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WOTR Podcast: A Chat with the Chief: Gen. David Goldfein on the People and Future of the U.S. Air Force

August 29, 2018
WOTR Podcast: A Chat with the Chief: Gen. David Goldfein on the People and Future of the U.S. Air Force
WOTR Podcast: A Chat with the Chief: Gen. David Goldfein on the People and Future of the U.S. Air Force

WOTR Podcast: A Chat with the Chief: Gen. David Goldfein on the People and Future of the U.S. Air Force

August 29, 2018
Gen. David L. Goldfein and Ryan Evans

In this episode, Ryan sat down with Gen. David Goldfein, the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force. We had an in-depth, candid conversation about his service’s personnel challenges, the selection and education of leaders, as well as strategy, warfighting, and the books that have influenced him. Goldfein also explained why he engaged with the pseudonymous Col. ‘Ned Stark’ and why it is so important for people in the Air Force to write and publicly engage. Many of the questions I asked came from War on the Rocks members in our members only forum, the War Hall. You can become a member too.

 

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