I was TDY in New York when I met with FBI NY’s PAO. She was great. She had a real hold on her responsibilities, her organization and
I was TDY in New York when I met with FBI NY’s PAO. She was great. She had a real hold on her responsibilities, her organization and
My first Public Affairs task after DINFOS was the annual Best Warrior Competition, in Missouri for USACAPOC(A). Two real-deal Public Affairs NCOs showed LT Dave C. how
Fun staff activity: after a few months of training and deployment, my brigade staff leaders and I shared enough inside jokes and recurring observations to fill a
Popular journalism exists in packs. Packs of packs. Packs of writers, packs of editors, packs of flaks and packs of sources. The flaks and sources introduce facts
The guy who led the NY Times Pentagon Papers team died this week. He was the real deal. It’s useful to consider the history, let me grossly
A skilled communicator on my team once banned all uses of the word “that” in speech and writing. He enforced the rule with vigor. Seem unreasonable? It changed
Over the past year I was fortunate enough to have a strong Non Commissioned Officer and friend who told me the truth- All the time and for
Military communicators, today at 1:30 p.m. (eastern), the SecDef and Chairman will brief the press in the Pentagon. Watch live and pay attention. It’s been exactly one
In 2016, Maximum Disclosure was going to be a book. We outlined the chapters and thought through lessons to share with the Public Affairs community. But we