Welcome
Welcome to the inaugural edition of “Clearance: The Journal for the Center for Religion, Ethics, and Excellence in Leadership.”
First a word about the Center for Religion, Ethics, and Excellence in Leadership, which at the heart is a think-tank for bringing these areas together and creating new resources.
As part of the broader Chaplain Corps and the Chaplain Corps College, it is fitting that religion or faith is a centerpiece, but it is also important to articulate that we welcome all faiths and those who are not actively practicing a faith tradition.
Ethics is fitting as we strive to apply faith and leadership to a broad range of issues in the ever-changing landscape of our role in the Air Force Total Force arena.
Excellence as a way of living and working that we continue to strive to the very highest ideals of our cherished values that guide our nation and the armed forces and our core values of the Air Force Auxiliary.
Leadership is central in all we do, but more importantly servant leadership is that which best fits our role as we serve others in the broader organization and together, we serve our community and our country.
We aim to offer a range of articles on these and other topics as part of the Chaplain Corps College. There is lots of room to grow as the landscape, and indeed, the skies and the expanse of space become areas of service with issues as old as time and as new as the latest technology. Publication of an article in many cases does not presume that it represents an official view of the Air Force or Air Force Auxiliary.
Welcome as we push forward learning and growing together.
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Theodore “TJ” Jenney Editor and Chief and Director of CREEL (the Center for Religion, Ethics, and Excellence in Leadership)