Journey: Memoirs of an Air Force Chief of Staff
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The General’s dysfunctional home life drove him to apply to the Air Force Academy over forty years ago, where he was provided with a new family and sense of worth he had never earned from his own father. This purpose has driven the General throughout his remarkable career, taking him to Alaska, the Pentagon, and Germany; to Florida during Hurricane Opal, and has also allowed him to work alongside Presidents Bush and Obama and Secretaries of Defense Don Rumsfeld, Bob Gates and Leon Panetta.
Journey is a book about leadership. It is packed with the General’s lessons from life in the military: breaking the mold, flying uncharted airspace, battles?from Iraq to the Pentagon, Afghanistan to Congress. It’s about pushing limits in an era of diminishing budgets and fewer resources to fuel the furnace of innovation. He chronicles the phenomenal story of the evolution of the US special operations, such as what was achieved when taking down Bin Laden. The General discusses the controversial new technologies that have been allowing America to build new capabilities in remote aircraft and cyber warfare. Many believe General Schwartz’s greatest legacy will be the dramatic acceleration of the “drone” program. He is a staunch advocate for it and this book will explain why.
Norty Schwartz
General Norton Schwartz served as the 19th Chief of Staff of the US Air Force. As Chief, he served as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training, and equipping of 680,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the general functioned as military adviser to the Secretary of Defense, National Security Council, and the President. He lives with his wife Suzie in McLean, Virginia.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The book kept my interest because I worked for the guy. Throughout,, he deals with persons who have shown the way or demonstrated something that he learned, including Suzie, his wife. Good perspective. The memoirs treated every section of his professional life at a very high level, even his time as CSAF. That was disappointing. For example, the description of his time at USTRANSCOM was superficial--part of it dealt with finding Scott AFB in the corn fields, a typical Washington DC view; part of it dealt with relationships with the POTUS and the rest was a summary of the mission statement and volume statistics. Memorable people? Lessons? On the positive side, throughout the book, he named people who have been impactful in his career as well as mistakes he made and the lessons learned from them. That demonstrated for me -- charisma and trust can overcome mistakes--but, from the book, he certainly made a lot of faux pas'. I thought that the second to last chapter was distracting. It was a sales pitch for current Air Force systems and programs; which will wane over time and detracts from the book's purpose--a leadership read.