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Senior Enlisted Leader Resource Guide
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This page was last updated on 03/19/2012 12:11 PM

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Fontaine, Scott. "To Save on Fuel Costs, TRANSCOM Mixes It Up." Air Force Times 71, no. 32 (21 February 2011): 20.

Graham, CAPT Michael R. (USN) and Sam Samimi. "Fit to Fight!" U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 137, no. 1 (January 2011): 37-40.

Majumdar, Dave. "On Tanker, Cost Trumped All." Defense News 26, no. 8 (28 February 2011): 1,5.

Mulrine, Anna. "Wear and Tear." Air Force Magazine 93, no. 9 (September 2010): 56-58, 60-62.

Pietrucha, Col Michael. "Logistical Fratricide." Armed Forces Journal  149, no. 6 (January/February 2012): 14-15, 17, 37.

Schanz, Marc V. "Personnel Recovery, in Need of Rescue. Air Force Magazine 93, no. 12 (December 2010): 28-33.

Schanz, Marc V. "Uphill Struggle." Air Force Magazine 92, no. 9 (September 2009): 46-50.

Schmidt, Gary J. and Thomas Donnelly, eds. Of Men and Materiel: The Crisis in Military Resources. Washington D. C: AEI Press,  2007.  [SNCOAL call no. 355.20973 O31]

Sirak, Michael C. "Dual Capable." Air Force Magazine 95, no. 1 (January 2012): 32-37.

Thompson, Loren. "Two Decades of Decay." Armed Forces Journal 145, no. 2 (September 2007): 18-19.

Tirpak, John A. "Global Power on a Budget." Air Force Magazine 95, no. 1 (January 2012): 26-30.

Tirpak, John A. "New Life for Old Fighters." Air Force Magazine 94, no. 2 (February 2011): 30-34.


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