Summary of Guy Snodgrass's Holding the Line

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#1 Priorities in flying are: navigate, communicate, and aviate. Navigating safely to your destination is the most important thing you must do.

#2 The importance of proper procedure was made clear to me when I was flying an F/A-18 jet that had a small rag left inside the engine by a worker during its rebuild. The rag caused a catastrophic overpressure in the engine, which almost caused the plane to crash.

#3 I was asked to serve as a speechwriter for the new secretary of defense, James Mattis, in 2017. I was excited about the opportunity, but I had to consider my family's needs.

#4 I was assigned to work for Mattis, and I was excited to learn more about him. I watched online interviews and speeches, read remarks that he delivered throughout his military career, and started reading books that he had enjoyed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822516366

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Priorities in flying are: navigate, communicate, and aviate. Navigating safely to your destination is the most important thing you must do.

#2

The importance of proper procedure was made clear to me when I was flying an F/A-18 jet that had a small rag left inside the engine by a worker during its rebuild. The rag caused a catastrophic overpressure in the engine, which almost caused the plane to crash.

#3

I was asked to serve as a speechwriter for the new secretary of defense, James Mattis, in 2017. I was excited about the opportunity, but I had to consider my family's needs.

#4

I was assigned to work for Mattis, and I was excited to learn more about him. I watched online interviews and speeches, read remarks that he delivered throughout his military career, and started reading books that he had enjoyed.

#5

I met with Mattis’s action group, the military’s equivalent of a planning and deep-thinking team. The secretary’s deputy chief of staff, Tony DeMartino, led the interview. I liked him immediately.

#6

I was assigned to work for Mattis, and I was excited to begin serving my country. I felt compelled to serve. The past ten years had seen the military’s slow decline in readiness as budgets tightened