December 2024: Reflecting on Professional Transition

In this post: We reflect on the transition from routine maintenance work to acquisitions project work. Life has changed a lot for me over the years of my professional life thus far. I was an aircraft maintenance guy over a decade ago. I showed up to work on a given day, received my to-do list,Continue reading “December 2024: Reflecting on Professional Transition”

May 2023: Economy

(Instruments of Power: 4 of 4) Welcome to Post 24 of 72 Airman’s Writings. This marks the end of my second year of monthly blog posts on various topics. This marks the completion of a full third of my intended work on this blog project. This also marks the end of my series on theContinue reading “May 2023: Economy”

April 2023: Military

(Instruments of Power: 3 of 4) Post 23 of 72! We’re already nearing completion of the first third of this project… Today’s post is on the third national instrument of power, the M of DIME: Military. This post is intended to explore the following: What is the purpose of the military as a national instrumentContinue reading “April 2023: Military”

March 2023: Information

(Instruments of Power: 2 of 4) Welcome to my 22nd of 72 Posts. Today’s post is the second of a four-post series on the Instruments of Power and is focused on the topic of Information. My intention with this post is to cover the following: What is Information in the context of National Power? HowContinue reading “March 2023: Information”

February 2023: Diplomacy

(Instruments of Power: 1 of 4) Welcome to the 21st of 72 monthly posts. Today’s post is the first of a four-post series on the Instruments of Power and is focused on the topic of Diplomacy. As covered in the series’ introductory post, my intentions with this post are to cover the following: What isContinue reading “February 2023: Diplomacy”