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Show HilKop August 1 4. 1 997 Replacing Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman President nominates Ryaii Mission readiness is Job No. 1; stay focused as next chief of staff by Senior Master Sgt. Jim Katzaman Air Force News Service WASHINGTON President Clin-to- n nominated the commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and commander of Allied Air Forces Central Europe to be the next Air Force chief of staff. The president said Gen. Michael E. Ryan "brings to the job of chief of staff broad operational and joint experience as well as proven leadership ability and a deep concern for the men and women of the U.S. Air Force." The president noted that Ryan served a combat tour in the Vietnam War and commanded a fighter squadron and fighter wing. On a historic note, Ryan would become the first son to follow in his father's footsteps as senior military leader of any U.S. military service. Gen. John D. Ryan served as Air Force chief of staff from 1969 to 1973. The president said that Gen. Michael E. Ryan, when serving as commander of Allied Air Forces Southern Europe, "directed the highly suc- cessful air strikes in Bosnia that convinced the warring factions they could not achieve their aims through military means, which contributed to our efforts to convene the negotiations that resulted in the Dayton Accords." If his nomination is confirmed by the Senate, Ryan will succeed Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman as the senior military leader in the Air Force and become the service's representative on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Ryan, 56, claims San Antonio as his hometown. The general entered the Air Force after graduating from the Air Force Academy in 1965. He has commanded at the squadron, wing and numbered air force levels, and flew combat missions in Southeast Asia, including 100 missions over North Vietnam. He also served in staff assignments at the major command level, Air Force headquarters and the Joint Staff. Before assuming his current position, Ryan was commander of Allied Air Forces Southern Europe, and commander, 16th Air Force, directing North Atlantic Treaty Organization a air operations over Bosnia-Herzegovin- including Operations Deny Flight and Deliberate Force. The general and his wife, Jane, have four children: Michael, Mary Kathleen, Sean and Colleen. by Col. Thomas A. ing those missions together into an integrated process that provides combat readi- COMMENTARY O'Riordan Ogden Air Logistics Center vice commander ness. The heart and soul of that integration is communication. We do OK when we communicate up the chain of command, but there are deficiencies in the crucial area of horizontal communication in other words, we have Two weeks ago we completed an operational readiness exercise which, in general, showed improvement but that's only part of the story. I want to make sure that everyone understands that our work is always problems when it comes to stretching out beyond our own organizations. It is vital that we see how cen- d tered on preparing for Col. Thomas A. O'Riordan mission readiness. Our real focus is on the Ogden ALC vice commander we link up with other units mission: the mission of and how all parts come the Air Force, the mission together to make a whole. of Ogden Air Logistics Center, the misNo question about it, the right hand needs sion of the 388th Fighter Wing, the misto know what the left hand is doing. If we sion of the 419th Fighter Wing, and the fail to. understand; those Mnks and fail to individual missions of each unit on base. remove organizational barriers, we are Operational readiness exercises are missing a great opportunity. held to keep us sharp and ready so that As I said earlier, we showed some any flaws are detected before improvement during the ORE, but we combat exposes the problem. 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