James Clapper's wonderful and humorous anecdote on Washington D.C. I'm in the middle of reading former Director of National Intelligence...

Recently, a great friend of mine, Master Sergeant Jake "TJ" Miller, asked for some help editing a short autobiographical work focused on...

The circumstances forced by a constantly evolving viral pandemic force us to a Mission Command environment. What is Mission Command, and...

While many in the military have (finally) learned about the OODA Loop and the man that created it, it's still an understudied approach...

Reading for fun is important! Here are some of my favorites. Most of my writing on books in this forum revolves around non-fiction...

Which path will you follow?Shortly after I entered the U.S. Air Force in 2005, I began searching for inspiration to keep moving forward...

Sometimes you need to look at the dark things in life and figure out how to giggle at them.

COVID-19 has created a new abnormal, but not everything is bad! The U.S. military has a long tradition of formal ceremonies marking...

Informal feedback is vital, but it must be employed consistently to be fair.

The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force represents all enlisted Airmen, but what does that mean? What is our core identity?

"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long...

The U.S. military services have rapidly changed working uniforms over the last several years, forming a litmus test for adaptability.

The U.S. military is a long-standing institution with a unique set of beliefs, social values, and standards. It's shocking how quickly...

Having served in the U.S. Air Force while Secretary Robert M. Gates was overseeing the Department of Defense (DoD), I have been eager to...

"Carrying an assault rifle and wearing tactical armor no more makes you a 'soldier' than carrying a wand and wearing a robe makes you a...

Expanding on his amazing 2014 University of Texas commencement speech and the resulting book, Make Your Bed, McRaven chronologically...

Malcolm Gladwell explores the David and Goliath trope, revealing that maybe we've been learning the wrong lesson

As part of the grassroots Air Force Quarantine University page, I recorded a 3-part video series on effective communication.