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Within hours, he and his special operations helicopter squadron were dispatched to New Jersey to await marching orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The answer: \u201cGo help Americans,\u201d he recalled in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So Webb \u2014 who retired as a lieutenant general last year \u2014 and his wingmen headed to the smoldering Pentagon and World Trade Center to help rescue their countrymen buried in the rubble, regulatory minutia and cautious planning be damned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The actions of Webb\u2019s team in the aftermath of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil exemplify the swift decision-making that Air Force leaders say will be key to combat victories in the years ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Air Force doctrine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doctrine.af.mil\/Portals\/61\/documents\/AFDP_1-1\/AFDP%201-1%20Mission%20Command.pdf\">published Monday<\/a> outlines a vision of decentralized mission command that empowers units to work unilaterally in urgent situations, without waiting for multiple levels of leadership to approve their every move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s an invitation to think outside the box in an organization that thrives on hierarchy and process. And it\u2019s a plea to stop the perfect from being the enemy of the good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThroughout my career, I\u2019ve witnessed the friction between bold leadership \u2026 and the guidance our Air Force has outlined in our instructions and regulations,\u201d Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/Portals\/1\/documents\/2023SAF\/AFDP_1-1_Mission_Command_Memo.pdf\">memo to the force<\/a> on Wednesday. \u201cMission command \u2014 and our success in future crisis or conflict \u2014 is grounded in clear communication of intent, shared understanding, trust and empowerment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the future, military officials believe wars will unfold faster than the chain of command may be able to keep up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Airmen could be cut off from their commanders due to technical difficulties or combat losses, or lack the resources they\u2019d typically have to do a job. Regulations might not directly tell them how to handle an urgent conundrum in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And despite the service\u2019s push for so-called \u201cmulti-capable airmen\u201d and \u201cagile combat employment,\u201d that flexibility can come to a halt when people can\u2019t move cargo without a particular inspection, or if they aren\u2019t authorized to work on a certain piece of equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That puts pressure on lower-ranking troops to assess and respond to situations without as much oversight or direction as they might like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown encouraged troops to trust their training and their fellow airmen. As long as troops understand their commander\u2019s intent and keep leadership in the loop, he said, they should be allowed to accomplish the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That work can start at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe culture of mission command doesn\u2019t happen just because it is written in our doctrine,\u201d Brown wrote. \u201cBuilding confidence in mission command, for both leaders and airmen, requires daily execution in simple scenarios ahead of a complex challenge in conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force warned airmen that the latest directive does not encourage them to be reckless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMission command does not grant subordinates authority to execute missions or make decisions outside of their commander\u2019s legal authorities,\u201d the service said. Nor is it a \u201clicense to ignore commander\u2019s intent or take unauthorized or unnecessary risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new doctrine and Brown\u2019s accompanying memo come as service leaders try to distance the force from the past few decades of combat in the greater Middle East and prepare for new challenges. 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Brown\u2019s own \u201cAccelerate Change or Lose\u201d framework advocates for new efficiencies as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At each turn, service leaders have echoed the same message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI trust your judgment as airmen and leaders to execute our mission,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a plea to stop the perfect from being the enemy of the good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":71738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":67,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":{"2":{"categories":["your-military","news","home"],"primary_category":"your-military"}}},"categories":[101,24,16,26,67],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3392],"class_list":["post-39061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-home","category-news","category-newsletters","category-your-air-force"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"MTVE2IXB5VDCBBS33JX5U25SNY","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/08\/17\/airmen-need-more-trust-autonomy-to-win-next-wars-air-force-boss-says\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Airmen need more trust, autonomy to win next wars, Air Force boss says - Air Force TImes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s a plea to stop the perfect from being the enemy of the good.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Airmen need more trust, autonomy to win next wars, Air Force boss says\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s a plea to stop the perfect from being the enemy of the good.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/08\/17\/airmen-need-more-trust-autonomy-to-win-next-wars-air-force-boss-says\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Air Force TImes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-17T21:13:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-07T21:20:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rachel S. 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