I’m not usually one to advocate for more command information. PAOs spend too much time creating content to talk to ourselves, rather than plugging into the mission and talking about


I’m not usually one to advocate for more command information. PAOs spend too much time creating content to talk to ourselves, rather than plugging into the mission and talking about

We’ve made it. A journalist asked a question. The journalist has enough interest in our topic that he or she e-mailed us. Once you respond they are likely going to

When you have a bias for inaction, you can talk yourself out of doing anything. Do you hear, or participate, in these conversations? “We don’t need to write PAG for

“This document is so Public Affairsy! … No, no, I don’t mean any offense. It just doesn’t help me!” – A respected colleague’s exclamation, in the JOC, while researching information

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

Drinking a beer with my father-in-law, he mentioned one of his North Carolina-based human resources employees stopped in “to see” one of the company’s distribution centers in Texas while on vacation

Platoon leaders want to have the highest physical fitness scores in the company. Company leaders want to out-shoot their fellow companies on the range and battlefield. Battalion leaders want to

As kids, if we were going to be out of place, we needed a hall pass or permission slip — something to validate and explain our actions. “I am in

‘”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

This guest post comes from one of our dedicated readers, Chase Spears, with a different take on a topic we’ve covered before. We created MaxDisclosure because we felt a professional