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PEOPLE
FIRST
Editor’s Note: The “People First” section is
compiled from information from the Air Force
Personnel Center, TRICARE, 56th Force Sup-
port Squadron, Airman and Family Readiness
Flight, Veterans Affairs, the civilian personnel
office and armed forces news services. For the
complete story, go to the web address listed at
the end of the story.
AF official optimistic
about airpower future
Equal parts challenge and opportunity
— that’s how Air Force Vice Chief of Staff
Gen. David L. Goldfein described as the
current state of the Air Force March 10
during a Defense Programs Conference in
Washington, D.C.
“As I stand here today, I could not be
more optimistic about our future,” Gold-
fein said to the defense industry audience.
“Your Air Force today is too small, too
old, less ready and out of balance for the
challenges that we as a nation are going
to face for the next decade to two decades
and what the Air Force brings to the joint
team … but also, as I stand here today, we
have unlimited opportunity right now.”
Most of America, he said, still remem-
bers the Air Force of Operation Desert
Storm. It was a time when there were
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134 fighter squadrons across the total fuel for the next day. The sleep process is assigned to headquarters 25th Air Force.
force from which the Air Force deployed complex and active. As we sleep, there is http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/
33 squadrons to execute operations Desert important internal restoration and recu- Article/688761/domain-on-demand-part-of-air-
Shield and Desert Storm. Now there are peration taking place. force-future.aspx
only 55 fighter squadrons, he added. The
Air Force has nearly 240,000 less total http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/ AF continues to pursue
force Airmen than during those opera- Article/690605/sleep-is-serious-catch-your-zzzs. total force integration
tions.
aspx The Air Force continues to make strides
http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/ toward total force integration, according
Article/692669/goldfein-optimistic-about-future-of- Domain on demand’ to an annual report submitted to Congress
part of Air Force future March 4.
airpower.aspx
Air Force vice Chief of Staff Gen. David The report is based on recommendations
Sleep is serious: Goldfein told members of 25th and 24th from the National Commission on the Struc-
Catch your Zzzs Air Forces that the future of the service is ture of the Air Force and focuses on how the
“domain on demand.” force structure should be modified to best fill
“Beep. Beep. Beep,” the alarm blares. current and future mission requirements, an
Time to get up. Do you hit snooze? Goldfein visited the two Numbered Air area Air Force senior leaders have been vocal
Forces for a firsthand look at the advances about, expressing their desires to continue
On average, we spend 33 percent of our they’ve accomplished together in building to expand total force integration.
lives asleep. When assessing your overall multi-domain synergy between Air Force
health, have you considered your sleep intelligence, surveillance and reconnais- “We are one Air Force,” said Air Force
habits? sance, and cyber forces. Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh III. “We’re
committed to this idea and it’s foundational
Sleep hygiene, as researchers call it, A day full of intense briefings demon- to the way we present our capabilities. We’re
involves a variety of different behavioral strated that synergy to the general, who not going to be operationally successful any
practices which are necessary for quality commented that his visit was very timely. other way.”
sleep and full alertness during waking
hours. He explained that we first used nuclear The service recently completed an inten-
deterrence as an offset strategy to protect sive analysis of all Air Force primary mis-
“One of the most beneficial ways to our national security during the Cold War sion areas. The analysis provided active and
ensure a healthy lifestyle is to prioritize with the Soviet Union. The second offset air reserve component force-mix options
your sleep, the same as you do your best strategy was stealth and precision, capably and reliable data to inform future acqui-
eating and exercise habits,” said Maj. demonstrated during the first Gulf War. sition decisions. As a result, more than a
Jaime Harvey, chief of Human Factors and dozen force-mixing recommendations were
Operational Safety Issues, Headquarters During his visit to the 25th Air Force, carried into the fiscal year 2018 strategic
Air Force Safety Center. “And one of the Goldfein took time to “coin” three out- planning process.
key ways you can do that is by trying your standing Airmen: Capt. Andrew, a flight
best to maintain a regular wake and sleep commander assigned to the 70th ISR http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/
pattern, every day of the week.” Wing; Staff Sgt. Elizabeth, a unit deploy- Article/691270/air-force-continues-to-pursue-
ment manager assigned to the 363rd ISR total-force-integration.aspx
The ABCs of Zzzs WG; and Staff Sgt. Salvatore Guerriero,
Sleep allows our bodies to rest and re- an executive communications technician,
“It’s a time “It makes me “Reminds me of “It means en-
for people to reflect on my my childhood. tertainment and
gather and childhood My grandpa relaxation, hav-
enjoy the day looking for that made corned ing a good time
St. Patrick beat lucky four-leaf beef and cab- while hanging out
the snakes out clover.” bage, and we with friends and
of Ireland with would watch family.”
a shoe.” them dye the
river green.”
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