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The "Typical" Financial Management Officer Career Path Jun 11, 2020

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In this episode of Office Call, Col Frank Verdugo interviews Maj Gabe Denny from the Officer's Assignment Team. They discuss the "typical" career path (if there is one) of an Air Force Financial Management (FM) Officer. While there might not be a typical path, the two discuss types of assignments an FM Officer can expect to have, and when they can expect to do them in their career.

90 Day Command Plan Jun 04, 2020

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In this episode of Office Call, Maj Nesta Garner and Lt Col John Forbes discuss creating a 90 Day Command Plan, the key elements that should be included, and resources to use.

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Major General John Pletcher, Part 2 May 28, 2020

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This is the second of a two-part interview with Major General John Pletcher. In this episode of Office Call, Lt Col John Forbes finishes his interview with Maj Gen John Pletcher.

General Pletcher is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller. He is responsible for planning and directing the formulation and execution of the Air Force's budgets totaling more than $160 billion annually. He leads a staff of military and civilian financial managers who develop, integrate, justify and defend Air Force resource requests to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Office of Management and Budget and Congress. He manages and executes funding that supports military operations and Air Force priorities at the direction of the Secretary of Defense and Congress.

General Pletcher received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the University of Minnesota-Duluth and was commissioned through the ROTC program in 1988. His Air Force experience includes financial management and comptroller assignments in an Air Force research laboratory, deployed environment, wing level, major command and the Pentagon. He has commanded at the squadron and group level, as well as in the deployed arena. He has served in all three Air Force financial management disciplines, starting out as an accounting and finance officer, before attending the Air Force Institute of Technology Cost Analysis program, and then served in budget assignments at both the major command and Air Staff level. General Pletcher is a 2006 graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Prior to this assignment, he was the Comptroller, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Major General John Pletcher, Part 1 May 21, 2020

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In this episode of Office Call, Lt Col John Forbes interviews Maj Gen John Pletcher, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller. This is the second of a series of interviews where we have conversations with senior leaders from the Air Force Financial Management community to get to know them better as individuals, gain insights into lessons learned from their successes, as well as challenges they have overcome.

General Pletcher is responsible for planning and directing the formulation and execution of the Air Force's budgets totaling more than $160 billion annually. He leads a staff of military and civilian financial managers who develop, integrate, justify and defend Air Force resource requests to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Office of Management and Budget and Congress. He manages and executes funding that supports military operations and Air Force priorities at the direction of the Secretary of Defense and Congress.

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Resource Training Center May 14, 2020

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In this episode of Office Call, Col Frank Verdugo interviews The Resource Training Center's newest initial cadre members, TSgt Lakindra Favors, and SSgt Jeffrey Lugo. They discuss what the RTC is and why it is important to the Air Force financial management community.

Colonel Frank Verdugo May 09, 2020

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In this episode of Office Call, Lt Col John Forbes interviews Col Frank Verdugo, Comptroller, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa. This is the first of a series of interviews where we have conversations with senior leaders from across the Air Force Financial Management community to get to know them better as individuals, gain insights into lessons learned from their successes, as well as challenges they have overcome.

Virtual Comptroller Squadron Commander's Course Apr 21, 2020

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In this episode of Office Call, Maj Nesta Garner is joined by Lt Col John Forbes, Commander, 27th Special Operations Comptroller Squadron, Cannon AFB, New Mexico. The two discuss the Virtual Comptroller Squadron Commander's Course.

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