In this and the following four posts, I will examine the national Instruments of Power. While there is a lot more to them, I’ll specifically cover the four represented in the DIME acronym: Diplomacy, Information, Military, and Economy. While my intended audience is ‘Aspiring Leaders’ in general, this series of posts may speak much moreContinue reading “January 2023: Introduction to National Instruments of Power”
Tag Archives: Squadron Officer School
Social – Beyond the Flight
In this post, I just want to touch on my social experience at the Squadron and Wing levels. Quite frankly, that was “very little.” I believe that over the course of the 5.5 weeks spent at Maxwell AFB, I only intentionally took the time to interact with officers outside of my flight maybe twice. OnceContinue reading “Social – Beyond the Flight”
Social – Flight
This post will be less structured, more free-form/ flow of consciousness. The flight is essentially the classroom-filling unit at SOS, so for those unfamiliar that might happen across this post, you can simply consider the term “flight” as a typical classroom cohort or team. Flight C-41 consisted of 13 individuals, all but one of whomContinue reading “Social – Flight”
Academia – Design
In this post, I’ll comment on the Design block of our SOS academia. Keep in mind, too – the lessons in SOS are meant to flow into each other; even though the main topic has shifted from Leadership to Design, the concepts and tools introduced/ revisited from the previous academic block are still valuable –Continue reading “Academia – Design”
Academia – Leadership, Part 1
In this post, I’ll comment on some of the different lessons we covered during the Leadership block of our academia. Anyone can pull up the syllabus and see the lesson list for my class, but what I’d like to try to do in this post is include a bit of my thoughts on a fewContinue reading “Academia – Leadership, Part 1”
72 Airman's Writings 