CGO Professional Development Conference

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CGO Professional Development Conference
Lt Gen Arthur J. Lichte Asst Vice Chief of Staff
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The Mission of the United States Air Force Is to
Fly, Fight and Win - General Moseley
Integrity Service - Excellence
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ContextOur Responsibilities in a Global World

• DoD is at waryou are the warfighter
• USAF is surging along with ground and maritime
  forces
• AF fully engaged, worldwide, 24/7/365 and has
  been last 16 yrs
• 2006 in IZ/AFG flew gt100,000 sorties and
  transported gt1.1M people
• Expect Air Power to be in SWA/Central Asia
  another 10 years
• The challenge of our time will last your entire
  career
• Classic strategic missions remain detect, deter,
  dissuade, defeat
• Cant focus solely on terrorists,
  insurgents or one theater
• Must dominate across the spectrum,
  across the
  globe
• The world around us changing rapidly
• Evolving domestic political landscape
• Uncertain geopolitical landscape
• Technology advancing, proliferating

Advocates of an all counter-insurgency force
ignore our countrys strategic operational
imperatives
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Emerging Threats to Our Air, Space and Cyberspace
Dominance

• Double-digit SAMs are primary threat to joint air
  dominance
• Modern IADS will cripple 4th Generation aircraft
• Iran fielding SA-15 advanced SAMs from Russia
• Adversary Air-to-Air Fighters, advanced sensors
  weapons comparable/superior to legacy aircraft
• Iran considering purchase of advanced MiG
  fighters
• Growing risk to space access and operations
• GPS jamming already in OIF
• 11 Jan 07 China tested a new ASAT weapon
• Cyber info ops growing military civil threat

SA-18
Infrared Searchand Track
Su-35
ASAT
We live in a threatening, uncertain, dynamic
global security environment Our current force is
at risk of obsolescence vis-à-vis these emerging
threats We MUST keep a global perspective!
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CSAFs Priorities

• Warfighting
• Wage win the Long War while ensuring were
  ready for the next war
• Organize, train and equip the USAF for full
  spectrum dominance
• Keep our eyes on the ball outside Ramadi
• Developing and caring for Airmen and their
  families
• Training educating our Airmen for combat
  contingencies this century
• Assessing surge requirements and determining the
  Air Forces right size and personnel mix
• Re-Capitalizing and Modernizing our aging air and
  space inventories and equipment
• All US Services need to reset build for the
  future
• USAF is building a force for the future with
  range and payload to equip our QDR-required 86
  ready, modern combat wings
• 20x Global Vigilance, 27x Global Reach, 32x
  Global Power, 7x SOF/CSAR

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Mentorship
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Mentor Defined

• Men-tor (noun)
• 1. a wise and trusted counselor or teacher
• 2. an influential senior sponsor or supporter
• Mentor is first found from Homers novel
  Illiad
• Mentor was a friend of Odysseus and entrusted
  with the education
• of Odysseus' son Telemachus when he went
  off to war.

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Some Mentorship For You

• Watch Your Bosses and Leaders Learn Humility
  Early On -- Makes You Work Harder
• Take Training Seriously
• Don't Be Afraid to Try
• You Never Know When You Are Going to Work for
  Someone Again
• Always Make a Lasting Impression
• Be Happy and Proud of What You Do
• No BPZ Promotions In-res PME? Not the End of
  the World
• Learn To Be A Good Mentor

• Clean Up Your Own Mess
• Theres No Such Thing as a Dumb Question
• Your Best Friends are Your Family
• Learn From Your Choices
• Set Goals/Long Range Plans
• Complete PME and Master's -- Don't Procrastinate
• Learn to Communicate Early in Your Career
• Look for Opportunities to Stand up in Front of
  Folks

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More Mentorship

• Learn from Britney Spearsspit out your gum prior
  to giving a brief/interview
• Know proper customs and courtesies
• Please and thank you go a long way
• Stand up for people (literally)
• Someone is always watching you (watch alcohol
  consumption, language)
• Use email etiquette
• Theres a time and a place for everything
• Praise in public and give constructive criticism
  in private but bottom lineGIVE IT
• Professional relationships know what the
  difference is and keep it that way
• The best job youll have is the one you have
  right now
• Be punctual
• If youre earlyyoure on time. If youre on
  timeyoure late. If youre lateyoure fired

Its not whether you get knocked down, its
whether you get up. -- Vince Lombardi
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• QUESTIONS?