USAF and USSF Core Values

Study Notes

Integrity First: foundation of trust, consists of honesty, courage, accountability, and humility
Service Before Self: servant mindset, includes duty, loyalty, and respect
Excellence in all we do: continually advance craft, includes mission, discipline, and teamwork
USSF Core Values:
- Character: defend constitution, high moral character, includes integrity, honesty, candor, transparency, and dedication
- Connections: common purpose, seek diversity, stronger together, includes respect, honesty, authenticity, and teamwork
- Commitment: pursuit of mastery, leverage diverse strengths of teammates, includes achieving audacious goals, learning from experience, and seeking feedback
- Courage: do what needs to be done, hold convictions, includes being steadfast, taking smart risks, and sharing thoughts and ideas

Problem-solving: purposeful act of observing a problem then deciding to solve it, after considering solutions and deciding upon one
USAF/USSF Problem-Solving Methods:
- OODA Loop Model: Observe, Orient, Decide, Act (useful when quick action is needed by single player with limited time)
- 8-Step Practical Problem-Solving Method (PPSM):
  - Clarify and validate the problem
  - Break down the problem and identify performance gap
  - Set improvement targets
  - Determine root cause
  - Develop countermeasures
  - See countermeasures through
  - Confirm results and process
  - Standardize successful processes

Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ): functions as a military justice system, provides a framework for military courts-martial
Manual for Courts-Martial (MCM): provides guidance on military justice procedures
Service members' rights within the military justice system:
- Right to representation by counsel
- Right to a fair trial
- Right to appeal
Functions of Staff Judge Advocate: provides legal advice, represents Air Force in legal matters, and advises on military justice procedures
Functions of Area Defense Counsel: represents USAF/USSF personnel accused of wrongdoing
Functions of Special Victims Counsel: advises victims of alleged sexual assault on rights and represents them in certain matters during courts-martial

Professional relationships: preserve proper respect for authority and focus on mission
Unprofessional relationships: on or off duty, detract from authority of superiors, and negatively affect morale, good order, and discipline
Policy: prohibits relationships that negatively affect unit cohesiveness, including command/supervisory, members of different grades/position, contractor personnel, and close friendships or romantic relationships
General and specific prohibitions:
- Officers: prohibited from engaging in unprofessional relationships with subordinates or those in a subordinate position
- Effects of unprofessional relationships: undermine respect for authority, create conflicts of interest, and negatively impact unit cohesion

Importance of establishing expectations:
- Identifies objectives/goals
- Provides a roadmap for achieving objectives/goals
- Links to standards and unit mission
Guidelines for establishing expectations:
- Understand the importance of expectations
- Know when/where needed
- Clearly communicate and understand expectations
- Help subordinates make connections
- Seek buy-in
- Plan to track activities within each task

Barriers to Wingman and Leader intervention:
- Personal: introverted, fearful, or embarrassed
- Relationship: might upset family/friends, breaks unspoken code, pressured to go along
- Organizational: career impact for self/others, rank/power, retaliation
3Ds for Wingman and Leader intervention options:
- Direct: directly interact with the people involved
- Delegate: pull someone else in to help
- Distract: create a distraction to defuse/divert attention
Applying the 3Ds to prevent sexual assault and interpersonal violence:
- Directly interacting with the people involved to prevent escalation
- Delegating someone to help diffuse the situation
- Creating a distraction to divert attention and prevent harm