- True information was leaked and damages your mission.
- Untrue information was leaked and damages your credibility, and your mission.
- You lose hours of the workweek on a simple supply purchase because a couple bureaucrats were more focused on the process than the requirements.
- That live interview feed completely fails five minutes into your press conference. Meanwhile, you can FaceTime your family in HD back in your room.
- Your best photographer didn’t bring a functioning camera when they traveled to shoot a three-day training event.
- You join fellow staff leaders for a game of soccer, then sprain your ankle and spend months off your feet, recovering.
- Nice work on that media embed, PAO. Now, go make a poster about the SHARP program.
- A co-worker lied about something when the truth could’ve easily led to a resolution.
- That PAG you wrote is inaccurate, because someone didn’t share information and you didn’t ask the right questions.
- That PAG you wrote is accurate, but your higher headquarters isn’t going to use it.
- Everyone got sick and had to go home.
- Priorities changed.
- Budgets were cut.
- A war happened.
- It rained.
- “You can’t.”
- “We won’t.”
- “We don’t want your help.”
- “That’s not in my job description.”
With all these things and more, the only mistake was thinking it would be easy in the first place.
Nothing is ever easy, especially if it’s worth doing. Just, don’t be the one to make things any harder.
(Photo by Airman 1st Class Hannah Malone, DVIDS)
