Congrats! You’re getting promoted, moving up the chain, maybe taking on a Public Affairs assignment at the Division or Corps staff (or higher). Sure, you’re further away from the action
Congrats! You’re getting promoted, moving up the chain, maybe taking on a Public Affairs assignment at the Division or Corps staff (or higher). Sure, you’re further away from the action
The other day a guy I work with had something to tell me. I had to piss and of course I waited till the last minute when it was a
I’m deployed. I have limited time to fix what our country is doing in Afghanistan. Luckily I can work as much as I want. I am only limited by time,
The Board of Woe. It’s a powerful thing for you and your team, when you use it correctly. These are the tasks that you must complete, no matter what. When
‘”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
Everyone loves to scoop the Public Affairs Officer and find things in the media before we’ve seen or shared it ourselves … just like we all take pride in fixing
Microsoft Outlook works for you, not the other way around. Never let yourself become a slave to your inbox. “Just digging through e-mail” is yet another thing staff officers say
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 often get emails that end with, “I hope this helps.” I hope you hope it helps or else why did you write the email? It would have been more
It takes less than one minute to draft one sentence in your own words. Then, as time permits, it might take two minutes to re-read that sentence and make it