Watch: Leading During a Pandemic, from AFA’s vASC 2020

Sept. 30, 2020

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Chief Master Sgt. Nathaniel M. Perry Jr., Chief Master Sgt. Mary Polanco, Chief Master Sgt. Brian P. Kruzelnick, and Chief Master Sgt. Tony Whitehead joined a discussion on “Leading During a Pandemic: What Our Airmen Need to Excel” during the Air Force Association’s virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference. The panel was moderated by AFA Chairman and former Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Gerald Murray.

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