Monday, February 21, 2011

Air Force Values and Creed


Much like the Army and the Marine Corps, the Air Force shares similar values that they live by and cherish.
The 1st core value: INTEGRITY   
  • the willingness to do what is right even when no one is looking
  • the ability to hold together and properly regulate all of the elements of a personality.
  • also covers several other moral traits indispensable to national service: courage, honesty, responsibility, accountability, justice, openness, self-respect, and humility.
The 2nd core value: SERVICE BEFORE SELF
  • An Airman's professional duties always take precedence over personal desires
  • encompasses: rule following, respect for others, discipline and self-control (anger, appetites, and religious toleration)
The 3rd core value: EXCELLENCE IN ALL WE DO
  • Airman strive for continual improvement in self and service
  • encompasses: product/service excellence, personal excellence, community excellence (mutual respect, benefit of the doubt), resources excellence (material resources excellence, human resources excellence), operations excellence (excellence of internal operations, excellence of external operations)
THE AIRMAN'S CREED -  This is the Airman's promise to country and colleagues.

I AM AN AMERICAN AIRMAN.
I AM A WARRIOR.
I HAVE ANSWERED MY NATION'S CALL.
I AM AN AMERICAN AIRMAN.
MY MISSION IS TO FLY, FIGHT, AND WIN.
I AM FAITHFUL TO A PROUD HERITAGE,
A TRADITION OF HONOR,
AND A LEGACY OF VALOR.
I AM AN AMERICAN AIRMAN,
GUARDIAN OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE,
MY NATION'S SWORD AND SHIELD,
ITS SENTRY AND AVENGER.
I DEFEND MY COUNTRY WITH MY LIFE.
I AM AN AMERICAN AIRMAN:
WINGMAN, LEADER, WARRIOR.
I WILL NEVER LEAVE AN AIRMAN BEHIND,
I WILL NEVER FALTER,
AND I WILL NOT FAIL.

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