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    Core leadership attributes

    “What is your leadership philosophy?” This was the question put to me shortly after I found out that I would be taking over as the Staff Judge Advocate for the 86th Airlift Wing.
  • Airmen of the 86th Materiel Maintenance Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, have risen to the challenge every day, as they support short-notice contingency taskers across Europe and Africa. The squadron stores and maintains U.S. Air Forces in Europe’s war reserve materiel.

    Balancing accelerated change with resilient Airmen

    For years, “do more with less” was the refrain heard throughout every career field in the U.S. Air Force. As missions expanded and global security requirements remained high, we have continually asked our people to push themselves further.
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    Anytime is a good time for tea

    Having tea can mean sharing joy and sorrow, solving familial or business problems, or simply being present and experiencing life completely. Although a seemingly simple act, sharing a cup of tea is anything but. It is intentionally taking the time to connect and address something important.
  • Lt. Col. Melissa Dombrock, 76th Airlift Squadron commander

    Leading through grief

    “Why am I so sad today?” a leader remarked in the middle of a meeting. We were discussing the updated pandemic restrictions, how to lead in this challenging environment and how to instill some hope. His comment reflected a common emotion; this feeling of sadness and hopelessness, despite that everything seemed fine.
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    Ascending to spiritually mature leadership

    Imagine for a moment a four-tiered fountain. The bottom basin is broad, but shallow, and each next higher level of the fountain gets progressively narrower, but deeper, until the narrowest and deepest tier at the top of the fountain. Representing stages of spiritual maturity, each next tier up the fountain represents a thorough re-appraisal of
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    Flip the script

    What may appear to some as merely semantics, the way we frame our thoughts dictate how we live, how we treat others, how we see the world, act and react.
  • : Lt. Col. Alexis Johnson, 86th Civil Engineer Squadron commander

    LEADING THROUGH ADVERSITY

    Am I the only one that thought 2020 was a crazy, yet revealing year? From the COVID-19 pandemic, the wildfires that plagued Australia, the missile attack on Balad Air Base, the untimely death of the great Kobe Bryant, to the numerous protests of the racial injustice that struck the United States at her core…2020 was an emotional roller coaster of a
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    Pearls of leadership philosophy

    I’ve been in positions of leadership most of my career, and during those years, I’ve learned extensively about the difference, in my opinion, between a bad leader and a good leader. Some of those lessons I learned the hard way, through trial and error and humbly overcoming those mistakes. But most were through observing those I thought to be great leaders whose example I vowed to follow. The following are a few pearls of leadership philosophy that I’ve gathered along this journey.
  • Lt. Col. Christopher Wiley, 86 Communications Squadron commander

    How Leaders lead through COVID

    Daily life has changed in almost every way since the COVID pandemic began; however, the fundamentals of leadership have not.
  • FaithWorks

    Ramstein chaplains implement FaithWorks

    Nothing tests religious beliefs more than the situations our Airmen face throughout the course of their service. Providing pastoral care and counseling to those of faith, and those of no faith, Air Force chaplains are religious ministry professionals who support the spiritual resilience of our Airmen all over the world.
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