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  • Assaults impact mission readiness

    Thank you for keeping up with this series aiding us as we prepare Team Maxwell for our consolidated unit inspection in September. Last month's commentary was focused on you: self-assessment and the roles and responsibilities you have as a military professional. I want to continue with that focus,

  • Character Lost and Found

    If you know me personally, you know there are times I question character and the ways people treat each other. I mean, there are signs all over that people are treating others with less and less respect and compassion. The news is often full of examples.Within the last few weeks alone, we had the

  • Inspections: What about YOU?

    The base inspector general's office continues to prepare Team Maxwell for the consolidated unit inspection, or CUI, in September. Steady-state mission readiness is a significant point for consistently and continuously demonstrating "excellence in all we do."But how do you know? What do you do to

  • Confessions of a rookie instructor

    Chances are had you told me a year ago that I would be an instructor at Squadron Officer School I would have called you certifiably crazy. I was so focused on being a C-17 Globemaster III pilot and presumed my career would lead to a staff tour at U.S. Transportation Command or Air Mobility Command

  • CUI preparation -- who conducts the inspection

    In preparation for the consolidated unit inspection, I want to articulate to you who the inspector general is and who to expect here in September.The inspector general of the Air Force is the top dog in the arenas of inspection and complaints resolution for the Air Force. According to the official