JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Information you may find useful for the upcoming UTA
477th Fighter Group Key Leader Potential Commander’s Call Topics, November 2016
►CURRENT ISSUES/Events
Nov. 8 is the General Election.
Vote.
In Alaska, Polls are open 7 a.m.–8 p.m. If you’re in line at your voting location by 8 PM, you’re allowed to vote. Bring a form of accepted ID.
Nov. 11 is Veteran’s Day
Why is Veterans Day always “the eleventh day of the eleventh month?”
World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.” Read the history here.
The Air Force Reserve Mission Brief
The Air Force Reserve Mission is to provide combat-ready forces to Fly, Fight and Win. Scheck out the updated brief slides.
James focused on diversity, emerging threats, space
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James joined the secretaries of the Army and Navy for a “conversation with the service secretaries” panel hosted by the Center for a New American Security in Washington, D.C., Oct. 24.
Goldfein’s three focus areas
During his first address as the Chief of Staff of the Air Force at the Air Force Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference, General Goldfein announced his three focus areas for the next four years.
1) Revitalizing squadrons – Re-evaluate the makeup of Air Force’s fundamental unit, the squadron, and determine what a 21st-century squadron needs to look like.
2) Strengthening joint leaders and teams – Improve how the Air Force develops joint leaders and how the Air Force teams with other services for the future.
3) Advancing multi-domain, multi-functional command and control – Advance multi-domain, multi-component command and control capabilities so the service is more networked and can make decisions rapidly.
►MORE RESOURCES
• 477th Red Tail E-Review: https://477fg.usaf.afpims.mil/News/RedTailReview.aspx
• UTA Schedule: https://477fg.usaf.afpims.mil/Home.aspx
• Early Bird Brief: http://link.defensenews.com/
• 477 FG Phone Directory_1 Aug 2016 (CAC Enabled): https://jber.eim.elmendorf.af.mil/OtherUnits/477FG/477%20FG%20QUICK%20REFERENCE%20STAFF%20DIRECTORY/Forms/AllItems.aspx
• JBER Life Magazine; http://www.jberlife.com/
• Airman magazine: http://www.airmanonline.af.mil/
• Military OneSource/HomeFront: http://militaryonesource.mil/
• Air Reserve Personnel Center: http://www.arpc.afrc.af.mil/
• Air Force Association Scholarships: http://www.afa.org/AFA/InformationFor/Military/Scholarships