Artist’s rendering of WGS-11+

Commentaries

  • Suicide Prevention, Stoplights, and the Purple Hippopotamus

    Years ago during an Air Force Professional Military Education, I once saw a memory demonstration about how peculiar phrases could get “sticky” and take hold in your memory. The phrase used in the class was “purple hippopotamus”, and I’ve involuntarily remembered the phrase ever since. By itself,

  • Don’t believe your 1206

    When you believe your own 1206 you are living in the past. You are resting on your accomplishments rather than looking to the next mission. Awards are great but they have zero impact on your future missions.