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Welcome to our latest issue of the Air Force Comptroller!(The Comptroller's Corner)

Mar 22, 2008; Gibson, John H., II ... This issue highlights our numerous vitally important education and training initiatives across the career field. Now more than ever, a dynamic, agile education and training program ensures we are able to leverage human capital to reach our greatest organizational potential. Our ...

Training delivered for the entire Air Force ... and then some!

Mar 22, 2008; Gilchrist, Barbara J. ... What if training is your core competency, and a trained Airman (big "A" for officer, enlisted, and civilian) is your "bomb-on-target?" Then that would make you Air Education and Training Command (AETC), "the First Command," recruiting, training, and educating over 200,000 of our best ...

World-class knowledge in a world-class setting.

Mar 22, 2008; Fast, Timothy ... The Comptroller Training Flight at Keelser AFB is in the midst of transforming from a Schoolhouse into the FM Learning Center, with the goal of providing world-class knowledge in a world-class setting. This was the theme of the roll out event, which took place on 29 October, 2007 with ...

Enlisted education and training and the SAF/FM strategic plan.

Mar 22, 2008; Metzger, Carol ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Each year, FM leadership aligns the FM strategic plan with the Air Force's strategic plan. The strategic plan shapes everything from FM training to the way FM does business throughout the Air Force. In support of FM's mission to deliver expert decision ...

Harnessing the power of the information flood.

Mar 22, 2008; Hague, Jo-Ann ... In today's Air Force, ever-accelerating worldwide demands produce unforeseen challenges. Yesterday's solutions are ineffective today, and today's solutions are insufficient for tomorrow. In this issue's lead article, Col Gilchrist outlines a vision for the future of Air Force education and ...

Information technology enabling education.

Mar 22, 2008; Kraus, Karl M. ... Nothing is worse than sitting in a classroom with an instructor who has no ability to effectively engage students. Who can forget the scene from the 1986 movie, Ferris Bueller'sDay Off, when the economics instructor, played by Ben Stein, conducts his monotonous, one-way class? Students ...

Engaging the human terrain.

Mar 22, 2008; Pierce, Douglas ... Comptroller contingency course--check. CENTAF/FM orientation course--check. 9 mil and M16 qualification--check. Perusing over my checklist I felt prepared, confident, and ready to deploy. With contingency education and training complete, and experiences from my first deployment ...

Aim higher! IDE and SDE--growing future Air Force leaders.

Mar 22, 2008; Dahlstrom, Michael P. ... EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS OPERATE AT THREE DISTINCT, BUT INTERRELATED LEVELS: TACTICAL, OPERATIONAL AND STRATEGIC. AT THE TACTICAL LEVEL PERSONAL LEADERSHIP IS MOST IMPORTANT, WHILE AT THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL EFFECTIVE LEADERS MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE INTERPERSONAL DYNAMICS OF TEAMS. THE ...

Graduate studies at the Air Force Institute of Technology.

Mar 22, 2008; Smith, Jeffrey ... The Air Force Financial Management (FM) career field is in the midst of a strategic change in direction; a change most of us already live each day. The job of transaction processing at each base is consolidating to the new Air Force Financial Services Center (AFFSC), at Ellsworth AFB, SD ...

Money changes hands ... a good book changes minds.

Mar 22, 2008; Peeler, David, Jr. ... This month's book selection is carefully chosen to add another dimension to the education and training theme of this issue. While not focused on education philosophy or training processes, this book provides critical context in which financial managers can formulate sound decision support ...

Airpower in Small Wars: Fighting Insurgents and Terrorists.

Mar 22, 2008; Peeler, David, Jr. ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We hear plenty about conventional airpower execution both past and present--daylight precision bombing, Rolling Thunder, Linebacker I & II, and current conventional methods applied to the global war on terrorism. Less well known are airpower contributions ...

Note from the principal deputy assistant secretary, financial management.

Mar 22, 2008; Vonglis, John G. ... ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE Throughout life's journey, we all encounter extraordinary people who inspire us to achieve more in our daily jobs and motivate us to leave our work places better than we found them. On a chilly November day in 2007, I met TSgt James ...

Note from the deputy assistant secretary, Budget.

Mar 22, 2008; Spencer, Larry ... It is hard to believe we have reached the midpoint of Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 and I have been in this job for almost six months. As expected, the pace is quick and I truly enjoy working with and learning from the professionals in the Financial Management community. As we start to develop ...

Note from the deputy assistant secretary, Financial Operations.

Mar 22, 2008; Gustafson, Richard P. ... JUST IN TIME ... THE WIKI What a wonderful age we live in where we have so many ways to gain education and training. Today we have ever increasing sources of information and knowledge. Conventional training methods with a classroom and instructor remain, but people are looking ...

Notes from the deputy assistant secretary, Cost and Economics.

Mar 22, 2008; Hartley, Richard K. ... ANOTHER YEAR HAS COME AND GONE and I believe the initiatives we accomplished in 2007 mark the greatest improvement to the cost estimating process the Air Force has seen in 20 years. In July, the Air Force Cost Analysis Agency (AFCAA) opened operating locations (OLs) at ASC-Wright Patterson ...

Notes from the director, strategic planning, communications, and support.

Mar 22, 2008; Bick, Roger ... TRANSFORMATION OF TRAINING The FM community is helping forge a new and exciting future in the development of the FM force with the transformation of FM training to more broadly serve all FM personnel. Newly transformed training programs paint a new and robust future for ...

Note from the FM chief information officer.

Mar 22, 2008; Davis, Audrey ... Since the theme of this issue is education and training, I thought I would take the opportunity to remind you of the importance of our annual security and awareness training. This training is one of the requirements of the U.S. Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, ...

Notes from the director, workforce management.

Mar 22, 2008; Scheiner, Glenda ... "BUILDING TOMORROW'S LEADERS"--this is the mission of SAF/FMPW. There is no better way to build leaders for tomorrow than through education and training (E&T), and it is certainly a dynamic time for us! Last fall, our officer and civilian formal courses at Keesler AFB ...

Notes form the Executive for Enlisted Matters.

Mar 22, 2008; Banks, Joe ... I regret to inform you that this is my last article as the Executive for Enlisted Matters. Unfortunately, I PCSed at the end of January 2008. My family recently learned that my dad has lung cancer. We originally thought it was operable, but after weeks of testing and visits to ...

Notes from the director, defense financial management and comptroller school.

Mar 22, 2008; Dunaway, Daniel ... "THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING" is the modern variant of an old proverb that was originally phrased "the proof of the pudding is in the eating." Literally, it means that the true worth of something can only be judged when it is put to its intended use. At the Defense Financial Management and ...