washington…

her to toast to Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Army. She got the Confederates to trust her and she became and internal spy for the Union. However, the Confederates caught onto her and she was supposed to be hanged, but an attack from the Union forces saved her. After these incidents, she was forced to stop working due to her reputation. She was buried with military honors as well after her death in 1893 (Women Spies of the Civil…

During his time in the POW camps, Zamperini was pronounced dead by the United States Military. In California, Louis found a girl named Cynthia Applewhite. Zamperini and Applewhite soon got married. Scarred by his time in the camps, Zamperini suffered from alcoholism, severe hallucinations and dreams, and he and his wife came close…

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…