Over the last three years, Colonel Spencer has put his stamp on the Journal . It will be up to us from here on to see that they are lasting. Nor does it imply that our goal is simply to maintain the status quo. No, the greatest challenge for any leader is to build an organization that will not only survive but also prosper after his or her departure. I hope to be hearing from you.
Personnel changes aside, the work of promoting professional dialogue continues.
In this edition, we are pleased to bring you a number of articles to inform, stimulate, and hopefully elicit feedback from you. Almost all of them discuss what the future should look like or how we should get there, but I want to bring to your attention the way point by General Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. No one would argue about the importance and timeliness of the chairman's message for Joint Vision 2010, but to provide real value, APJ needs to be more than just a one-way means of communication. Therefore, as you read this way point, consider the lessons, implications, and improvements that we students of air and space power might have to offer on this subject. As airmen, we have dealt with asymmetric challenges before and not always successfully.