USAF Professionalism & Total Force

Chapter 1: Professionalism

• Professionalism means more than just holding a job; it encompasses competence, assurance, and skill.
• It defines the Air Force's service and conduct standards.
• These standards are based on trust, loyalty, dignity, and commitment.
• Airmen are expected to be reliable, responsible, and respectful, contributing to the mission while respecting those they serve with.

Total Force

• The USAF leverages its diverse components (officer, enlisted, civilian, RegAF, Guard, Reserve, Auxiliaries) to create a Total Force.
• As a Total Force: -The USAF is values-based
  • mission-focused,
  • and people-oriented
• It is the key aspect of identity and aspiration and promotes pride in saying "I am an American Airman."

Professional Obligation and Status

• Every Airman should strive for professional excellence.
• The USAF has a vital national defense mission, placing significant responsibility on each member.
• Responsibilities include following orders, performing daily tasks, and upholding USAF standards.
• Maintaining order and discipline is essential for mission success.
• Professional status involves attitudes, commitments, and internalized military values.
• Study and understanding are critical for Airmen and the Air Force's future.
• Military members must be accountable, responsible, and focused on national service.
• The Air Force is a globally recognized fighting force powered by dedicated Airmen.

Mission and People Focus

• Airmen are ready to perform selfless duty and prioritize the nation's defense, with their families supporting the call.
• Airmen must embrace appropriate risks, understanding that the nation has entrusted them with a significant burden.
• Taking care of Wingmen is paramount, integrating a strong, capable force valuing contributions and motivating excellence.
• Developing leaders and honoring service strengthens alliances and overall strength.

Profession of Arms

• The profession of arms involves answering the nation's call with high standards.
• All Airmen must understand connection with the mission of national security and defense of homeland.
• Airmen protect citizens and preserve the American way of life, placing service and country before personal concerns.
• Supporting and defending the Constitution of the United States is a responsibility taken with a sacred oath, above all else.
• The profession distinguishes itself from others through justified lethal force, with members ready to provide the ultimate sacrifice for the nation.

Air Force Core Values

• Universal standards to evaluate the ethical climate of all USAF organizations.
• Integrity, Service, Excellence light the path of conduct and highest ideals.

Integrity

• Enduring principles for integrity, service, and excellence.
• Motivate attitudes and actions as essential moral principles.
• Represents convictions about personal character, commitment, and the manner of service.
• Defines identity and binds together all Airmen, past and present.
• Honor the heritage and continue the legacy that requires a commitment to living by values at all times.

Honesty

• Essential virtue of integrity, demanding performance evaluation against standards and accurate reporting.
• Public servants, trusted agents and words must be unquestionable to hold the trust and respect.

Courage

• Not the absence of fear, but empowers Airmen despite fear.
• Enables necessary personal/professional risks, unpopular decisions, and admitting mistakes.

Accountability

• Accountability demands responsibility and transparency for actions.
• Individuals seek constructive feedback, and maintain transparency, and own actions.

Service Before Self

• Represents military virtue, selfless duty with devotion including life if called to do so.
• Professional duties take precedence over personal desires.
• Airmen must serve as guardians of America's future.
• Willingness to make personal sacrifices, heart, and mindset.

Dutifulness

• Obligations to perform what is required for the mission.
• While responsibilities come from law, DOD, and USAF, a sense of duty is personal.
• It sometimes calls for sacrifice like no other profession.
• Service Members who consistently choose to make sacrifices embody service before self and are the greatest influence.

Loyalty

• Internal commitment bigger than ourselves, first to the nation and second and finally to our brothers and sisters that we serve with.
• Loyalty to leaders requires trust, following their directions, and executing the decisions even in disagreement.
• Leaders demonstrate Loyalty by respecting service remembers with dignity, respect and concern. Ultimately there always helping to act with respect and honor.

Respect

• Self, organizational, and mutual. 1st to Honor the USAF.

The Profession of Excellence

• A sustained devotion to propel the USAF beyond our capabilities through improvement. Continuously making the air a better place.

Virtues of Excellence

• Mission is operations, excellence, and stewardship.
• harnesses Ingenuity expertise to approach with pride, respect, and innovation.

Discipline

• Commitment to the highest personal and professional standards that represent the USAF.

Team Work

• Airman is recognition of every members contribution. That will ultimately strive for organization and excellence. Working hard while helping others.

Ethical Standards

• Practice highest of standards, financially, and in life.
• Ethics is what we hold to be wrong to correct.
• Adhering to code leads to excellence.

Key Moral Principles

• Principles guide the unethical.
• Embedded standards.

Ethics

Personal ethics

• Service trust requiring loyalties. Conflicts.
• Unauthorized payments and promises of kind.
• Protect Federal properly.
• Satisfy obligations .

Ethical Dilemma

• Uncertainty with options that have ethical temptations and challenges. Listing options helps take the right steps.

Tests

Network Test

• proud of actions social media?

United States Test

• good for everyone?

Divine test.

Heroic Qualities

• Heritage creates today.
• Air Force equals excellence.