Truman Thursdays: Leaders at All Levels Speak on Leadership
For this week's Truman Thursday video, I asked three leaders at different levels to talk about what they're looking for in a leader.
Executive Officer John Meier
Following the Chief is one of the pilots attached to the ship. His name is Lt. Long and he flies F-18 Hornets. He's a member of the Gunslinger Squadron VFA-105. We talked in the squadron ready room on a stormy, flight deck rolling evening when the pilots were doing night operations. If you think it would be hard to land a jet on an aircraft carrier at day in good weather, you should see what it's like in the pitch dark with rain blowing sideways. We watched those operations for about an hour that night and everyone in the planes and out did an amazing job.
Finally, you'll hear from Rear Admiral Boensel who is the commander of the naval bases in the Mid-Atlantic. He stopped in to say hello to our group when we returned to the Norfolk Naval Air Station and was nice enough to give his take on what he looks for in a leader.
(By the way, in case you're wondering, the clips interspersed between the interviews are of an EA-6B Prowler on the flight deck and a monitor in the Truman's air traffic control center of an F-18 taking off.)