Mentoring

• AF Policy Directive 36-34 Air Force Mentoring Program "Mentoring is a fundamental responsibility of all Air Force supervisors. They must know their people, accept personal responsibility for them, and be accountable for their professional development."
• AF Instruction 36-3401 Air Force Mentoring "This instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 36-34, Air Force Mentoring Program. It provides guidance on how to carry out Air Force Mentoring, which was established to bring about a cultural change in the way we view professional development."

• AFRC Mentoring Program, AF Reserve Command Pamphlet 36-3401 (local copy) - with extensive USAF/AFRC heritage section (attachment 3)

• DA Pamphlet 600-67, Effective Writing for Army Leaders (local copy), including role as mentor for subordinates regarding their writing

• Mentorship: Growing Company Grade Officers (local copy), by Hunsinger, in Military Review, Sep-Oct 2004

• Mentoring Makes a Difference, by Bailey, in Air & Space Power Chronicles

• Air Force Space Command Mentor Handbook (local copy)

• Mentoring Program Handbook (local copy), Navy, CNET

• Abbreviated Mentoring Guide, prepared by US Navy Medical Corps, 1998 (local copy)

• Mentoring (local copy, HTML), from "User's Guide to Marine Corps Values" 1999 version
• Mentoring (local copy, PDF), from "User's Guide to Marine Corps Values" 1999 version

• So You Want to Be a Mentor, or Find One (local copy of USCG briefing)

• Mentoring Handbook (local copy), Department of Transportation

• Job Aid - Mentoring, from Oak Ridge Operations Leadership 21 Program, 3 page handout of who does what, including task agreement for both parties to sign (local copy)

• Gender
• Leadership and Gender: Are There Correlations Between Male and Female Traits Found in Successful Leaders?, ACSC research paper
• Gender Differences and Leadership: A Study, AWC research paper
• Mentoring of Women in the USAF, ACSC paper about mentoring of senior female officers and enlisted in today's Air Force
• Mentoring Women and Minority Officers in the US Military, ACSC research paper
• Mentoring in the Military: a Preliminary Study of Gender Differences, report from 1993 (local copy)

Reading Lists

• Chairman of the JCS Professional Reading List, 2012 (local copy)
  • (Local copy, of 2001 version)

• Joint Forces Staff College Commandant's Professional Reading List

• AF Chief of Staff Professional Reading Program

• Army Chief of Staff Professional Reading List

• Navy Professional Reading List

• Marine Corps Professional Reading Program

• Commandant's Reading List, USCG

• National Security Book List, by Congressman Ike Skelton - fifty books "that Skelton recommends as required reading to all officers of the Armed Forces, to Members of Congress, and to those interested in national security issues." [Air University Library has all the books on the list.]

• Military Classics, reading list by Dr Robert H. Berlin, Combat Studies Institute
• Books for the Military Professional, from the Combat Studies Institute faculty

Readings

• See AU-24, Concepts for Air Force Leadership, with more than 70 readings

• AU-2, Guidelines for Command: A Handbook for the Leadership of People
• Innovation and the Military Mind, by Air Vice-Marshal R. A. Mason, from AU-24
• Leadership: Creativity and Innovation, by William Klemm, from AU-24
• Principles of War, by Carl von Clausewitz
• Moltke and the German Military Tradition: His Theories and Legacies
• Giulio Douhet: More on Target Than He Knew

Customs & Courtesies & Protocol

• See also DoD 101 and other military basics
• See also Military History page
• See also A Short History of War, with explanations of things like where staff officers came from

• Protocol for the Modern Diplomat (local copy), Foreign Service Institute, Dept of State

• Air Force Protocol - files and format from AirForceWives.com

• Why is the Colonel Called "Kernal"? The Origin of the Ranks and Rank Insignia Now Used by the United States Armed Forces

• Rank Insignia from DoD Almanac
• Air Force badges, insignia, ranks, and ribbons (including order to arrange them in)

• DoD Directive 1334.1, Wearing of the Uniform
• AFI 36-2903, Dress and Personal Appearance of Air Force Personnel - also addresses the wearing of the uniform by retired personnel

• DoD Announces Good Order, Discipline Changes, to standardize good order and discipline policies among the services, including standardize fraternization policies
• Good Order and Discipline, DoD background briefing
• Military Fraternization Policy Explained

• US Code, Title 4, Flag and Seal, Seat of Government, and the States
• US Flag Code
• Flag Rules and Regulations, Betsy Ross home page

• USAF Enlisted Heritage Research Institute
• Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA)
  • Guide to Air Force Heraldry
• Institute of Heraldry, US Army

• The Taps Project, history of, at Arlington

• Ceremonial Music online

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