I love listening to staff officers–especially PAOs–give the “if only” talk. There are lots of folks out there who could end the war and conquer the world … if only


I love listening to staff officers–especially PAOs–give the “if only” talk. There are lots of folks out there who could end the war and conquer the world … if only

I’m flying to DC tonight. I have a bunch of meetings to attend with my commander and some on my own. These are important meetings that take me away from

“Fuck, I should’ve said that.” After I talk to the media, or anyone, when the stakes are high there is always something better I should have or could have said.

“I’m just trying to understand …” With these five words, reporters will crush through the Q&As you spent hours meticulously crafting in order to make the perfect series of non-answers.

We have a small garden in our backyard where we grow tomatoes and stuff. We’re moving so I wasn’t planning on planting anything. My garden was going to be left

We’re buying a house. The good news is that most houses are listed online. Multiple photos of the house and great descriptions can be found on the realty website and

The waiting place is just a terrible place to be. How often are we passively waiting? Wasting time. When will Smitty, our 46Q, get to the training event? We’re waiting

For my organization, each day begins with our primary staff stand-up in the Joint Operations Center (JOC). We discuss intelligence developments, legal actions, resources, maneuver units’ completed actions and scheduled

This guest post comes from our good friend T Mayne, an ops-focused PAO for sure. Target audience analysis is a thing. In fact, it is a very important thing. No

There is nothing I hate more than emailing someone and not getting a response. It especially irritates me when that someone is a fellow PAO, a fellow communicator. Sometimes I