Results! Published March 19, 2013 By Lt Col Tim Martz 94th Security Forces Squadron DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga -- What is the bottom line? Results! So I ask you, are you and your fellow Airmen producing results? In Air Force terminology; are you getting the mission done on time, on target, in accordance with our values, doctrine, and instructions? Are you, quite simply, getting the job done right? Or, conversely, are you part of the problem and not the solution? Do you impede or delay mission results? Do you talk a good game but fail to produce? Are you just good at looking busy, but ineffective at getting the job done? Are you hiding in the weeds hoping not to be challenged? Well, I challenge you to ask those tough questions of yourself and your Airmen! Not easy, I believe most of us want to work hard and want to feel good about "ourselves" in our "efforts." Not good enough! Our mission demands much better; it demands results! Earlier in my career I had a commander who always used to say, "Do not confuse effort with results." That phrase has stuck with me for more years that I care to admit; results, getting the job done right. Not just moving the ball, but putting it in the end zone. Now here comes the football analogy. Vince Lombardi, the famed coach of the Green Bay Packers knew a little bit about results. After all, the Super Bowl trophy is named after him. In seven seasons with Green Bay, he brought home five world championships to include the first two super bowls. Lombardi used to say "If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?" Results! In his famous speech "What It Takes to be Number One", the coach said, "Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all-the-time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time." He went on to say, "There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that's first place." Results! As cool as these words are and as much as I love football, I have to bring this back to reality in an effort to tie this all together. Our mission in the Air Force is not a game after all. It is to defend our nation's freedom no matter what our status, job, or task at hand. We all took a sacred oath to do it right all the time. We have to win all of the time; the enemy has to win only once. The stakes are too high; therefore there is absolutely no room for second place in our Air Force. We have to be first in everything we do, our nation depends on it. This requires us to produce results, to finish the job or task at hand; to put the ball in the end zone so to speak and to get the mission done right! As American Airmen, we need to reevaluate and rededicate ourselves to our mission. To reinforce our values and standards while finishing the job. As we gear up for football season, I ask that all of you gear up for our Air Force mission and dedicate yourselves to getting the jobs done right - your results do matter!
