In 2013 I was the aircraft section chief in the 308th AMU under the tutelage of a fantastic leadership team to include the best Chief I have ever worked for. At that time our squadron commander was Lt Col Dominick Martin. As a new section chief operating at the height of sequestration running the section was very difficult. At Luke we were experiencing a severe maintainer shortage and every day felt like a constant struggle just to meet the flying schedule. Often, myself or my assistant, had to ride redballs with the day shift expediter. I had taken over from a more laid back section chief and I saw that discipline was severely lacking. I did my best to straighten things out, and I was likely a bit overzealous. A few of the maintainers that didn't know me that well from my time as an assistant section chief didn't respond very well to my 'motivational techniques. One of these Airmen was Jerrard Rodgers. Rodgers showed his emotions in his facial expressio
One man's experience serving in the United States Air Force.