Commentaries

  • Who Do You Trust: Social Media, Artificial Intelligence and Insider Threat

    Reliable security requires trust is verified, especially in communication with others. Obstacles to getting and keeping trust come from the growing technology, tactics and techniques available to our enemies. Significant social media concerns are quickly being overshadowed by the fast spread of

  • THE FOUR R’S THAT WILL GUIDE OUR ENLISTED PRIORITIES

    In our service, we often stand on the shoulders of giants and continue the great works of those before us. The opportunity to serve as the Air Force Reserve’s top enlisted leader is no different. I am grateful to serve as your command chief and follow in the footsteps of an outstanding trailblazer

  • TAKE CARE OF YOUR AIRMEN!

    When I was asked about providing leadership commentary I spent quite a bit of time trying to find the right topic. I’ve been influenced and mentored by so many great people in my career that it is difficult to distill those lessons down to a single commentary…other than Take Care of Your Airmen.

  • EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT LEADERSHIP

    As I look back on the past year, we have seen some crises begin to wane. Operation Allies Refuge and Operation Allies Welcome safely resettled more than 70,000 Afghans into the United States. The effectiveness of our pandemic response has enabled nearly all of our bases to return to Health

  • CAPACITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND VALUE

    About six months ago, I had the honor of representing our nation at the annual NATO days in the Czech Republic. The primary focus of my visit was to continue to strengthen military-to‑military relationships across the alliance. Foremost in the minds of our allies was increasing Russian aggression. I

  • Department of Defense Launches New Cyber Awareness Campaign

    The first email in history was sent in 1971, by a computer engineer named Ray Tomlinson. Later that same year the first computer virus, a simple worm-type program named Creeper, was written and released by Bob Thomas. For the few months in between, none of the very few people who had access to email

  • Check in before they check out

    He had cleaned out his locker so he could go home and kill himself. He squeezed out the front door of his junior high school carrying a pile of books, two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder (remember those things?). Of course, it was too much and he tripped, objects

  • Readiness…Left of the phone call

    I was a first lieutenant at the time, a KC-10 aircraft commander and an Air Reserve Technician.  I was on my way to work on what was an absolutely gorgeous morning.  I had the sunroof open and rock music blaring (sadly songs only found on classic rock stations now), and I had not a care in the