It’s the latest move from a chief who has sought to strengthen the enlisted force through an emphasis on values, standards and traditions as the Air Force repositions itself to combat emerging threats from China and other technologically advanced adversaries. While the ...
of military organization as a cause of this change in the means of enforcing discipline. Not less important, however, was the preindustrial rise of the mass armed force whose power was demonstrated by the French Revolutionary Armies led by Napoleon. Before the French Revolution, enlisted personnel...
One relatively recent event just highlighted my feelings on this. A particularly high-up enlisted VIP visited a unit for the purpose of honoring the aircraft maintenance team and thought it would honor them by having the ceremony in the hangar, rather than a base auditorium or theater. T...