I didn’t have make time to provide a statement before the reporter’s 8 p.m. deadline. I’m in the JOC helping my organization through a communication crisis. Would’ve been real nice
I didn’t have make time to provide a statement before the reporter’s 8 p.m. deadline. I’m in the JOC helping my organization through a communication crisis. Would’ve been real nice
It’s a fact of nature. People you rely on for support, resources, effort, information and cooperation will do sucky things. They will lie, quit, put themselves first, and hurt your
100 years ago, people were starting with why and connecting their message to America’s defense. From the 1918 photo posted above: “Spanish influenza has endangered the prosecution of the WAR
As kids, if we were going to be out of place, we needed a hall pass or permission slip — something to validate and explain our actions. “I am in
There’s a bungee cord sitting between your organization and your commander’s end state. Keep following it, and eventually you’ll get there. Along the way, things will pull the bungee cord
From time to time, I run into PAOs desperate to “add value” to their organization. Sometimes, their unit is changing and the PAO is trying to keep up and change
Remember we wrote about our friend, the JAG? Consider this a sequel, to impart a long-time friend and mentor’s leader advice. Our staff judge advocate has this scribed, in chicken
GoodmorningSir. I’manempoweredbadge-wearingmemberofyourorganization. I’mnowgoingtoreadyousomewordsfromapieceofpaper. ThisisabriefIwastoldtogivethismorning. ThisscriptwasreviewedseveraltimesbyvariousstaffleaderssoIamnotgoingtodeviatefromit. Blahblahblahblahblahblahblah. IonlywrotelikethirtyperentofthecontentI’mbriefingrightnow. Theyremovedsomeofthemostimportantinformationfrommyscriptbecauseweweren’tsureiftheG2hadseenthatinformationyet, oriftheyagreedwithmyassessment. Wedon’twantyoutoknowtwoprofessionalstaffelementscouldpotentiallyhavedifferentperspectivesonacomplicatedtopic. Blahblahblahblahblahblah. Thisscriptwasapproved24hoursagosomostoftheinformationisoutofdate. Blahblahblahblah. Areyoulistening? It’shardtotellbecauseIdon’twanttotakemyeyesofmyscript. Blahblah. MaybeI’llsneakonepeek. Itlookslikeyou’rejusttalkingtotheCommandSergeantMajoratthefronttablewhileI’mbriefing. Maybethat’sforthebest. NowIcanjustgetthroughthisfasterandhopefullyyouwon’thaveanyquestions. Mysupervisorsdidn’ttellmewhattodoifyouaskanyquestionsorwanttohaveadiscussion. Thatisn’tinmyscript. Thiscould’vebeenane-mail. Blahblahblah. Pendingyourquestions. (Photo by Pfc. Andrew Valenza,
You know we love Seth’s Blog around here. Earlier today, he wrote this. Apply this to our work, for our government, to protect America. When there’s no profit to maximize,
‘”Well, Sir, the Public Affairs Office is short-staffed right now so I don’t think we’ll be able to support that request.” Gross. Nobody wants to work with the Public Affairs