Every section in your organization wants their own unique logo designed by the PAO. Many of these sections have specific ideas of what they’d like to see in their own
Every section in your organization wants their own unique logo designed by the PAO. Many of these sections have specific ideas of what they’d like to see in their own
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
Because you’re a MaxDis reader, you already have established a purpose for your organization. It probably has something to do with communicating in order to ensure your organization has the
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,
“We offer our thoughts and prayers.” “Our thoughts and prayers are with her and her family.” “They have our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.” “Our thoughts and prayers
‘”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
Teams and units become elite, and develop absolute trust, when they execute the basics to perfection. Combat soldiers must be able to hit a target with their weapon and communicate
Conductors are silent. They stand in front of the orchestra and give direction, but they don’t actually make any music. The drummer is also directing their band: giving cues and
Who is the organization’s PAO? a. A PAQC graduate. b. The person given the assignment by Branch. c. The dude sitting in the PAO office. d. He or she who
Bureaucrats sigh when we walk in the room. My complacent peer rolls his eyes when we talk. We raise the blood pressure of the over-zealous security guy. Even some of