Category: Introduction

What Makes Us “Exceptional”

There are three attributes of Coast Guard rotary wing aircrews that few other helicopter aircrews can match, the combination of which separates our community from most other rotary wing communities: As “Forging Airmanship” iterates,...

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Iron Sharpens Iron

If you’ve read some of the OPI posts, you know I like metaphors. “Iron sharpens iron” is one of my favorites. Anyone who has achieved an exceptional level of performance knows it cannot be...

It is our mission to do work that optimizes our unique capacity to serve others.
We will humbly play the roles assigned to us to the best of our ability, while empowering others to do the same.
We will embrace the inevitable discomfort, uncertainty, and hard work as well as the joy, laughter, respect, and love that result from worthy pursuits.
We will continue to be students of “the game” and never stop developing as leaders and teachers in our community and world, as we cultivate our potential to serve.
Spiraling up, overcoming mistakes, closing the gap between who we are and who we can be.

Category: Introduction

What Makes Us “Exceptional”

Iron Sharpens Iron

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