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From D-Day to today: Spiritual health remains key
By Commentary by Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Lance Hoggatt
71st Flying Training Wing chaplain
VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. — Comprehen-
sive Airmen Fitness is a combination of programs
and activities designed to make Airmen resilient so
they can make good life choices.
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CAF is composed of physical, mental, social and
spiritual components or pillars. Numerous agencies
on base are available to help you strengthen each of
these four pillars.
I believe that each of these four pillars is equally
important. However, I’d like to share with you the
spiritual component or pillar of CAF and its impact
on our resilience.
The spiritual component of CAF concentrates
on our core values, perseverance, perspective, and
purpose. Resiliency in this area of our life allows us
to accomplish the mission of the Air Force due to the
strength of our beliefs, values and principles.
Let me begin with a historical illustration that
identifies the need for resilience. June 6, 1944 marks
the largest amphibious landing in history and is
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The amphibious assault began in the early-morn-
ing hours when Allied forces landed on beaches of
Normandy, France. The operation took months of
planning and involved 1,527,000 soldiers in 47 Allied
divisions along with 4,400 ships and landing craft,
Be a servant leader
By Maj. Tim Grebs
357th Fighter Squadron
TUCSON, Ariz. — Many of us have seen the best
and worst in leadership throughout the course of our
careers as Airmen.
Usually we can think of two names, one good and
one bad, that personify each bound of the leadership
spectrum.
This reality leads to the fact that even though we are
called to be leaders in military service, not all of us have
shown that capability. However, leaders are not born,
but rather developed through a combination of train-
ing, mentorship and opportunity. This is why all of us
can be leaders, not just a select few. But being a leader
is a choice — a choice between staying in your foxhole
or running toward the sound of the guns.
There is a plethora of individual characteristics that
make up the ideal leader — technical competence,
attitude, professionalism, charisma, intelligence, and
boldness just to name a few. But in my opinion, there
is one key ingredient that is needed to become a true,
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U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nancy Falcon spiritual pillars that support our lives. Resiliency is
the ability to bounce back and overcome the chal-
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Lance Hoggatt speaks with Joint lenges of life.
Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training students at Vance Chaplains are a resource for strengthening the
spiritual pillar through confidential counseling,
Air Force Base, Okla., April 8, 2015 educational opportunities, retreats, dorm dinners
and religious rites and services. The spiritual pillar
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speaks to our values and beliefs that give life mean-
words to these brave warriors were that “Your task ing and purpose; this includes our world views, dis-
will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, tinctive religious faiths, and our values, ethics and
well equipped, and battle-hardened ... I have full morals. Furthermore, our spiritual resiliency gives
confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and us a sense of direction and nurtures well-being and
skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full inner strength which creates resiliency.
victory.”
Today, for example, you may be experiencing
The task before us today is no less difficult. Our anxiety because of a deployment, finances, the loss
challenge is to be ready for our nation’s call when of someone close to you, the loss of a job, relation-
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than full victory” then we must be resilient Airmen. it this way: “Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of
its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.”
What is resiliency? Resiliency is the intentional
strengthening of the physical, mental, social and Maybe you feel that your strength has been deplet-
ed and you are not ready to answer your nation’s call.
How can you restore or strengthen your resiliency?
First, you must be aware of any deficiencies in your
normal physical, mental, social and spiritual pillars.
Second, you must intentionally work on improving
each of these areas.
I challenge each of us to renew our strength by con-
centrating on the spiritual pillar of resiliency through
our faith in our God and our hope for tomorrow.
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truly believe that if you take care of those around you, to be unpopular, harsh and relentless, but I willingly
you will be rewarded? Should you expect any reward at made that choice. See, I quickly learned that you don’t
all? I will tell you this — a true servant leader doesn’t really work for your boss, but instead you work for your
care about rewards. The servant leader knows that self- people. We talk all the time about carrying your boss’
lessness is eternally fulfilling while selfishness is hollow vision to fruition, but what about the vision of your
and temporary. Oh, and here’s the kicker — you don’t subordinates? Every Airman has a voice and every
have to be a specific age or wear a specific rank on your Airman has needs. Remember who you truly work for
sleeve or shoulder to be a servant leader. You don’t even as a servant leader.
have to be best in your profession, you simply have to I will leave my time on active duty with the thoughts
live and act for the benefit of someone else. The only of a former U.S. Army Ranger I met at a military hiring
hard part to being a servant leader is that you must fully conference. He explained that when he was on active
commit yourself to others each and every day. duty and people asked who he was, he would reply, “I
When I became a part of the 355th Force Support am an Airborne Ranger”. After he hung up the uniform
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soever. I was a black sheep — a fighter pilot amongst a defined him. He instead chose to define himself as a
squadron of 582 services and personnel Airmen. How- husband, father, friend and leader. I challenge each
ever, I knew I didn’t need any technical competence; the of you who have read this to look inside yourself and
Airmen only yearned for one thing — a servant leader. I determine who you truly are and what defines you. I
quickly developed a very simple leadership plan. I would hope you all desire to add “servant leader” to that list.
do the “blocking and tackling” necessary to allow the If you do, know that there is no bigger fulfillment in
squadron’s Airmen to execute the mission with as little life than to live for someone else.
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