Career Progression Guide For Airmen: The Basics

You're considering joining or joined the United States Air Force (USAF). You desire
to put your best foot forward at your new job and achieve a rewarding career. To
rally toward your goal, "march in step' ---work as a team---with proven strategies
of success to "close ranks"---get and stay ahead in your career---for building your
leadership skills and earning your next stripe.
This scaled down, second book in the Career Progression Guide for Airmen
series 'cuts to the chase' and walks you through career progression steps -from A to
Z - allowing you to still hone in on the hard-core information for leadership and
promotion increase opportunities.
As you near the milestone of making the next rank, it then becomes a stepping stone
for you to further mission accomplishment and see, sense, and smell a 'rewarding
career' fi nish line. You're also supplied with coaching and mentoring you must
have for growth and value as a professional Airmen.
The Basics features inspirational lead-off chapter quotes, step-by-step arrangement
of the performance report's accomplishment bullet statement' sequence, which is
important for documenting your job performance, and a 6-point key summary to
reinforce your learning and help you to keep your job and career goals in sight.
From goal setting, successfully performing to meet expectations, to serving others
and self, "The Basics" cuts to the quick and provides you the means to get the job
done well and touch and taste the promotion you earn!
Chief Master Sergeant Mark C. Overton, USAF (Retired), is a graduate of the
USAF Chiefs' Leadership Course and earned a masters degree in computer resources
and information management. During his twenty six years in the Air Force, Chief
Overton's background includes various duties in 25 communications-computer
systems assignments and deployments at the unit, wing and numbered air force levels.
Offering a rare perspective of serving as a chief master sergeant, retiree, key spouse
mentor, and federal civilian employee, he has penned commentaries on leadership