Operational Imperatives

"My highest personal goal has been to instill a sense of urgency about our efforts to modernize and to ensure that we improve our operational posture relative to our pacing challenge, China, China, China. The most important thing we owe our Airmen and Guardians are the resources they need, and the systems and equipment they need, to perform their missions.

To achieve this goal, I've commissioned work on seven operational imperatives. These imperatives are just that; if we don't get them right, we will have unacceptable operational risk."