Several times a year during commander’s calls or performance feedback sessions, we are all briefed on the importance of community involvement and how vital it is for each of us to support professional organizations. And, for the most part, we listen.
Whether we simply attend meetings, are dues paying members or run for committee office, most of us do our part to be positive ambassadors of the armed forces through volunteerism.
Undoubtedly, our first priority is to perform official business duties and mission accomplishment. “Excellence in all we do,” provides us with the Air Force’s vision of continuous improvement for long-term success, and with budgets and manning decreasing, it is imperative we search out our counterparts in order to increase efficiency. We do this on a daily basis by sharing checklists and continuity templates.
By applying the same organizational principles we are taught in military service and transferring them to professional organizations, we are often afforded the ability to extend our reach further than on active duty. In September 2008, I was nominated and elected president of the KMC’s 5/6 Council. Recently, I led an effort to bring all of the USAFE 5/6 organizations together to share information and practices. Each of our organizations are now in a better position to affect the entire USAFE team, expanding our influence to more than 11,000 Airmen from Turkey to the Azores and from England to Italy.
By seizing the opportunity to be active in the KMC 5/6 and then contacting other council presidents, all USAFE staff and technical sergeants now have the ability to freely communicate with others performing similar functions and address questions or concerns via a global forum.
All NCOs who aspire to one day perform at a higher level need to take advantage of their chance to lead today and must be prepared for the challenges and lessons they will learn along the way. As Elbert Hubbard, an American writer and philosopher, once said, “The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.”
For more information regarding your area’s 5/6 organization, call me at 480-0168.
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Several times a year during commander’s calls or performance feedback sessions, we are all briefed on the importance of community involvement and how vital it is for each of us to support professional organizations. And, for the most part, we listen.
Whether we simply attend meetings, are dues paying members or run for committee office, most of us do our part to be positive ambassadors of the armed forces through volunteerism.
Undoubtedly, our first priority is to perform official business duties and mission accomplishment. “Excellence in all we do,” provides us with the Air Force’s vision of continuous improvement for long-term success, and with budgets and manning decreasing, it is imperative we search out our counterparts in order to increase efficiency. We do this on a daily basis by sharing checklists and continuity templates.
By applying the same organizational principles we are taught in military service and transferring them to professional organizations, we are often afforded the ability to extend our reach further than on active duty. In September 2008, I was nominated and elected president of the KMC’s 5/6 Council. Recently, I led an effort to bring all of the USAFE 5/6 organizations together to share information and practices. Each of our organizations are now in a better position to affect the entire USAFE team, expanding our influence to more than 11,000 Airmen from Turkey to the Azores and from England to Italy.
By seizing the opportunity to be active in the KMC 5/6 and then contacting other council presidents, all USAFE staff and technical sergeants now have the ability to freely communicate with others performing similar functions and address questions or concerns via a global forum.
All NCOs who aspire to one day perform at a higher level need to take advantage of their chance to lead today and must be prepared for the challenges and lessons they will learn along the way. As Elbert Hubbard, an American writer and philosopher, once said, “The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.”
For more information regarding your area’s 5/6 organization, call me at 480-0168.