Like all staff sections, military Public Affairs Offices exist to help their organization get resources, approvals and support. For simplicity’s sake, let’s call these RAO. RAO are granted by our
Like all staff sections, military Public Affairs Offices exist to help their organization get resources, approvals and support. For simplicity’s sake, let’s call these RAO. RAO are granted by our
Your relationship with your commander could be the most important relationship you have. Support from your commander gives you the resources, authority and support you need to help your organization
By Ace Castle In this third installment of how a Coast Guard pilot quickly integrated into the public affairs world, let’s cover confidence. Everyone knows pilots are awesome; fun; and really, really, really ridiculously
First, refresh on our first and second installment: Move with a purpose. Aggressively have your shit in order. Don’t bitch about coffee, just buy it and make it. Never look
We wrote about the lame PAO mantra. But there’s more. The true art to PAOing is knowing when to, and not to, engage or provide comment. I’m an aggressive dude.
There’s been plenty said about starting with why, some say Simon Sinek changed their lives. Let’s not go that far. In any useful organization that considers information important, you’ll want
As public affairs people, we have to do some study beyond DINFOS if you want to truly contribute to the mission. If you don’t you’ll be irrelevant and tweet a
We are the communicators for our commands. We inform policy makers. We have our hands and words in a lot of strategic stuff. But sometimes we stumble when we are
We’ve all heard it and many believe it: “They’re going to write it anyway, with or without our input, so we need to engage.” This isn’t true. It isn’t true
Public Affairs people need not shy away from influence operations when engaging foreign audiences. You may be the best person for the job. Why? PAOs have reps. We’re banged up