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Welcome to S.T.A.F.F

Unleashing the True Potential of Staff Sergeant Leadership: Empowering Leaders to Embrace Challenges, Communicate Effiectively, and Inspire Excellence in Others.

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Hosted at Camp Nett

Striving Towards Advancement Fulfillment and Fortitude

What is S.T.A.F.F?

Discover your path to greatness at the S.T.A.F.F. Conference - a transformative journey for Staff Sergeants in the Air Force! Embrace the opportunity to Strive Towards Advancement, Fulfillment, and Fortitude, while unleashing the true potential of your leadership. This immersive experience will ignite your passion for service, as you learn to navigate career challenges, communicate effectively, and lead with courage. Join a community of resilient leaders who share their personal triumphs and strategies for maintaining work-life balance. Elevate your leadership excellence and forge lasting connections at this empowering event, and together, let's Ascend to new heights of success!

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Event Information

Location

Camp Nett at Niantic, Smith St, Niantic, CT 06357.

Check-In

Details about check-in can be found here.

Packing List

Details about packing can be found here.

Camp Nett

Learn more about Camp Nett here.

Parking

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Things to Do

Find local restaurants and activities here

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Schedule 2024

Speakers

CMSgt Marks

Maj. Gen. Evon
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Brig. Gen. Jannitto
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Col. Byrne
CMSgt Marks

Col. Olander
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Lt. Col. Yi
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CMSgt Gasiorek
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CMSgt Marks
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CMSgt Jeffers
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2nd Lt. Norton
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Jay Diaz
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TSgt Jerolmon
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SMSgt Glasper
CMSgt Marks

SSgt Maloney
CMSgt Marks

Mark Shepherd
CMSgt Marks

Mike Frost
CMSgt Marks

MSgt Russo
CMSgt Marks

MSgt Howard
CMSgt Marks

Capt. Johnson

Influential Books

Books recommended by our senior leadership for their impact and influence in developing their leadership.

1776 by David McCullough

1776

David McCullough

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Ordinary Men

Christopher R. Browning

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Flying Through Midnight

John T. Halliday

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Alone at Dawn

Dan Schilling, Lori Longfrtiz

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Destined for War

Graham Allison

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The New Rules of War

Sean McFate

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The Dichotomy of Leadership

Jocko Willink, Leif Babin

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Chip War

Chris Miller

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Dare To Lead

Brené Brown

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Call Sign Chaos

Jim Mattis, Bing West

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Gung Ho!

Ken Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles

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Art of War

Sun Tzu

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American Midnight

Adam Hochschild

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Leaders Eat Last

Simon Sinek

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On War

Carl von Clausewitz

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The Landmark

Thucydides, Robert B. Strassler

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Fate is the Hunter

Ernest K. Gann

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A Message to Garcia

Elbert Hubbard

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The Mission, The Men, and Me

Pete Blaber

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It Worked for Me

Colin Powell

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Heart Led Leader

Tommy Spaulding

Podcasts

Podcasts our leaders regularly listen to for inspiration, leadership insights, or personal growth.

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Aerospace Nation

The Mitchell Institute

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Defense innovation, Ai, and the Future of the Military

Steve Blank

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Short history Of...

NOISER

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Empire

Goalhanger Podcasts

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Crimetown

Gimlet

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Real Dictators

NOISER

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The Learning Leader Show

Ryan Hawk

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99% Invisible

Roman Mars

Movies

Movies that left a lasting impression on our leaders through either their relation to leadership, resilience, or personal development.

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Saving Private Ryan

Steven Spielberg

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Apollo 13

Ron Howard

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Twelve O'Clock High

Henry King

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To Hell and Back

Jesse Hibbs

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Platoon

William Oliver Stone

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Three Kings

John Ridley

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Invictus

Clint Eastwood

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Thirteen Days

Roger Donaldson

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Master and Commander

Peter Weir

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Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola

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Lone Survivor

Peter Berg

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Hurt Locker

Kathryn Bigelow

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Rastrepo

Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger

Motivational Quotes

Quotes that resonated with our leaders and serve as a source of motivation and inspiration in their leadesrhip role.

Theodore Roosevelt

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

-Theodore Roosevelt

Peter Drucker

"Culture eats strategy for breakfast"

"Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things"

-Peter Drucker

Patrick Lencioni

"If everything is important, then nothing is"

-Patrick Lencioni

Ronald Reagan

"The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things."

-Ronald Reagan

Carl von Clausewitz

“If the mind is to emerge unscathed from this relentless struggle with the unforeseen, two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.”

-Carl von Clausewitz

Thucydides

“The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.”

-Thucydides

Mike Tyson

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face"

-Mike Tyson

General CQ Brown Jr.

"Pay attention to detail; execute at a high standard; be disciplined in execution; and, have fun."

-General CQ Brown Jr.

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