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GREAT FALLS, Mont. - Col. Tom Wilcox, 341st Missile Wing commander, hosted the first two of four commander’s call at the Grizzly Bend April 2 and 3.
Wilcox and Chief Master Sgt. Phillip Easton, 341st MW command chief, discussed the past year and the new goals for 2015.
The commander’s call began with the presentation of the Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal to selected Airmen from across the wing, demonstrating the importance of awarding the medals earned for direct support of nuclear deterrence operations.
Wilcox said that while he only gave out a few, the presentation is representative of everyone that has earned one.
“This is important, not everybody gets one of these,” said Wilcox. “The mission we do out here, supporting the nuclear mission, cannot be done by one person, one group or one squadron. It takes a team and that’s what this NDOSM is built around.”
After presenting the medals Wilcox, reviewed the 20th Air Force and the 341st Missile Wing’s strategic narrative.
Twentieth Air Force released a strategic narrative identifying three preconditions for mission success. They include having the safest work environments, deep and abiding respect for all, and value and respectful feedback.
“You can apply these preconditions anywhere you go,” said Wilcox. “We owe you a safe work environment, respect for all and constructive feedback.”
Wilcox told the audience that the missile wing priorities and the strategic narrative provide everyone the opportunity to see how each Airman’s job fits into the mission, to know why it is important and where the wing needs to go to achieve the outlined goals.
“This mission was born in the 1950s in response to a direct nuclear threat and we have been standing that mission 24/7, 365 since 1962,” said Wilcox, stressing the importance of the wing’s mission.
“It was something the country had to have and is still something the country has to have,” said Wilcox. “We still stand the defense of the nation every single day and you are a huge part of that.”
Wilcox compared Malmstrom’s area of responsibility and 166 facilities to deployments and forward operating bases while discussing the importance of feedback and how it affects the wing’s mission.
“The coach, train and mentor piece is important and each of us needs to be doing that,” said Wilcox.
Easton discussed the strategic narrative and the plan to achieve the goals based off of the commanders priorities, as well as the wing mission and vision.
“The strategic narratives are based on the three different priorities that we developed as a wing,” said Easton. “We developed goals with an idea of where we want to be by the end of the year.”
Easton said that they would be making the strategic narrative available to everyone so that they’ll know how they fit in the strategic narrative and how they can help meet the goals as a wing.
Wilcox also shared the results of the defense equal opportunity climate survey and this year’s goals based off the results.
“We work hard on these to come up with realistic goals so that they are attainable goals,” said Wilcox.
According to the feedback on the climate survey, the biggest improvement areas over the last year were trust in leadership, leadership cohesion, organizational processes and diversity management.
Some of the favorable comments included respondents feeling that things are better than a year ago, improvements in the units, Force Improvement Program initiatives, new and strong leadership and members are proud to be a part of their units.
Among some of the other things discussed at the commander’s call were summer safety and the importance of remaining vigilant.
The brief concluded by highlighting some of the accomplishments of the past year and a focus on the future.
Two additional commander’s calls are scheduled April 8 at 2:30 p.m. and April 10 at 2:30 p.m., both at the Grizzly Bend.
| Date Taken: | 04.03.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 04.07.2015 18:21 |
| Story ID: | 159359 |
| Location: | GREAT FALLS, MT, US |
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