Let me know if this cycle sounds familiar: Spend money on food. Don’t use the food. The food expires. Throw the food away. Let’s try to think of our interactions
Let me know if this cycle sounds familiar: Spend money on food. Don’t use the food. The food expires. Throw the food away. Let’s try to think of our interactions
No matter your position or section within the military: if you are dealing in the realm of legal things in an official capacity, your Staff Judge Advocate will be part
I’m going to tell you a little secret about the Department of Defense. Sometimes, we actually go on offense. It might seem crazy, but our nation has something of a
I’ve been thinking about the way our community handles crisis communication. Is it just me, or do PAOs get real nervous, and drop into “no comment” mode, when bad things
My Public Affairs Detachment once brought three TVs on annual training at an armory across the state. “Just in case we need them.” We used one of them to, for
“You think that you’re too cool for school, but I have a newsflash for you Walter Cronkite … you aren’t.” – Derek Zoolander “We get it, dude. You’re the PAO.
You can’t ask a reporter to hold a story if you’re not willing to have a conversation about context. You can’t put your commander on camera if you’re not going
Commanders have mission statements. Staff professionals apply skills and tools to their commander’s mission statement. Several years ago, the nine-person Public Affairs team to which I was the deputy sat
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
I didn’t have make time to provide a statement before the reporter’s 8 p.m. deadline. I’m in the JOC helping my organization through a communication crisis. Would’ve been real nice